Surprise Catch

[Jighog]

Lake Cherokee- Longview, TX….. Went out to my parents’ place to practice fly fishing. Was throwing woolly buggers for largemouths,  and this beast latched on. Never caught a carp before, but dang that was fun. At first, i thought, uh oh this bass is huge, but it felt too strong. Then i thought maybe i snagged a big blue cat or flathead. It stayed low and it took me forever to get it in. It took me to the backing, but then started swimming back to me. Finally i was able to wear it down and land it. It was hooked right in the upper lip. Released this dude, and it swam away strong. Super cool.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Nice!   Carp are great fighters.  

[Foghorn]

That would have made an interesting video. 

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Nice!   Carp are great fighters.  

Very true

[Johnsfolly]

10 hours ago, Jighog said:

Lake Cherokee- Longview, TX….. Went out to my parents’ place to practice fly fishing. Was throwing woolly buggers for largemouths,  and this beast latched on. Never caught a carp before, but dang that was fun. At first, i thought, uh oh this bass is huge, but it felt too strong. Then i thought maybe i snagged a big blue cat or flathead. It stayed low and it took me forever to get it in. It took me to the backing, but then started swimming back to me. Took forever to wear it down, but finally landed it. It was hooked right in the upper lip. Released this dude, and it swam away strong. Super cool.

Congrats on a nice fish. They are fun to catch.

[Foghorn]

Pretty good sized fish for practicing fly fishing.😄

[dblades]

I've caught a lot of carp but the 35lb one I got on a Carolina rigged lizard was the biggest. 

[Johnsfolly]

9 hours ago, dblades said:

I've caught a lot of carp but the 35lb one I got on a Carolina rigged lizard was the biggest. 

I've caught a 12 lb 13 oz in a small pond at my old work place. We have accurate scales in our lab and I was able to get a good live weight and then back out to the pond. I caught it on a #10 hook fished weightless with a red worm on #4 line. Took over 15 mins to land it. It made several runs all across that pond.