Not exactly pretty but this scraggly looking #16 “thing” did  land me a nice carp last fall.

Illinois (more specifically Chicago) Vs. The Rest of the of the Midwestern States – I think we knew from the start where this was headed.
Nevermind that Canada and all the people in the rest of the Midwestern states want to [read more]

Wondering how to cook that Silver Carp that literally just smacked you in the head jumped into your boat?
Louisiana (clicky) has you covered.  While the rest of us are working to keep these things from spreading, Louisiana has been working [read more]

Weather encountered:

snow
rain
blistering prairie sun
wind (goes without saying)
-4° C (25° F)
25° C (77° F)

Tactics tried

All Manner of nymphs

upstream
czech style
swung

streamers

dead drift
swung
cross current

clam flies, crayfish, woolly buggers, soft hackles, midges
night crawlers drifted and still fished

total fish count = 0
Highlights

Saw:

a 10lb class mirror carp
a [read more]

Courtesy of The Times Online
An interesting article on the state of Carp fishing in the UK
I will say, this kind of fishing never appealed to me.  I don’t mind bait-dunking from time to time.  But angling for produced genetic mutants [read more]

Clicky for article – written by The Carpfather…

Fish C in the quiz.
The infamous “flying carp”
Where is it found?

Native to northern Asia, the Silver carp has been introduced to dozens of countries.
In the US it has mostly spread to waters within the Mississippi-Missouri river drainage.
General Information
The Silver [read more]

Fish B in the Quiz

Where is it found

Almost everywhere.
Native to Eurasia, they have been introduced to almost every continent.  In the US they are found in almost every state.
They prefer backwaters, slow moving rivers, and smaller lakes.  However, you [read more]

Well the weekend was mostly a bust for ducks.  Hopefully during the late season I won’t have to deal with too many idiots in the marsh…
Chased Grayling in the high country for a couple hours on Saturday.  The warm weather [read more]