NO Camera always = monster catch

The carp bite finally turned on today, and Ben landed a 30"+ fish. I originally guessed it at 12 pounds, but upon reflection it sort of felt like it weighed as much as our dog, so I'm going with 15. Obviously his lifetime record. I think I've caught bigger carp--and I hooked and fought [but did not land] a similarly sized one today--but we haven't done a very good job of measuring them, or photodocumenting. I know I have pictures of some of them, and I see now that when I was last blogging here I mentioned the beginning of our carp adventures, so we'll have to see what we can do to prove the serious size of these fish soon. Also laid waste to Mike's trout again, and pulled a 14" largemouth out of the Maury, but our catfish adventure to the James today resulted in nothing but the certitude that Ben and I don't much like fishing in the dark.

Stay tuned...