Comfortably Numb Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Was fishin this mornin with a Scatter Rap crank. Caught some nice 10" Bluegill and Shellcrackers plus a few 15" bass. Then I made a long cast and KAPLOW! Huge explosion as soon as it hit the water. I reeled hard and nothing. I was bummed. Kept reeling the lure in and it was still on! I felt the weight and it felt me, and took off, peeling drag. It jumped clear out of the water and I saw it was a big carp. I was in open water so left the drag so I didnt pull the hook. Well the battle went back and forth and it ran deep. Had a hard time pulling it up so just let the rod bend. Well after about 5 mins I finally tired it out enough to get it in the boat. 36" and 22 pounds. It was a grass carp. I heard from someone that he had seen them hitting cicadas on top. I guess my bluegill crank was close enough. Was using a 6'6" Med spinning rod with 20# Power Pro Of course its the one day I forgot the camera Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted May 30, 2013 Super User Posted May 30, 2013 Trash fish or not, any 22lb fish is fun to catch! Quote
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