Recent content by Hopeless

Cloud cover has prevented me from getting out again. I think I may be done snagging for a while. Spawn should be over soon :( IG - Yep, whenever I pulled scales off, they would be impaled right to the start of the barb. Barbless actually helps, go figure. I think when I go out and fish with...

Well, I got eight of them today. I fished nonstop from 7am to 3:30pm when the clouds rolled in. Most memorable was the one that took me an hour to land. I figured out early on that the barbs on the treble hook I was using were screwing me. If I didn't get a point between scales, I just plucked...

Don't you just love the smell of burnt drag in the morning? :) I know that the carp good/bad and 'angling methods' topics can be heated at times; I apologize in advance. After no luck for a month besides a little bitty catfish (totally coolio, kindly released with a smile on my face) and some...

Went out to PGE's Trojan Pond today. Was on the North pond for about five hours, and no takers. As I was leaving, about 30-45 minutes after sunset, the carp started 'jumping' every few minutes. I note that of all the carp that I got a good look at, only came about 2/3 of each fish came out of...