I got my Asian whip fishing gear together today and went to try and catch some bullheads. It was a beautiful sunny day and the bullhead were quite cooperative as well as a few perch. All gave a pretty good account of themselves on the 4.5 metre hera whip.
The more I try this type of fishing the more I enjoy it . Look for a gear report coming up as my Ebay purchases start to be delivered. I’ve got a lot of floats and other goodies making their way from the far east.
Three grains of scopex pips and a piece of artificial maize on a simple hair rig.
Today's lonely carp.
I took another day off work again today (I could get used to this!) to do some more fishing. I only caught one carp but it was a nice 28 pound common, so I can’t complain.
Tackle-wise I used my usual rig today, a simple hair rig using twelve pound Maxima and a #4 Partridge F5 hook. I use a Palomar knot to connect the swivel and the no-knot knot to connect the hook and make the hair. A three ounce inline lead fished semi-fixed for the bolt effect.
Though clearly in love, these geese nearly drove me to the brink of gibbering madness with their constant honking.
The biggest catch of the day at 21lbs
I took another day off work today to do some more carping. There was a lot of nature to watch today between fish. A muskrat was busy gathering bulrush shoots. Snakes and turtles were swimming by and all kinds of birds were flying by, including some type of small heron, various gulls and terns, mallard ducks and a couple of very loud Canada geese.
On the fishing front I caught five common carp up to 21 pounds. They didn’t want the Minzilla Maize today preferring Wacker Scopex Pips.
I thought this 14lber was the best looking fish of the day.
This bullet-nosed 19lber was a real brawler.
Had a good days carping today with a total of six fish ranging from ten to twenty-four pounds. It’s still the pre-spawn period here, so the good fishing should last for a while yet.
I was glad to see water levels a little higher today as they’ve been really low this year due to the lack of snow this winter. One thing I wasn’t pleased to see was a few large algae mats floating around. You don’t usually see these ’till much later in the season. I hope it’s not a sign of declining water quality.
I should mention all the carp I’ve caught so far this year have been on Mintzilla Monster Maize. It’s available from newworldcarp.com which I couldn’t recommend more highly. All the products I’ve ordered from them have been top notch as well as the service.
I set out this morning determined to catch some carp. I saw a few fish crashing in the distance while setting up my gear, so I had high hopes. These hopes started to flag a bit as the hours went by – there was no sign of feeding activity or any sign of fish in my swim.
I had decided to give it one more hour when the the buzzer sounded and I had a large carp on the line. The fight was very short, perhaps due to the cold water. The healthy looking common weighed in at just over 29 pounds . That was a real session saver! I did stay for an hour after that but had no more action.
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 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.
2009 was a great year for my carp fishing. In my best day of fishing ever, I caught a new PB mirror and new PB common. My previous common PB had stood for over ten years and the large mirror was only my third ever. The pics are pretty low quality as both fish were full of spawn and I wanted to get them back in the water as soon as possible. Both fell for two grains of Wacker Scopex Pips combined with a piece of plastic maize.
