Rob1850

Years back I caught one on a hard plastic surface lure with a lip on it. I cant remember the name or the brand but they were about 1-1/2 inches long and the ones I had were supposed to look like a bee, a grasshopper and I dont remember what else. The only resemblance to any of the living insects was that they were painted to look like them. I was in an 11 foot canoe casting one of these around the perimeter of a small reservoir when I threw it under an overhanging tree. As soon as it hit the water it was sucked down. My best guess is that the carp thought it was a mulberry or some other fruit that fell from the tree. This thing pulled me around for at least ten minutes before I boated it. I tried for at least a hour to get another to hit the lure but couldnt. I think it was just a lucky cast. When I was a kid, my cousin and I boiled frozen spinach and put it in pieces of old nylon stockings to keep it together. It is a waiting game and we caught a few that way.