Hurricane Ian fish: Went carping in 62 degrees Colonial Lake this evening during Hurricane Ian. The lake was a cold, muddy flood. Weather was drizzle with a nor’easter. Didn’t see...

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Went carping in 62 degrees Colonial Lake this evening during Hurricane Ian. The lake was a cold, muddy flood. Weather was drizzle with a nor’easter. Didn’t see anyone. Threw out a can of corn for chum, then caught 2 bluegills and an 8 lb com carp with canned corn bait. Landed 60 carp this year.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

NJ219bands wrote:

Went carping in 62 degrees Colonial Lake this evening during Hurricane Ian. The lake was a cold, muddy flood. Weather was drizzle with a nor’easter. Didn’t see anyone. Threw out a can of corn for chum, then caught 2 bluegills and an 8 lb com carp with canned corn bait. Landed 60 carp this year.

Good going Bands. I couldn't do that down here when Ian hit us. 85 MPH winds. I'll get them next week. LOL

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Wow, you could cast far with the wind at your back. I fished Santee Cooper a long time ago and really enjoyed it. SC was great.

kmbolo Loc: Brevard county

I heard they are all muscle. Nice fish.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

NJ219bands wrote:

Went carping in 62 degrees Colonial Lake this evening during Hurricane Ian. The lake was a cold, muddy flood. Weather was drizzle with a nor’easter. Didn’t see anyone. Threw out a can of corn for chum, then caught 2 bluegills and an 8 lb com carp with canned corn bait. Landed 60 carp this year.

Good morning, Bands, that's a biggy, The real looks like an Old Mitchell 300, is it? Thanks for sharing.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

NJ219bands wrote:

Wow, you could cast far with the wind at your back. I fished Santee Cooper a long time ago and really enjoyed it. SC was great.

But you have to be able to stand up to cast🤣😄😄

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

flyguy wrote:

Good morning, Bands, that's a biggy, The real looks like an Old Mitchell 300, is it? Thanks for sharing.

Yes, my last one. I’ll modernize soon.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

kmbolo wrote:

I heard they are all muscle. Nice fish.

I heard they are all bone...Lol

They are fun to catch, they are heavy hard pulling fish

Badmoon Loc: Ewing NJ

Ever catch any holdover trout when your at colonial lake ?

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Badmoon wrote:

Ever catch any holdover trout when your at colonial lake ?

No, I never caught a trout there. Caught a bullhead on opening day of trout season. Caught 2 yellow bellied sliders last year.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

woodguru wrote:

I heard they are all bone...Lol

They are fun to catch, they are heavy hard pulling fish

Yes, I ate one once and it was loaded with small bones like trout and salmon.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

NJ219bands wrote:

Yes, I ate one once and it was loaded with small bones like trout and salmon.

Had a woman at work whi cooked them in a pressure cooker. The bones got soft like the ones in a can of salmon.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Gordon wrote:

Had a woman at work whi cooked them in a pressure cooker. The bones got soft like the ones in a can of salmon.

Wow, I didn’t know that.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

NJ219bands wrote:

Wow, I didn’t know that.

She also did it with them boney Shad. Not bad.

james hsiang Loc: Maine

Her's a tip, if not the best one. Carp are good eating if you know how to cook them. Being brought up in a boney eating fish society, I have had plenty of practice dealing with the bones. However, one way to enjoy carp is to cut the filet below the lateral line (that's the line that tuns down the side of the fish}. It's wasteful, but the boney upper flank might make good snapping turtle or crab bait.