but the Carp was fouled hooked!

Took me about 2 hours to get it to the bank!  Weighed between 35-40lbs.  When I saw that the plug I was casting was embeded in the top of the fishes tail, I did not make the effort to get in the water to get it out. It was dark and the water was just too cold.  I could not get my hand around the fishes tail to drag it out anyway it was so big!! I had seen these giant carp in the neighborhood lake I fish. Just massive.  I was casting about sundown and all of a sudden the lure stopped and just started slowly pulling off away from me. I only had 10lb line and a small reel with 65 yards on it and a modest rod.  I had a great time getting the fish to the bank.  It would just lumber down and stay on the bottom. I could not even budge it, so it did not actually do much fighting. Sort of like trying to raise up a log!!  Sure was somthing though to hear the drag singing and line pulling out.  Wore my right arm slap out!!!

If the fish had been caught in the mouth as a record has to be, I would have gotten him up on the bank somehow without damaging it.  I was able to unhook the plug and send it on its way with no problem.

Must have been fun!

Must have been fun!

It was.  I was sore as heck the next day and had red rings on my chest where I pushed in the butt of the rod and just hung on.  

geez! a 35-40 pound carp?! ur arms are probably really tired, those fish know how to fight! but that sounds like a ton of fun.