Both were on a black stonefly

I want to find more common carp on these lakes but am having trouble and I don't know where else to look. I think the common carp will be easier to fool based on what I've read.

Finding these were easy b/c their tails were out of the water and there was a ton of them.

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Posted by bluemoons

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Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:04 pm to AubieALUMdvm

So as predicted, the wind has been pretty much awful. The trip has been sick though. Not too many big fish. Pretty much everything has been in the 2-5lb range with a couple over 5.

I got my personal best bone today. Didn't have a scale, but he measured at 28" and had some serious shoulders, so I'm hoping he was between 9-10. He ate in like 4" of water 8' away from me. His whole back was out of the water and my my leader was in my guides when he ate. One of the more intense fishing experiences of my life

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Then he wrapped me around the only mangrove in the middle of this giant arse flat, so I sprinted across the flat after him with my rod over my head in both hands like some type of geriatric giraffe screaming at him. Freed the line from the bush, fought him for a little while longer, then saw how big he was and had to remind myself that I was on planet Earth. 3x backing fish. I was stoked ha.

I had to wade across a neck deep creek to get to that flat, and my pops wasn't feeling the wade, so I didn't have a photog haha. I was a little bummed, then a little pissed at myself for being bummed. I took some shitty pictures with my iphone, so I'll post one later. Here are some photos from the rest of the trip so far. My dad got his first bone on day 2, and got his first totally on his own today.

^ That's my pops about to land his first bone ever. He hooked up, I was 200 yards away, and I just ran as fast as I could with my camera and started shooting. Turned out to be one of my favorite photos I've ever taken.