Dec 02 fish'n in the rain

[tangledline]

Well today was a warm Dec02....10c and a warm rain to boot.

I have been real busy with work and fighting a serious cold so with reservations i went fish'n.

The 5 km bike ride in the rain through Toronto traffic was fun...yeah sure.

Safely at my fishing hole i found pike, salmon,rainbow trout but no carp....

I was using curry corn for the first time....i baited lightly....i was pleasently surprised that i got visits by

all the fish in the area...they seemed curious of the smell...they didn't approach the bait directly but cruised through the swim area. This was a good sign i thought.

Half hour passes no carp....so i brought in the rod and tried for an hour with another rod rigged for trout.

follow after follow...but no commitment.

so i went back to searching for carp and found some at the end of the canal i was fishing.

i never had any luck in this area and landing a carp here would be difficult to say the least.

these were the only carp i could find so i gave the area a try.

i baited and set up the rod and then lied down on the ground to hide.

yep hide....you see the bright yellow rain gear pants i was wearing kinda stood out and the carp were staring at me and so i had to dissappear. i used some wire and lashed my rod to the wire railing just in case i couldn't get to the rod in time.

half hour later i see the rod bouncing and know there has been a take...20 seconds of screaming run while i try to undo the wire lashing of the rod.....the carp has taken out alot of line and ran through two bridges...

challenging ....i thought ok the pressures off...even if you can fight the carp back through both bridges ...there is no way you can reach the carp with the net...no access point through the railing.

so i fought the carp back and had it below me and felt i had won a hard fought battle....i wanted to get this carp landed.

i actually let out line and worked around bushes and trees and travelled another 50 feet until i found myself a place where i stood a chance of landing the carp.

i tweaked a rib muscle reaching out while lying on the wet ground1/2 of me hanging down over the water...i was pretty sure i was gonna go for a swim...but my luck prevailed and i landed the carp.

my first curry corn carp...thankyou CAG members for the tip...it worked very well.

17lbs 8oz carp ....i am so happy!!!!....the work that went into this one carp made it feel like it was such a victory.

i also spotted the carp with the lamprey on it...same pod of carp today.

around 3pm water conditions went to crap where i was fishing...i tried for an hour and felt like everything vacated the area with the changing muddiness of the water....i checked out other areas and then went home with out seeing any more carp.