High Water, Invasive Weeds and Pests

I landed this mirror yesterday along with a couple
of more. September fishing has been slow over-
all in RI thusfar.

We should be in the start of some good fall fishing for carp right now in RI, but we are not. The weather has been summer-like in the past week or so and that has warmed the water. The pests such as turtles and horned pout are right at home in this bath water, and they are active. They have been very bothersome with their bait stealing antics.

In addition to the pests, we have very high water and lots of invasive weed to deal with.  Most of the ponds in RI are very high right now due to all the rain in the last few days. Water levels are at a springtime high and not a fall low.  I don't like fishing high water.  Just too many places for the carp to hide in the vegetation near the shore.

Finally, there is the invasive weed.  It is just everywhere though it shows signs of dying out.  Last year it was generally gone by mid to late October but we will need some cold weather to kill it.

Still, I have been slogging through a tough early September and I have been catching a few fish here and there.  Nothing to write home about but I've gotten about 10 mirrors so far this month from 6 to 10 lbs. Better days are coming but we'll just have to wait it out till cooler weather arrives.