Troutfisher

Honorable man, honorable story. Well done, Alp.

Hey, a 4 and 1/2 lber to me is a big one.

Great fish! I see you blacked out your honey holes...LBH would be all over your spots if you didn't protect 'em ;D

Nice job and congratulations!

Good one Bucket. By the way, did I tell you guys I caught the world record smallmouth? I'm not joking... :

Alp, I believe you are the wisest of the mooks. How did you keep from crashing the bass bus with those two in there? ;D

I forgot to mention, I'm in.

*Sigh* Muddy, Muddy, Muddy. :

Great job as usual Lightnin!

Great job Craw and Father! 8-)

Good job!

Heh, that's what I was thinking! ;D

So that's the definiton of mook. I always thought it meant: A who claims he can but instead thinks about . He thinks he is and tries to hold up a but ends up getting and .

Photoshopped? Yeah... :

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Nice job once again! Keep 'em coming!

How can I say this...LAME! Thanks LBH.

Great story, Glenn and Keri! You guys really busted into the fish. Dean looks like a great guy. He should stop by the forums one day and say hi! We could always use good, honest members like him. I mean, didn't charge you even when you caught fish? Amazing!

Thanks for the comments, guys. Good story, Cravin! You can see these fish churning water pretty good where I was. Jimzee, will do ;D

NBoucher, I was reading your post you made on the second page, thumbs up, great post.

Thanks for the comments, guys! I had about a size 4 hook, and I just threaded individual corn kernels on the hook, with a small split shot and a slip sinker about 24 inches above it. It worked very well.

I headed out to my usual fishing hole, a small backwater area of what was once a large lake, but is now a shadow of what it used to be. Still, the area I fish is probably 5 or 6 acres, so I'm pleased. Anyway, I decided to take a large catfish rod with me along with my bass outfit, because the carp have been spawning, and I've never caught one. So, I took some corn for the carp, and some nightcrawlers, senkos, and flukes for bass. I had no sooner cast the carp outfit out until I saw a light tap on my catfish rod. I slowly lifted the line and felt resistance, so I slammed the rod back and set the hook. The behemoth fish was a carp, and it surged for open water. As I went to loosen the drag, I realized it wasn't working! I had to horse the fish in without it being able to run. After getting the fish to the bank three times with it running back into deeper water, I finally was able to hoist it onto land. It turned out to be a solid 9 lb carp. The picture of the scale says 8lbs 9oz, however, the numbers were teetering that and 9lbs 3oz, so I'll say 9lbs even. Pretty good for my first carp! I didn't catch any bass, however, I did get a few more hits on the carp rod before the day was over.

Figures. ;D West Virginia did better off in the NIT than they would have done in the NCAA tourney. I am glad to see 'em bring home the victory.

L-A-M-E ;D

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson...funny that he was born in what is now West Virginia, where I'm from. Maybe a resemblence?