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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on July 19, 2004, 10:37:48 PM
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Well, carp addict population has just gone up by one in the Lower Mainland tonight.
We went out for a couple of hours tonight. Much better than spending a warm night in front of the tube. Instead of just Nina and I, several kids from FishBC also joined us for the night to see why exactly carp fishing is so interesting. ;D We arrived, Floon and a ChickwithStick were already there. Willowbarkus joined us later on too. ;D
No luck for me today, not that many bites either. I was spending more time chatting with others, yep, that's my excuse tonight... Nina on the other hand, had her rod dancing away on the rod holder. The fish did not waste anytime after her bait landed on the bottom each time. No hookups though, pretty frustrating I bet. Kind of like Chrome Mykiss, Trout Slayer and I yesterday, hooking nothing except the one carp I briefly connected. :-\
Time flew by pretty fast, at around 9pm, we heard a tiny reel screaming away. Turned around, Willowbarkus was in action! Her ultralight outfit was being strain to its limit, but Willowbarkus was not about to give up. After a few minutes of tugs, the fish was finally ready to be netted. Nice fish indeed! First one for her, and she's pretty hooked now. ;D
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishing_photos/pics/reader/pic/062.jpg)
Congrat! ;D
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NICE CARP WillowBarkus!!!! welcome to the carping addicts group.
Rosco Cohotrane and i were at Deer Lake last night carping........we we fishing the bottom when a regular came up and set up. he used a glowstick float, with a two foot leader and boilies. got hit after hit after hit, while Rosco and i got nothing. 8)
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Nice fish congrats!!!
My wife, being Hungarian, is a huge carp fan as it is a big part of her culture.
Does anyone know if any of the local carp is edible?? Or do they live in very polluted areas?
Mrs.casinoJim would love me to bring her some fresh local carp.
CJ.
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Thanks, that really was a blast. I know where I will be heading after dinner for the next little while. :D
Casino Jim, I personally wouldn't eat anything that came out of the slough. Rodney would know more about if these fish are edible or not though.
You are right Rodney, I'm hooked.
Kent is very impressed. Maybe I'll even get him down to give it a try one of these evenings.
Carole
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Yes, probably not wise to eat the ones in that slough. It's more of a drainage system for farms and since it runs through urban area, not good.
Maybe from some of the lakes, sloughs further towards the Fraser Valley.
How does your wife cook them CJ? ;D
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Oh ya, this was yesterday. ;D
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/pic/pic040719-2.jpg)
Look at Chrome Mykiss' face (red shirt): "What am I doing here...?"
This fishing will be good until october Carole, so there will be many post dinner outings I think. ;D
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What am I doing? ???
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Isn't that some kind of praying you got going on there.... Talking to the fish god...? ;D
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Isn't that some kind of praying you got going on there.... Talking to the fish god...? ;D
Ya, I think your right.....look at us 3 desperate fisherman. ;D
Nice fish Carole. :)
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How wide and deep is this slough ?
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Chrome MyKiss does look a bit perturbed :D
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Fish Assassin I'm not good with measurements but I would say the slough is about 15 feet wide. I don't have a clue how deep it is. The depth would vary at different times because of the tides.
Carole
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anyone carp fishing tonight, i think im goin to give it a go.
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I can't tonight. It's fly tying night.
Carole
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"we we fishing the bottom when a regular came up and set up. he used a glowstick float, with a two foot leader and boilies."
Is it legal to use a glow float?
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Unlawful to - use a light in any manner to attract fish,
unless the light is submerged and
attached to the fishing line within 1 m of
the hook.
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"we we fishing the bottom when a regular came up and set up. he used a glowstick float, with a two foot leader and boilies."
Is it legal to use a glow float?
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Unlawful to - use a light in any manner to attract fish,
unless the light is submerged and
attached to the fishing line within 1 m of
the hook.
- since the float is 99% submerged AND attached well within 1 meter(3 feet) of the hook, this setup is allowed. DFO has approved this setup for me in person.
what the regs are talking about is using a flashlight or boatlamp to attract fish. :) :)
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The glow float is used to detect strikes. It's generally not bright enough to attract fish. I've seen them used in the Vedder in the fall.
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anybody catch these carp on the fly?
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Aren't carp predominately bottom feeders ?
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yes but if the water that they are in is only 1 - 3 feet deep, it makes using a floatt easy!!
ie: deer lake from the shore- the water is only 2 feet deep for almost 40 feet out............
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In japan they use a sponge type fly that looks like bread........now what's the retrieve on that one?
Nigelman