Well we headed to Meningie for the long weekend with me hoping for a flick in the Coorong in between helping my father in law set up a bargain tinny he just bought.
As it turns out when we arrived he already had the tinny ship shape (sorry bad pun ) so we got it out on the water for a bit on Saturday.

The lovely morning weather was chased off by nasty grey clouds n wind by early afternoon.

In the couple of hours testing out the newly aquired boat I only managed one small Salmon Trout on soft plastic. So when back on terra firma we headed for Narrung to try for Carp in the lake next to the ferry.

I have never fished for carp before but had a hankering for something more than the little ST caught earlier in the day. I had a curried egg sandwich that was duly sacrificed for bait on an unweighted hook on 6lb braid and leader .

I have read posts on S&H about carp and how they "smash" bait but I found that my line was slowly taken up by a fish that I presume was sucking at the bait. When I noticed this I let the line go for a bit then sunk the hook and... Yee Frickn Haa... hold on ! Man these fish go like a freight train .
The first fish I landed was 65cm and had me up to one knee in black stinky mud retreiving it, and my thong I left behind

In the next 2 hours I caught another 3 fish, the biggest going 70cm! 2 others broke my line and the hooks pulled out of 2 others after a good few minutes fight.

One of the fish landed was gut hooked.

Geez it was bloody good fun in the rain.

Nice one buzza those little mud suckers go hard don't they! Congrats on getting some sizeable specimens

Yeah buzza I normally find they are slower on the take, but as yo uhave done... let them go for a bit and BANG !!! sink those hooks !!

Mate, if all you had to do was sacrifice a single thong for a good fishing session then you have done well in my books !!

( as long as it the thong from your feet )

buzza wrote:


Nice pic there Booma, very artful display

Yep those carp can either sit-n-suck, or just hit the afterburners totally unexpectedly

Good value in my book

hate to say it.. for the devils that they are.. they certainly offer great fun!!!

afishyfish wrote:


I do believe you mean Buzza there Afishyfish

Nice work mate! carp are great fun

Good on ya Buzza- give em hell!!!

Yep they can be a lot of fun.... and they do just suck at the bait and move off - probably don't know their hooked for awhile....

Booma wrote:


and I do believe you're right

Thats what happens when I post late at night