Epic battle

[greensider]

Got this carp on a crappie rod fought it over an hour 20 pounds

[greensider]

Ol rubber lips

[ATS1755]

Great job and fish. That's one for the books, Congrats!

[ole bleu]

Great fertilizer for the garden

[greensider]

Yup

[walkabout]

good one ken

[Rickhem]

Nice!
How long before you knew what it was on the other end of the line?

[greensider]

When it made the first run I figured carp but after 5 minutes it just sat on the bottom basically for at least an hour in 10 feet of water never saw it until just before I landed it I tried many times to get it up as hard as I dare pull in 6 pound test I figured channel cat until last few minutes when it came up

[Rickhem]

I give you credit for waiting that fish out.  I'll stick with it as long as it keeps moving, but when nothing is happening, I lose patience.
Nice fish and a cool story too.

[ruck]

When I was a kid I was fishing for sunnies off the dam at Grassy Sprain reservoir in Yonkers. I hooked some massive beast on an ultralight setup with 4lb test, and a 1/32oz marabou jig. I fought it for over an hour before it circled the building just off the dam and broke me off. It was likely a massive carp. They catch guys off guard sometimes.