All work and no play

[Ham]

I did adult stuff most of the day and got a lot of stuff done, but pretty mad I didn’t get to fish more. 

I had a lot of fun in two hours and added a species to the annual tally. 

I also did something pretty strange. I was soaking a Crawler hoping for a catfish. A breeze was easing the boat along. I saw the line tighten up a wound down into the fish. Fish had some weight, but wasn’t pulling at all. It came up and was a good size carp, but not putting out any effort at all. It rolled over and the entire body cavity was gone. I managed to catch a dead fish in the mouth with a circle hook. CajunAngler rides me pretty hard for having “dead hands” sometimes, and he’d Be right this time. Dang fish died and rotted before I noticed. 

I got to catch a Red Ear so the trip was a success even though I only caught 15. 

 

[moturkey]

I would have been happy to hook a rotted carp this weekend... and double the number of fish I caught. 

[Ham]

I wish I had shot a video. I took multiple photos and they are all crap. It was truly horrific. Aquatic feeding did him no favors at all. 

 

[curtisce]

Get Billethead down there he loves carp especially rotten ones

[BilletHead]

                       Curt beat me too it,

  Ham come on down I have just the place to take you. North wind tomorrow should make for better fishing. If we could get Curt there also to be the net man it would be epic. I will wave my guide fee and take photos this trip. Curt is a real expert making ceviche so shore lunch is a must,

   BilletHead 

[moturkey]

Rotten carp ceviche. Yum!