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03-01-2010, 10:48 AM | #1 |
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Meadiocre
Just trying out the Spearboard interface here with this thread.
I don't usually take carp unless the fish has the potential to succeed my personal best. To me carp are an indicator of how I am diving on that given day. Cruising through a group of them with out causing a stir is the means to the goal:Stripers. However, I am always looking for that 25+ carp. I didn't bother weighing this one. After seeing the interest in carp from other Spearboard members it is tempting to redefine the carp agenda, but this is not the time of year to be messing with carp for the simple reason it might be at the cost of a losing opportunity at a slab of Nevada silver. http://www.h2orion.com |
03-01-2010, 03:17 PM | #2 |
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Nice fish!
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03-01-2010, 03:38 PM | #3 |
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Where did you shoot that one? I used to go to Lake Mead all the time. My fondest carp memory was when I was at the boat dock. The water was thick with carp 15lbs to 30lbs on the surface. People used to feed them popcorn, so they were fairly tame. Well, one day, in my infinite wisdom, I decided I was going to catch one...........by hand (Mind you that I was 11 years old at the time). So, I get down on my knees and hold out a piece of popcorn in my thumb. The idea was to have one of the carp grab the popcorn from my thumb and I would then jamb my thumb into its open mouth, grabbing hold of the fish and holding it up to to show my cleverness to all that may be watching. My dad said it was a great idea, as he sat back and watched. My plan worked perfectly...........up until the point where I jambed my thumb into a 30lbers. Instead of grabbing him and pulling him up to show the curious onlookers, the look on my face changed from a happy smile to a look of pure terror. The son-of-a-bitch grabbed me, thrashing, and pulled me into the water dragging down a few feet before letting go. When I surfaced, without the fish, there were several people standing around the dock, laughing their asses off. I guess I put on a good show. I wasn't as smart as I thought I was. Needless to say, I never tried that again.
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03-01-2010, 04:07 PM | #4 |
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Re: Meadiocre
damn carp noodlers
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03-01-2010, 04:11 PM | #5 |
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What do you know? I have noodled and I didn't even know it. I guess, now I can say I've done it.......once.
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03-01-2010, 04:21 PM | #6 |
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i think that counts...the noodlers should rub their hands in fish guts before goin out...just for a little added insintive for the cats to bite haha
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03-01-2010, 04:21 PM | #7 |
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That's a hell of a story. The ones around the docks at Katherines Landing here at Lake Mohave are floating pigs. I can say I've never really thought about Carp Noodling before!
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03-01-2010, 04:42 PM | #8 |
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Re: Meadiocre
Any omnipresent fish might be a good indicator for your stealth that day. With that said, I have dove in Mead and the river a lot, and I have observed that carp have their own moods and fluctuations depending on the lighting, the time of day, the number of fish in their group, the nearby structures, how much they've eaten, etc etc. And also on the individual carp. So it may not be all about you.
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03-01-2010, 04:57 PM | #9 |
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Nice, now that's a porker!
Great story Bryan.
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03-02-2010, 09:37 AM | #10 | |
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That is a funny story. When I worked on a charter boat in key West, we fed the tarpon skins from grouper and what not. They clearly understood the game and were quite aggressive. If your coming this way gunning for revenge on that carp, i would be glad to assist. |
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03-02-2010, 10:52 AM | #11 |
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Diablo, I just spit some coffee on the keyboard envisioning that noodling experience! Growing up in Alaska, we kept our hands out of fish mouths, but I did get knocked on my @ss trying to tail grab a spawning king salmon once. Tough to look cool after something like that. "um, I meant to do that"
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03-02-2010, 12:38 PM | #12 |
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Thanks for the offer. I forgot about that incident until I saw that pic and then saw that you were from Las Vegas. Brought it out of the the lost archives of my brain.
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