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AVec80X
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 Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:43 am Post subject: First Yak Fishing of 2015: Mattabassett |
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I got in my first yak fishing adventure of 2015 with a few guys on Friday. We hit the Mattabassett at 9am and I fished till 2 or so. Jeff Tree managed to land 2 Pike, but the highlight of the day was his accidental foul-hooking of a Carp while throwing a Husky Jerk. With the way the drag was screaming we thought he had a huge Pike for sure….nope!…just a Carp hooked in the dorsal fin! Aside from that, the rest of us got skunked. All in all, a fun day on the water and the first of many, many more this year!
Snapped some photos throughout the day:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aveccadesign/sets/72157649401490884/
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Pike are always bound to hit a bigger HJ-12 and HJ-14 in the pattern Firetiger, esp during the cooler months.
Nice shot of what I believe is a Northern Goshawk. |
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AVec80X
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ChaoSki
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| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Nice trip/pics. Thanks for sharing!
Just a Carp? Looks like a nice little monster! But what do I know, I'm a carp guy.  |
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AVec80X
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| Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| ChaoSki wrote: | Nice trip/pics. Thanks for sharing!
Just a Carp? Looks like a nice little monster! But what do I know, I'm a carp guy. |
True. The average person would be psyched and Jeff was. I'm a fish snob I guess, if it's not a Pike or Bass at Mattabassett, it doesn't matter to me  Plenty of nice Carp and Bowfin in there, I just avoid them like the plague.
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ChaoSki
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| Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| Different strokes for different folks... |
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AVec80X
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ChaoSki
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| AVec80X wrote: | | ChaoSki wrote: | | Different strokes for different folks... |
Yes sir. It was awesome watching him reel that Carp in. Really couldn't imagine targeting Carp exclusively from a kayak, those things are huge! |
I will let you know how it goes for me.
We will be having fun with them....I'm sure we will be dragged around the lake too!
I started off with Carp fishing, and apparently it was a bad thing to do cause catching anything else is 1/2 fun or adrenaline. To a point where I don't even want to catch anything else (too easy to reel in).
Carps put up a fight like no other.... |
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