UNEVENTFUL

 

While I wrote that July carp fishing turned out to be better than expected for me, I have to say that August fishing, so far, has been uneventful.  The small ones continue to hit but not in big numbers.  I still manage to get a decent one every once in a while. Earlier in the week I had a 20, but for every fish over twenty pounds, I probably land 15 small ones under ten pounds.  Still, the skunks have been rare as I have been able to catch 1,2, or 3 carp on just about every outing in August. 

This is August fishing in some real hot weather. It's not great but not poor either.  Just simply uneventf

August fishing has been uneventful with fair 
numbers of small ones.

ul! Things will change as we begin to see the cooler days and nights in September.

By the way, the turtles (both sun turtles and snappers) continue to be a big problem as they are super active in this warm weather.  Just can't seem to get away from them. I have to reel in often and check to see if the bait is still on the hair as they will steal it without as much as a twitch on the rod tip.

Small Ones in Abundance

Here's a "hand size" carp that I landed today.
Small ones tend to dominate the summer fishing.
They are feisty and tend to zip around on the fight.

 I'm fishing many of the same places that I landed big carp in the spring. Yet, lately it has been mostly small ones.  In the heat of summer smaller carp generally dominate the daytime fishing.  I was out today for a few hours in the morning.  I landed 4 commons.  They were all under ten pounds with the smallest going about four pounds.

I will say that those small five or six pounders are really feisty and put on a show on the fight.  They will generally run off the alarm on the hit and zip around as you battle them to shore. They are incredibly fast for their size unlike the big ones that can be heavy and slow while digging the bottom on the fight.

I continue to catch my fish on hair rigged maize and a white artificial corn.  If you are going to fish for carp at this time of year, avoid a lot of bait like using a method ball.  Turtles key on these big bait offerings and will not leave you alone.