Grass Carp 1: Humans 0

Saturday night I had Bobby over.  He spent the night and we watched fishing videos and tied some flies, while researching grass carp techniques.  The next morning we got up and drove to a local orchard.  There are ponds in the back with lots of fish in them.

We couldn't believe out eyes when we got there.  Driving along the bank we could see dozens of grass carp in pods feeding on the bottom.  We saw fish from 5 to 30 pounds.  The biggest fish looked as though they were bigger than 30 pounds, and possible 48 inches or more.  Unfortunately, we fished all morning and part of the afternoon with nothing.

Bobby had one fish nibble a nymph but didn't hook it.






I've been fishing with my new 8 weight outfit.  I have a 9 foot Redington Vice rod with a Behemoth reel attached to it.

This outfit is pretty sweet.






We went back into Brownsburg to another pond.  This pond apparently has some big grassies in it too.  I caught a 10" bass on a nymph.  Bobby set up a rig with bread, and got a take.  We both were puzzled watching the line swim in circles.  When he finally pulled it up, we discovered a softshell turtle the size of a dinner plate.  He cut the hook and let the turtle go.

Finally, we went to a pond that is stocked with monster catfish.  Bobby has caught two blue catfish over 20 pounds from this pond.  We set up rods and ended up with two wimpy channel catfish, both under 5 pounds.

We'll be back soon for the grass carp!