I received another box of goodies today from the mailman…
When I tried out my Asian whip as mentioned in my last post, I realized that a long handled landing net would be a necessity to land a fish of any size. As I had to order the net anyway, I thought I might as well round out my Asian fishing gear with a rod holder and a second whip. I admit that I am powerless over fishing tackle – they say that’s the first step to recovery.
I should be able to get out this weekend so look for a report that involves actual fishing soon, though it will most likely be about Euro-style carping.
I managed to get out fishing for a few hours today. The weather was cool and windy but quite sunny. Still no sign of carp or bullheads - but plenty of perch. It was a good chance to try out my Asian style whip. I was surprised at how limber it was, even a 6-8 oz. perch could give a pretty good account of itself. I’ll definitely be doing further experiments with this type of fishing.
Is there anything sadder than a dry carp net?
As much fun as I’ve had catching perch, two perch trips are just about enough to ease me into the fishing season. Bring on the carp!
I’m pretty sausage fingered when it comes to rig tying so I’ll take any help I can get. I got the idea to make this handy tool from fishforcarp.com check out the How to make a hair rig page for instructions on how to use it. All you need to make my version is a paper clip and a piece of wooden dowel.
Lately I’ve been getting interested in Asian style pole
fishing. It all started with a post on a carp fishing discussion board about the Asian carp threat to the great lakes. Eventually the conversation turned to possible fishing opportunities for these fish. Some claimed they would be uncatchable due to being filter feeders. Others argued that they were catch-able and a link to you-tube showed a Japanese angler catching silver carp using a long thin float and some kind of paste bait.
Being an amateur float maker I was very interested in this new type of float. Over the winter I obtained some supplies,
including some carbon fibre for the antennas and tried my best to reproduce some of these floats. They turned out not-bad, but I wasn’t quite able to get them as slim as the real deal. I need a lathe.
A few months later there was another post on the same board. this post highlighted the pole fishing equipment and
techniques used by some Korean anglers in Canada. After reading this I really caught the bug to try some of this type of fishing. A link was posted to an American supplier of this tackle, so after a few days wait I received a package in the mail with a 22′ telescopic whip and a couple of floats.
Unfortunately, I won’t get a chance to try them out ’till next weekend. I have to say, seeing the delicacy of the whip
(less than a millimetre in diameter at the tip), I’m a little leery of getting smashed up by a big carp. I’m going to have to try to think up a bullhead selective bait.
I went fishing this morning and caught a few perch. I used a goose quill float with worms as the bait. The weather was warm and sunny, a pleasant start to the 2010 fishing season.
