Well, Andrew and I burned up the trolling motor batteries yesterday chasing carp all up and down the Eno River. Literally….smoke was rolling off the connections when we got back to the boat ramp, which by the way has been drastically improved for this year with the addition of a pier extending out beside the boat launch ramp…much easier!
Second carp of the trip…not sure why but this carp had more fight than any sub-10 pound carp we’ve ever arrowed…ripped all the line out of the bottle and put up quite a fight!
The carp were out in force thankfully and once we remembered how to shoot, we managed to put a little dent in the rough fish population. We ended up with somewhere between 20-25 common carp and had several more pull off. I made two of my best shots of the year with 15-20 yard Hail Mary’s connecting on a pair of 9-10 pounders. Unfortunately, the big guys got away. He ran into several pods of grassies in an undisclosed location, but each time they either suprised us as we were going after their lesser and much more common brethren (one threw water in the boat!) or we just couldn’t close those last couple of yards before they sank out of sight…some nice ones though!
This guy was the unfortunate victim of a 3,2,1 countdown in which both arrows actually met their target…OUCH!
Anyways, great trip and I don’t think I’m showing any signs of fecal coliform contamination yet, so I guess the trip could be considered a success!
