Night fishing season has started! My secret spot under the lights is a great place to hunt carp on hot summer nights. It's still early in the season so it's mostly the "small" carp that are feeding in the shallows:The stretch of shoreline where I fish is not very long. Each time I hook up, … Continue reading Under the Lights →

Tara and I went fishing yesterday. Well, I went fishing. Tara sat on the bow and read celebrity gossip magazines...Anyway, with the water still murky, the best carping strategy at this point is still 'dapping,' that is, trying to wade close enough to the fish that you can drop your fly right on their heads. … Continue reading dapper chap →

The flood has receded, but the waters remain murky. After a morning of frustrated sight-fishing, I landed a small female carp. She took my fly and headed straight for the trees. Once I coaxed her through the branches and back out into open water, she swam directly at me. At one point she actually bumped … Continue reading After the Flood →

The carp hatchlings have died! Every day there were a few more fatalities, but the majority of our small fry were eating and growing steadily, though slowly. Yesterday I awoke to find all of the fish had perished in the night.This is not as surprising as it might seem. Just a tiny bit of soap … Continue reading One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish. →

In my experience, there are three stages to aquaculture.Stage one: Hatching the eggs.Stage two: development from fry to juveniles.Stage three: juvenile to adult.Stage one was unexpectedly successful. After just three days, the carp eggs hatched, leaving me with easily one hundred baby carp, and very few unhatched eggs. For a day or so, the fry … Continue reading It’s Alive! →