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JustinSolak
Joined: 17 Jul 2011
Posts: 245
Location: East Hartford, CT
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 Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 11:27 am Post subject: My buddy's new PB carp |
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Headed down to a spot we've been preparing and keepin an eye on lately. We've stuck some pretty decent fish so far this season. Numerous fish in the upper teens and quite a few into the 20lb range, and also including Mike's PB of 31lbs 7oz.
The plan was to meet up at 6. Well apparently 6 means 5. Found that out when I was headin down the road at 5:15 to grab a coffee and take my time and I gotta text with a picture of our spot tellin me he was holdin down the forte. Turns out Mike got the same text and he was closer to the swim than I was!
Anyways, we wet our lines about 5:45. Got some quick pulls, stuck a couple fish in the low 20's. Not a bad start to the morning. Bryan found his "secret" bait in the freezer from last year, and had his "secret" method mix goin as well, which has been workin extremely well for him. I'd tell ya whats in it, but he ripped all the labels off the containers all the ingredients came in...
So a few more pulls and no hookups. We pretty much all switched it up from maize strings to a batch of homemade boilies. Mike fished it alone with a PVA full of pack bait, I tipped mine with a piece of pop-up maize, and Bryan tipped his with his "secret" freezer bait. Well it paid off.
He gotta huge run outta nowhere. No play, no nothin. Just took off like a rocket. He gotta great hookset and the fight was on. A lengthy battle took place, gotta glimpse of the fish after 5 minutes or so, and we could tell it was a hefty fish. With great net work from Mike, we soon had the beast in the safety of the weigh sling on top of a cushion to prevent self inflicted damage. We weighed her up, and it came in at a whopping 32lbs 15oz
Out of respect for the monster, Bryan kicked off his shoes, rolled up his pants, and waded into the water, making sure that the fish was back in healthy condition and revived enough to swim off with force.
A few fish were banked after that, nothing major. And we got to meet a few interesting people along the way. The sun got too high, so we took off before noon, but more than likely headed back out for a night session.
Bryan: I don't wanna have to tell all your future stories... Join the forum!
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Wow! The warm weather seems to have helped the carp more than any other fish this year. Congrats to Bryan!
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| WTG Bryan! Nice carp! |
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Carpfishin860
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
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Location: East Hartford
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| That was a awesome fish and my heart was beating fast just netting it so you know bryans was racing! |
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DirtyDawg10
Joined: 27 May 2009
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Location: Granby, CT
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Awesome fish!! Congrats! |
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fishfinder
Joined: 19 Jun 2011
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Location: Naugatuck, Ct.
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Thats a big mama jama!!!!!!!!
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fishfinder
Joined: 19 Jun 2011
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Location: Naugatuck, Ct.
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Thats a big mama jama!!!!!!!!
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pikePERSUADER1
Joined: 07 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Nice, one of these days I'm gonna surprise you guys with a carp post  |
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SAP284
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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Location: Central, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Nice Carp! I've seen some big ones in the river lately...
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