My 1st carp + other strange things
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:04 pm
Hi folks. I am largely a lurker here but check in on the latest happenings at our fishery regularly. I thought I would contribute this post to add to the wide variety of catches that have been reported lately.
Anyway, this morning I went out as usual looking specifically for catfish and to my surprise I caught my very first carp. Nice sized too...I would estimate it was at least 3 pounds - I could not get my hand around the back of its head. Sorry no pics but he was feisty and I let him go to prevent any unnecessary trauma.
Rewind to before the carp, when I put out my first cast of the day. I pulled up my line to rebait and reset after the usual 10 minutes or so and found that my 12" leader was cut clean, no hook! Strangely, I also found the slime that is typical of catfish (my intended target) on the remaining 6" or so of leader. I won't repeat what I said at the time but I find this extremely weird and I am still stumped. Cut leaders don't typically happen with catfish on the other end.
My theory is that I was about the hook up with a catfish when it was ambushed by the broken beer bottle variety of cichlid that is very common in Wahiawa. Any other ideas of what I ran into or what could have happened?
Anyway, with the long Thanksgiving weekend coming up, I will be out there again looking for the catfish. But if more strange catches are in the cards I am hoping for a nice big pacu as a consolation prize.
Anyway, this morning I went out as usual looking specifically for catfish and to my surprise I caught my very first carp. Nice sized too...I would estimate it was at least 3 pounds - I could not get my hand around the back of its head. Sorry no pics but he was feisty and I let him go to prevent any unnecessary trauma.
Rewind to before the carp, when I put out my first cast of the day. I pulled up my line to rebait and reset after the usual 10 minutes or so and found that my 12" leader was cut clean, no hook! Strangely, I also found the slime that is typical of catfish (my intended target) on the remaining 6" or so of leader. I won't repeat what I said at the time but I find this extremely weird and I am still stumped. Cut leaders don't typically happen with catfish on the other end.
My theory is that I was about the hook up with a catfish when it was ambushed by the broken beer bottle variety of cichlid that is very common in Wahiawa. Any other ideas of what I ran into or what could have happened?
Anyway, with the long Thanksgiving weekend coming up, I will be out there again looking for the catfish. But if more strange catches are in the cards I am hoping for a nice big pacu as a consolation prize.