Blackstone Carp

It is around 100 pm when the commercial fisherman finally leaves. I watch him carry his 4th bucket of fish away in disgust. My sttention is quickly brought back to my rods as I get a series of quick beeps then one tone on the Mistrals. Another 6-8 pound mirror, but the rig held firm. Really looking for those 20's and I am confident I am going to catch one of them soon.

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Headed off for a 12 hour session on January 24th. Weather was looking good, a nice mild day following a couple warm rainy/foggy days. I got to the banks around 6 am and Nate pulled up the side of the road and I quickly started dumping my gear over the rail. It always seems like no one is on this road till we stop and suddenly there was a small traffic jam behind us. Dirty looks all around ...

Last week I did an over night session along the Blackstone and it got me wanting to do some more. I figured why not head out in search of another 20 pound carp from Rhode Island. The river has an average size of 12-15 pounds in most of Rhode Island, which is slightly higher then the 8-12 in most of Massachusetts. Banking a 20 pound fish is a decent feat, requiring a bit of scouting, some solid ...

The following is a cut paste of some bank side action in the previous summer months. I wanted to bring it here to catch up on a few blogs so you guys can see what American Carp angling can be like. How it is different and not so much all at the same time!





The morning was spent checking another swim which isn't worth mentioning ...