Big Bear Carp

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

I saw this from last week in Big Bear Lake.
71 carp in about 3 hours from a boat.


Water in the lake has warmed up and looks promising. 
I'll be up there for the holiday weekend. Hope to get my 30 in a day.
Since the carp abatement in Big Bear Lake is pretty active, the size of the carp are typically 1 to 3 lbs. Lake Elsinore isn't so the ones I get out of there are 3 to 5 lbs.

- Keith

[jrodda]

Pretty wild that these lakes have that many carp in them to where you can kill hundreds of fish and still go out again and have another high numbers day. All the more reason to hunt them.

[Latimeria]

I saw this from last week in Big Bear Lake.
71 carp in about 3 hours from a boat.


Water in the lake has warmed up and looks promising. 
I'll be up there for the holiday weekend. Hope to get my 30 in a day.
Since the carp abatement in Big Bear Lake is pretty active, the size of the carp are typically 1 to 3 lbs. Lake Elsinore isn't so the ones I get out of there are 3 to 5 lbs.

- Keith

I think I saw this pic only with Andrew Mack in it instead!

Damn, 30 in a day?  That's a feat for any type of fishing! 
Good luck boss! 

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

Managed two on Saturday. The first one had its tail out of the water shot below and got it. There were a lot of carp in the shallow seaweed beds. Had a similar problem as Elsinore in that I had to shoot thru the seaweed to get to the fish.  Made several shots below a fin on the surface just to see the fish torpedo off. Finally decided to just aim for the fin. Second one came in with the arrow just below as targeted. Wasn't thru much meat but managed to bring it in without pulling out. 2.5 lbs but didn't measure it.

Had a new first for loosing an arrow on Labor day. Previously;
I've shot at a fish far away and hit the end of the line and snap off.
I've shot at a fish, hit it and realized the line snapped and the fish swims away with the arrow
I've shot at a fish, it snaps off and goes low and hits a fish I didn't even see and it swims off.
Today, I had a perfect shot. The fish was at the surface and facing me, lining me up for a perfect head shot. Aim and fire. Arrow makes a hard thud into the fishes head....
And the arrow bouces back.😮
I'm wondering what just happened? The fish is gone. I reel up my arrow and the head of the arrow is gone. They do unscrew sometimes but I had just tightened it. I look closer and see the arrow head broke off at the threads. 🤔

Apparently there was a crack in the shiny area and it fractured in the dull area. (My college materials lab coming to good use)
Anyway.  Didn't loose the shaft so I can put another arrow head on it at least.

- Keith

[Latimeria]

Huh, the elusive "Hard-Headed Carp" does exist!  lol

Interesting gear failure with a busted arrow.

Cheers!

[Tim524]

Losing a Lure hurts, so I assume this one hurt too but at least there was something to see other than a broken leader