3/21 Report

[BornXEyed]

My good friend, Jared, and I fished the upper Severn yesterday; departed from Valentine Creek and headed north, pitching small plastic flukes on jigs and in-line spinners around docks and shore cover. Not much action; a peck here and there. Didn't see much on the fish finder either. Water temps were 56-57 degrees.

We did get this nice carp though. She made one nice run, peelin some line, but then settled down and we boated her (and released).

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[chrisdetweiler]

did you catch the carp on an artificial lure?

[BornXEyed]

Yes! It sucked up the plastic fluke. Couldn't believe it! Obviously we weren't targeting carp :eek2:

[chrisdetweiler]

That's cool. Nice fish! I know guys catch them on flies. I've never targeted carp before, but I did catch one a few years back while flyfishing for smallmouth bass. It took me about 10 minutes to land. Terrific fighters. Last summer I inadvertantly snagged a big carp on the Juniata while fishing for smallies. It shot out of the water like a tarpon when I hooked it! When I brought the fly in there was a scale the size of a silver dollar on the hook. ;)