Khan of the Res

Yesterday, June 20th, two weeks into my Carp fishing career without a single take, I finally got a one from a 30 inch, 13.51 pound common carp. I was fishing the in the Sudbury in a mucky area. The best part about it? I got the entire fight on my gopro! I couldn't get any proper photos but here is the video:

Solution: LiveTarget Blue Gill Squarebill crank bait.

Chain Pickerel (Esox Niger) are the smaller cousins of Northern Pike (Esox Lucius). The easiest way to tell the difference to me at least is the pattern along the flanks of the fish. Pike have a spotted pattern while Chain Pickerel have a chain link pattern on their sides. There are another two species of Pickerel. There is the Red Fin Pickerel (Esox Americanus Americanus) and Grass Pickerel (Esox Americanus Vermiculatus). These two are typically found down south. The Red Fin has red fins, a light tone with brownish tiger stripes and gras pickerel has an light green tone with black tiger stripes.

Caught an 18.5 inch Chain Pickerel yesterday. I had fished all d**n day without so much as a bite and I lost another crank bait in a tree. I found some coves that were shaded and shielded from the wind and decided to throw a 5 inch big bite rubber worm in PB&J color and dipped in chartreuse JJ's magic dippin dye. He hit the worm and I set it too early and didn't get him but I threw it in the exact same spot and he hit it again and I finally got um. He tasted great!

We just slide it off the bank at the boat landing. There is plenty of parking at the landing and you can also park along the street. Motor boats are allowed with a max of 10HP I believe. No jet skis allowed. You do not need to be an Ashland resident to park there and I've never seen a game warden in the 10 years I have fished there. In fact, for about 5 years, the state park itself was unstaffed. They stock the lake with trout every year rainbows, brooks, and browns. Tons of largemouth bass and sunfish along with the occasional chain pickerel which is always the best. I also advise bringing anchors. If we didn't have anchors yesterday we might as well have stayed home.

We threw senkos, cranks, and blades all day long but the wind was killing us. We found an area that was protected from the wind and I decided to try out a popper that I have never used. I started throwing it into the areas with downed logs and the fish started attacking it rather than trying to eat it so they ended up getting foul hooked. First time I've ever caught a fish on a popper before. It works like magic.

Caught my first bass today. Almost squealed like a little girl. caught him on a topwater popper. I caught a pickerel 15 minutes after this but my go pro ran out of juice.

Day trader here. If college isn't your thing. trading can be a good alternative. One day I made $140 sitting at the lake and trading on my phone.

All the ladies.

I've never fished with leaders outside of fly fishing and now I am interested in trying them out on my angling rods. Since I will be using my bait caster for top water frogs, grass, and big cranks I need something that can be tossed into the weeds and heavy cover and can be ripped out no problem and also has no stretch so I can get better action. Should I used mono backing with a braided leader or just go with braid backing and a fluorocarbon leader?

Just one more cast and then i'll go home... we've all been there haha

fish um slooooooow. I mean really slow. The fish are lethargic as all hell and don't want to have to fight or chase a meal. Good luck and take some pics!

i make a point to thoroughly fish every spot. I start a few feet from the edge of the water and then work my way forward until I am wading about balls deep in the water before giving up on the spot.

haha i strung up the line before i went out. I had driven by the lake a while earlier and seen that there was an open spot and just spooled up my line impatiently and I guess I over spooled it. I was just dying to fish sooooooo bad i didn't care what happened. I went home about 3 hours later, completely soaking wet and shivering.

Got one of their big newspaper advertisements sitting next to me right now. I'll definitely have to go check it out next week.