High Park fishing with a new species

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Ken
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High Park fishing with a new species

Postby Ken » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:43 pm

In an attempt to find a new spot to fish for carp, I went to High Park to see what's shaking.

The weather was looking unsettled and in the past, that meant the carp will be inactive. But being out fishing is better than sitting at home watching TV, right?

I left the house at 10am and got to High Park by about 11am. After setting up the rods, I was fishing by about 11:30am.

It took some chumming to bring the fish in...but when the fish were in, this was the result at 12:20pm. :D

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29" on the tape.

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After that fish, it was a long wait for nothing. These Canada geese were plotting something I think...

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Then, the sky got dark and it started to rain...and it rained...and it rained. I needed to hide under a willow tree to stay dry (weather forecast only said cloudy with sunny breaks...so I left the rain jacket at home...right...don't we love the weather reports :roll:)

It probably rained for an hour and when it was over, I didn't see any signs of carp...but I did get a hit that I thought was a carp...but it turned out to be a bullhead catfish.

To be absolutely exact, it was a black bullhead, a species I've never caught before. Species #124! Yes!

Mug shot for my fish list...

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Black barbels, white belly, smooth pectoral spine (brown bullhead has barbed pectoral spines, yellow bullhead has yellow/beige barbels).

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Also shorter, rounder anal fin and squared tail...

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What an absolute bonus. I wasn't expecting it :D

I also ended up catching a bluegill on corn :lol: Since the carp bite had died, I tied on a senko and tossed that around but found no takers.

So I moved to another spot I found on GoogleMap that looked promising...so well...it was as promised...

Only took a bit of chumming and about 20min wait to get this 22" carp. By now, it was 5pm.

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Chummed a little more and tossed out my rig again...and took another carp about the same size 15 min later. :D I didn't take a picture of this carp though...and I let another angler who had never caught a carp before played it also.

I sent out my rig again...waited for about 15min...and then someone decided to toss a water bottle into my swim and have his dog retrieve it. :roll: That basically killed the bite. :?

I did stick it out for a bit to see if the fish would return...but by 7pm, it was getting later and I just called it a day.

This was a nice test to prove my method of carp fishing works...in a new lake with a different bottom composition and weed type. It was also surprising that I caught carp on a cloudy/rainy day with low pressure since my previous experience at Toronto Islands showed that I have much better fishing when it was sunny and warm.

And the best part...it only cost me $1 for today's fishing :lol: I only had to pay for the can of corn. I already have a transit pass and the park is free...don't even need to spend $6.50 for ferry fare this time...but...the Islands do have some bigger carp :D
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