catman529
Well-Known Member
Wednesday night's trip was a bit different, at least in what I caught.
Chummed initially with corn as usual. Fished mainly with corn but also brought some of my homemade boiled dough bait.
First fish to run was a 4 pound black buffalo, and that's the first buff I have hooked on any type of bait.
Later on, after a turtle, my little rod started screaming and I hooked into a BIG carp. With 8lb line I had to let him run a lot, and he ran hard, probably upwards of 15 pounds. My buddy was shining the mag lite, when I noticed the line from my big rod was not where it belonged. I pointed it out and he went and hooked into that fish.
Then to my frustration, the big carp I had on the line became hung up in something, and as I was just realizing that I was hung, I pulled a bit too hard and broke off.
But on the other line, my buddy brought up a 9 pound smallmouth buffalo which I netted and had him take a pic of me with it.
The first buff was caught on corn and the second on my homemade bait. Both were released... even though I don't like the huge number of buffs in the river, I still let them live this time.
I wonder if the moon phase made the bite different or maybe it was more spontaneous but I hope to get into some of those big carp again, because they fight better than the buffs.
Going out after work for some full moon night fishing.
Chummed initially with corn as usual. Fished mainly with corn but also brought some of my homemade boiled dough bait.
First fish to run was a 4 pound black buffalo, and that's the first buff I have hooked on any type of bait.
Later on, after a turtle, my little rod started screaming and I hooked into a BIG carp. With 8lb line I had to let him run a lot, and he ran hard, probably upwards of 15 pounds. My buddy was shining the mag lite, when I noticed the line from my big rod was not where it belonged. I pointed it out and he went and hooked into that fish.
Then to my frustration, the big carp I had on the line became hung up in something, and as I was just realizing that I was hung, I pulled a bit too hard and broke off.
But on the other line, my buddy brought up a 9 pound smallmouth buffalo which I netted and had him take a pic of me with it.
The first buff was caught on corn and the second on my homemade bait. Both were released... even though I don't like the huge number of buffs in the river, I still let them live this time.
I wonder if the moon phase made the bite different or maybe it was more spontaneous but I hope to get into some of those big carp again, because they fight better than the buffs.
Going out after work for some full moon night fishing.
