I went fishing for the first time yesterday since september of 2009. It seems that I forgot how fun fishing can be.

Anyway the day started by me finding a bedding bass and spending an hour trying to get the fish to bite. This fish would not commit to anything. I got him to pick up my robo worm twice and my bass assasin fluke once but they were not commited bites. I then decided to try something I have never tried before for a bedding bass and tied on a rattle trap. I would cast out the rattle trap and drop the bait onto the bed. On about the 5th cast he hit the rattle trap. I landed this fish with ONE of the barbs on the rattle trap in the fishes mouth. Here is the bass

About 15 minutes later I found another spawning bass which I got to pick up a wacky rig senko. Unfortunately the second this fish picked up my bait he swam under a big pipe so I was unable to set the hook. I had to let him drop the bait or I would have broken him off. I wish I had set that hook right away and not given that fish a chance to swim under the pipe.

Later in the day I switched over to carp fishing with white bread. I caught 3 average sized carp. I would have caught 4 if Bladeslinger did not dicide to flaunt my 5 fish day by showing off his hand made featherweight rod . I lost the 4th carp I hooked into due to a bad hook set and the fish came unbuttoned.

Here is a pic of one of the carp.

way to go wish i could be out there catching some fish

Great fish!

looks like fun...

I have never caught a carp, how do they fight and anything out of the ordinary to watch out for?

looks like fun...

I have never caught a carp, how do they fight and anything out of the ordinary to watch out for?

I fish for them a lot. Its pretty much the same style of fishing as catfish fishing. Just look for feeding carp and then toss out bread or corn about 10-15 feet out. Use spinning gear and leave open your bail. When you get a run hook set as if it were a catfish and fight the fish the same way.

I couldent get enough so I went out fishing again tonight to a small pond that is under renovation( they drained a lot of the water to take out a lot of overgrown vegetation). I was able to catch one decent size Bass that measured 16.5 inches on a 6 inch purple inch finess worm about 5 feet from shore in very murky water

I think I am addicted to fishing again for the time being... and on a positive not I found my measuring tape

looks like fun...

I have never caught a carp, how do they fight and anything out of the ordinary to watch out for?

i caught a decent sized carp last summer, had to have been around 10 lbs give or take. when i set the hook in it, it felt like setting the hook in stone or something. seriously, my hook set stopped like midswing of it and my reel made a funny sound like it had broke(it didnt), guess it was just the drag. it was a fun fish to catch though

btw, nice fish FPBG

Nice fish!

Nice bass and carp.  I can't wait to go fishing.