simcoe largie fishing! new species

[pikeie]

well off agian to one of our favrioute largie spots on simcoe. we havent givin the smallies much of a try this year we've had to much fun in the slop!! lol. so anyways we get to our spot and see that alot of the slop is now missing as it has drifted away. but there was still some pads and the thick weed beds. we start fishing the weed edge and not much happining there. we move in shallower and there are quite a few fish jumping around us.

 

tinbanger is casting a weightless strike king zero in to some open water and notices his line move off slowly. he sets the hook and all hell breaks loose! the fish is going crazy and is pulling crazy ammounts of line. we ahve never seen a bass fight like this then i through out the thought that maybe it isnt a bass. a i sure was right. after he pulls the fish out of some weeds, a bit more of splasing and i pull out the net. which i soon relise is to small for this fish. it turns out that tinbanger has managed to hook a carp in the mouth with a SENKO type bait. so much for hair rigs and bait runner reels lol. after a few more trys with the net i finally manage to squeeze this fish into the net.

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this fish measured 27-28" we havent ever caught a carp so i wouldnt know the weight but from holding it i would say around 15 lbs+ and the fish took off strong

 

soon after the first fish we were targeting came to the boat. my brother with a nice 2 lbser

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thyen tinbanger with the next fish, another 2 1/2- 3lbser

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then i got a nice hit had the fish on and it felt big but popped off the hook

my brother get another fish and another fish is in the boat.

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and then we get a few 1 lbers

and my bro gets another decent fish

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then look at the HUGE one i catch lol

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i got a nice boil behind my senko and i waited and set the hook thought it was a good fish but only another 2 lbser

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and after that it was time to leave. we had a good day out on the water and caught somthing like 15 bass all togeather.

[mepps]

nicely done, looks like a good day on the water. I have never seen a carp hit a senko bait, have seen them hit spinner baits and Rapalas though!

[bassmaster4]

great pics looks liek u guys had an awesome time

[Mike the Pike]

Pikeie great family report but it looks like the bro and pops out fished ya .You have a good excuse you were too busy with the camera

 

The Carp looks about 10lbs.

 

MTP

Edited July 24, 2007 by Mike the Pike

[redfin]

Another nice report, looks like a great time. Nice fish too.

[motv8tr]

Great stuff matt, nice way to spend the day and you guys got a new species under your belt...doesn't get much better than that

 

Maureen

[ccmtcanada]

Great report pikeie! Congrats on the new species as well. I've had a carp hit a small mepps spinner before, so I'm not surprised you got one. Looked like a great day out there!

[OhioFisherman]

Great pictures and report, them carp got a mouth only a mother could love! LOL looks like a vacuum cleaner and works the same way. We caught them on tubes regularly.

[JFR]

Great report Matt, thanks for sharing.

 

John

[pikeie]

Pikeie great family report but it looks like the bro and pops out fished ya .You have a good excuse you were too busy with the camera

 

The Carp looks about 10lbs.

 

MTP

 

oh they definatly out fished me, ive had a hard time kepping fish on the hook latly lol. i dont kno what it is but they always seem to pop off a few seconds into the fight. they are brand new gamakatsu hooks as well