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Carp on a fly-rod popper

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:32 pm
by Bob J
Was throwing a popper last night on Deal Lake and wound up catching a heavy carp. Was like catching a cross between a striper and an albie, bull dogging and some knuckle busting runs. Great fun - have never done that before. There was a squirrel nearby eating some berrIes on an overhanging tree...I'm assuming this is what had the carp looking up but still, I was pretty amazed to see that carp surface after a few runs where I thought I had hooked one of the lakes long lost muskies.

Re: Carp on a fly-rod popper

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:30 pm
by garden hackle
Bob J wrote:
Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:32 pm
Was throwing a popper last night on Deal Lake and wound up catching a heavy carp. Was like catching a cross between a striper and an albie, bull dogging and some knuckle busting runs. Great fun - have never done that before. There was a squirrel nearby eating some berrIes on an overhanging tree...I'm assuming this is what had the carp looking up but still, I was pretty amazed to see that carp surface after a few runs where I thought I had hooked one of the lakes long lost muskies.
Was it a mulberry tree? They are beginning to drop and carp love mulberries.

Re: Carp on a fly-rod popper

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:16 am
by Bob J
I don't think so. The berries were much smaller, but I have to think those berries lured the carp to the area. Have to thank the squirrel for an assist!

Re: Carp on a fly-rod popper

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:48 pm
by Twism86
Carp are an amazing fish to catch that are overlooked all the time! And yes, they love berries, especially mulberry.

Re: Carp on a fly-rod popper

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:29 am
by cappy
Carp are bulldogs, dam strong fighters. They can be caught with fly gear using egg patterns. Y2K from Lively Legz works great.