Crazy carp!

bigcarp · Jul 2, 2011

Ok....so I'm out fishing today for pike with the 'ol #5 Mepps....missed 2 short strikers (ugh) and of course came upon lots of carp in the shallows near the shoreline. I happened upon a monster over 10 pounds and as a joke as I was reeling in the 'ol Mepps I decided to run it near its mouth and THEN....it vacuumed my Mepps right into its mouth! So I mumbled "uh-oh" to myself and had to set the hook on her and then all hell broke loose......screamed my drag out to mid-river and an awesome battle was on. Luckily I had a nice medium action rod and PowerPro line so I was able to control the fight but there were some powerful runs that were amazing. Had the shakes after I finally lifted her on shore. I estimated her at about 12 pounds because I've caught tons of carp on corn since I was a kid and it had that 12 pound look to her.
Most carp spook when your lure gets near them but this one sucked my lure up without hesitation. That was fun.

stefanmusky · Jul 6, 2011

i think mepps makes a #6 just keep it in a different section (musky) of most stores, i know blue fox has #6 as i have a few

bigcarp · Jul 6, 2011

I knew you were gonna post something like that!

I've been wanting to order some of your magical spinners....drooling for #5's...passing out for a #6. Anything with white on it. I'll visit your site soon.
Thanks for the "reminder" :lol:

Dan S · Jul 5, 2011

bigcarp said:
Yeah...it's one of those things....If you could only take one lure with you on a deserted island, what would you pick?
I'm going with a #5 Mepps......now if they would only come out with #6, I'd be all set!!!!!!!!

I know a guy who makes a real nice #6!! and 3,4 and 5 for that matter!!

McChou · Jul 5, 2011

bigcarp said:
The cat was a very dark color...almost completely black. I wonder what's next? Very cool.

If it was really dark grey, and had a bigger than normal head - probably a male in spawning colors. Catfish are predatory fish as well so no suprise they would chase an 'minnow' imitation. The carp on the other hand is a new one! Cool story, thanks for sharing!

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bigcarp · Jul 5, 2011

Yeah...it's one of those things....If you could only take one lure with you on a deserted island, what would you pick?
I'm going with a #5 Mepps......now if they would only come out with #6, I'd be all set!!!!!!!!

stefanmusky · Jul 5, 2011

bigcarp said:
Geez...was out yesterday from 6pm to about 7:15pm with the 'ol #5 and lo and behold I now ended up catching a 16 inch channel cat?! It's hilarious to be catching all of these species on the trusty Mepps.
The cat was a very dark color...almost completely black. I wonder what's next? Very cool.

mepps can catch about anything, caught a few smallies and also musky just not out of the des [plaines. on #5s

bigcarp · Jul 4, 2011

Geez...was out yesterday from 6pm to about 7:15pm with the 'ol #5 and lo and behold I now ended up catching a 16 inch channel cat?! It's hilarious to be catching all of these species on the trusty Mepps.
The cat was a very dark color...almost completely black. I wonder what's next? Very cool.

Taterman · Jul 2, 2011

Cool. Good story.
That must have been a fun brawl.

stefanmusky · Jul 2, 2011

funny same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago, cuaght a nice pike and about 3 casts later on the same #5 mepps a 2' carp hooked

right in the mouth, i seen him right after he bite so i knew what i had, but WTF ugliest pike i ever did see, here is a pic notice the lure lol

washhusky102 · Jul 2, 2011

Nice story

2 Gotta love the shaking feeling :-D

Crazy carp!

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