Post by sam on Jul 14, 2013 18:24:13 GMT -5
Myself and a fishing buddy named "Ron" decided to head out. It was about 6:00 am before we got to the boat ramp. Nobody else was in sight ! It as still dark.
We started out on a cold brisk November day. A small later of skim ice had formed on the lake edges overnight, and in some places it was over 1/2 inch thick. There was no problem launching our bass boat, and we headed out for open water.
We decided to try some bass fishing, so I tied on a plastic worm, and Ron tried a small jig with crawdad like trailer on it. We had fished for around 45 minutes when we came up on a likely looking cove. Only problem was it was at least an inch thick ice. Didn't look to good for this spot !
As Ron turned on the trolling motor I thought I'd cast up onto the ice, and let it fall as it came across the ice shelf. That's when it happened !! As soon as my plastic worm hit the ice, a very big fish broke up through the ice and inhaled my bait !
Wow, I knew instantly that this was a big fish ! My drag started screaming' as the fish made his initial run, and the drag was smoking as I set the hook ! That fish must of felt it, and it took off like a rocket ship on wheels.
That fish was pulling us all around the lake ! After about three hours of this I decided to set the hook again, and dig then barbs in a little deeper. OUCH ! I know the fish felt that ! The fish took off so fast that it set the bottom of the boat on fire. Here we are out in the middle of the lake and the boats burning !
It was just lucky for us that the fish jumped over that sandbar because it drug us across it, and put the fire out !
I couldn't pull this fish up, and as it pulled us around in circles for another hour myself and Ron were getting tired.
I gave my fishing rod to Ron, my arms were shaky and tired. We still hadn't seen the fish and Ron had made only made a dozen or so cast before we hooked it.
He thought he was going to muscle the fish up and set the hook again !
That must of really made the fish mad ! Again the fish took off like a rocket !
We both sat there in the boat, our mouths just dropped open in amazement at the power of this fish !!
Then it happened, the fish pulled us around so fast that we were passing jet skiers, and so fast it set the boat back on fire !! It's a really bad feeling knowing your in a wooden boat, and your on fire !
Then it got even worse, at first we thought it was the US Navy firing a torpedo at us. The fishing line went slack and all we could see was this fish attacking us. Was like a torpedo aimed right for our boat, only it was the fish ramming our boat head on !
CRACK, I could feel and hear it. Then a little bit of water started coming into the boat. I'm looking at Ron, and he's looking at me like "what the heck".
The fish circled the boat two or three times and then lined up for another attack. We watched as the torpedo was coming in to ram us again and them "BOOM" as the fish hit the boat another time. Water started gushing in so I grabbed an old coffee can we had in the boat and started bailing it out !
About that time the fish started jumping up out of the water like it was laughing at us. For the first time we got a good look at the fish. Holy Cow, it was the biggest darn carp I've ever seen ! Must of gone over 200 pounds and big around as a 55 gallon barrel !
Then the fish took off again and Ron's holding onto the rod for dear life ! I plugged up some of the cracks in the boat that the fish had done, and then the carp just pulled us around the lake for a few more hours.
I told Ron to just cut the line, but he was thinking about a new state record carp.
As we got towards the north end of the lake the carp started speeding up, and then it happened ! That fish took us half way up the waterfall and :SNAP". The sound of the line snapping still rings in my ears ! Darn, I should of been using Stren !
We started out on a cold brisk November day. A small later of skim ice had formed on the lake edges overnight, and in some places it was over 1/2 inch thick. There was no problem launching our bass boat, and we headed out for open water.
We decided to try some bass fishing, so I tied on a plastic worm, and Ron tried a small jig with crawdad like trailer on it. We had fished for around 45 minutes when we came up on a likely looking cove. Only problem was it was at least an inch thick ice. Didn't look to good for this spot !
As Ron turned on the trolling motor I thought I'd cast up onto the ice, and let it fall as it came across the ice shelf. That's when it happened !! As soon as my plastic worm hit the ice, a very big fish broke up through the ice and inhaled my bait !
Wow, I knew instantly that this was a big fish ! My drag started screaming' as the fish made his initial run, and the drag was smoking as I set the hook ! That fish must of felt it, and it took off like a rocket ship on wheels.
That fish was pulling us all around the lake ! After about three hours of this I decided to set the hook again, and dig then barbs in a little deeper. OUCH ! I know the fish felt that ! The fish took off so fast that it set the bottom of the boat on fire. Here we are out in the middle of the lake and the boats burning !
It was just lucky for us that the fish jumped over that sandbar because it drug us across it, and put the fire out !
I couldn't pull this fish up, and as it pulled us around in circles for another hour myself and Ron were getting tired.
I gave my fishing rod to Ron, my arms were shaky and tired. We still hadn't seen the fish and Ron had made only made a dozen or so cast before we hooked it.
He thought he was going to muscle the fish up and set the hook again !
That must of really made the fish mad ! Again the fish took off like a rocket !
We both sat there in the boat, our mouths just dropped open in amazement at the power of this fish !!
Then it happened, the fish pulled us around so fast that we were passing jet skiers, and so fast it set the boat back on fire !! It's a really bad feeling knowing your in a wooden boat, and your on fire !
Then it got even worse, at first we thought it was the US Navy firing a torpedo at us. The fishing line went slack and all we could see was this fish attacking us. Was like a torpedo aimed right for our boat, only it was the fish ramming our boat head on !
CRACK, I could feel and hear it. Then a little bit of water started coming into the boat. I'm looking at Ron, and he's looking at me like "what the heck".
The fish circled the boat two or three times and then lined up for another attack. We watched as the torpedo was coming in to ram us again and them "BOOM" as the fish hit the boat another time. Water started gushing in so I grabbed an old coffee can we had in the boat and started bailing it out !
About that time the fish started jumping up out of the water like it was laughing at us. For the first time we got a good look at the fish. Holy Cow, it was the biggest darn carp I've ever seen ! Must of gone over 200 pounds and big around as a 55 gallon barrel !
Then the fish took off again and Ron's holding onto the rod for dear life ! I plugged up some of the cracks in the boat that the fish had done, and then the carp just pulled us around the lake for a few more hours.
I told Ron to just cut the line, but he was thinking about a new state record carp.
As we got towards the north end of the lake the carp started speeding up, and then it happened ! That fish took us half way up the waterfall and :SNAP". The sound of the line snapping still rings in my ears ! Darn, I should of been using Stren !