Photoz Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 I pulled up to Greg's house this morning about 03:45 . . . . he wasn't exactly all bright-eyed & bushy tailed . . . as most young lads, he'd been out quite late Saturday night, and needed about 2 days sleep! But . . . I managed to get him into the van, and off to beautiful Lake 'X,' in the Kawarthas we headed. Got there about 05:45 . . . ba a a a d omen . . . NOBODY there yet! When fish are being caught, ya wanna be there BEFORE daylight! About 3 hours later, Gregs line slowly peels out . . . he sets the hook . . . and hauled in a dead weight . . . a dead body maybe? Then we could call Peterborough CSI and watch as the did their magic! No such luck . . . Greg hauls in this icky looking batch of rust coloured sea weed . . . this was the most exciting thing we had happen there. So, we took a ride toward Port Hope, with a little jaunt through Bewdley, where you could see the carp splashing and chasing each other through the weeds along the shore of Rice Lake . . . . spawning . . . no use even thinking about trying here! We got to the Ganny, and set up just south of the footbridge, spent about an hour there, Greg was tightening up his line, all of a sudden it takes off!! Here's Greg, hangin' on as the carp peels line at an amazing rate . . . tryin' to 'spool' him. After about 10 minutes the fish was subdued . . . and weighed in at 23 pounds! And here's a happy camper . . . . nice way to start you 2007 carping season! But . . . . . t'ain't over yet . . . . half hour later his buzzer starts screamin' again, again the fish heads for the lake, took lotsa line before Greg got 'im halted. 'Nudder 20+ one . . . . actually weighed in at 22 pounds . . . . Greg managed to get a better grip on this one for his pic!! A girl fishing next to us caught what were believed to be a gobie, but it was jet black? Another angler thought it MIGHT be a sculpin . . . anybody can tell me which it is? All in all, it was a great day . . . Greg allowed me to bait his hook, even trusted me enough to allow me to net his fish, and even take pictures. Yup, bein' a spectator ain't ALL bad . . . . he said he's gonna quizz me on what I learned today, and if I'm really good at remembering how he catches carp, he might even let me share my pod & buzzers with him! Now how much better can it get. Oh . . . . I got skunked again . . . . who'da thunk it, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Nice Carp guys. WTG! Looks like a GOBI,,,,sculpins dont grow much bigger than 2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 looks like a great day and looks like a sculpin to me I was on scogug today and there were hundreds and hundreds of dead carp every where on the west side of the lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Great report! Glad you guys got out there and even caught a few fish. Nice of him to let you net the fish and bait his setups!! LOL. Great pics....thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 NICE CARP REPORT!!!!! looks like you had quite the workout....great pics as well...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 haven't seen greg's face in a report for a long time! kinda suck to drive 1.5 hours and then find out everything's dead ... at least you guys got into some fish though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Great Report! Its good to see Greg out there catching some fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 That's a fine looking clump of weeds you have there Greg...A PB for certain. I guess your 50lb PowerPro is still holding up Great report guys and WTG on the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFR Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Great report and photo essay. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Beauty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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