Heavyweights Hitting at Night

I spent several nights fishing after dark this week looking for a big one. Like many other large fish, big carp are wary creatures and generally go on the prowl at night. In RI a big carp is considered 20 lbs. or more. After landing several fish in the 15-18 lb. range in the last few nights, I finally hit my first 20 lber. of the new year. Got it on banana flavored maize, a hot flavor at this time of year. Some of the biggest carp of the year are caught at this time since they are prespawn fish and are loaded with eggs making them very heavy. The photo at the right is an 18 lber. The 20 was landed a while later, but heavy rains prevented me from snapping a photo.