Despite the cold, we continue to catch carp, some of them big, from our favorite southern PA lake as the weather and waters chill out. Matt is shown with a fine fish he got on a pineapple chunk on November 12, a few weeks back. Later that day, he would lose a very, very big fish under the docks that just had the hook tear out of it's mouth. Other catches include carp like these here...
A nice 13 pounder...
Matt with his second fish of a cold day.
And on Nov 14, I slipped out after work for a couple of hours of carpin'...two fish that totaled about 45 pounds. Both took tutti-frutti corn on a hook, no hair rig. They did me a favor, and both of them ran AWAY from the docking cables. Still, long, powerful fights from these great gamefish. Check 'em out...
First fish of the day was this 20-plus pounder. Cool!
Second fish was this mile-long mule of a carp that fought long and hard. This was carp number 44 for me this year, out of 70 hook ups. I know, I know...some folks think they are ugly and detestable. But they, like both you and I are one of God's beautiful creations. In Romans 1:20, scripture says that "Since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities...have been clearly seen." I put myself in that group of people, the multitudes, that way too often look past the beauty that God has placed right before our very eyes. Fish, the skies, the rushing waters...all things were created by God, and for His Glory.
Cool, My buddy, Jim the Carp Man! We need to jaw a bit.
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