Fishing at the Park - 02/25/2011

[Vman]

Hi guys,
I went to the park again today (Thursday ) since the weather is a little better than forcasted. The water is still very cold and the bite was slow. Had to work really hard to come up with some fish for the essential " fish-porn ". Covering water was the strategy today. Casted and cranked a lipless crankbait for 4 hous straight. After the 3rd hour, it was hard to concentrate and maintain correct depth but did catch 3 bass through out the 4 hours.

All fish were caught on a red eye shad that was given to me last week by a fishing buddy. A total of 3 bass caught, but the third one got off right at shore after throwing the hooks. Also snagged a huge, 15 to 20 pounds carp, that ran all the way to the middle of the lake and peeled off 10lbs line like nothing.


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[jbassc]

Nice bass bro ! I love when i hook a carp on cranks its a fun fight especially on a baitcaster you can really test out your gear when ur fighting a giant carp.

[dfisher]

good catches. What time were you out there? Are the cops still cool there?

[Vman]

good catches. What time were you out there? Are the cops still cool there?

I got there at 6:30PM. The cops are cool, still. Last time I stayed too late ( about 6 months ago ), a young Latino cop sneaked up on me, shined his flash light in my face, check to see if I had a license, made sure that I was not snagging nor using live bluegill.

He then said: " It' s cool, you can go back to fishing, I am just making sure you 're not the throw net guy. " I 've never seen cops acting like game warden but I guess people were complaining about the ignorant poachers using throw net.

[Vman]

Nice bass bro ! I love when i hook a carp on cranks its a fun fight especially on a baitcaster you can really test out your gear when ur fighting a giant carp.

Thanks. I hooked it on the lower side fin, so he ran anywhere he wanted. After 30 secs and still not gainning back any line, I knew he ain't no bass. A cool dude fishing nearby came over to help me land the fish thinking that it was a huge bass. He was also throwing crankbait and got slammed in the same spot, but didn't hook up.

[CPT. Kirk]

Great job vman way to slay them at the park.