from my article on Big Carp News No, not the Iron Maiden song; rather my first experiences of night fishing for carp. This has been a crazy year for weather in Colorado. First with the never ending freezing winter followed by boiling hot days, cold nights and record rainfall, dust storms and electrical storms, high wind; …
Continue reading Fear of the DarkCarpQuest – S2E10 – Chatfield Carp Fishing – Fear of the Dark In this episode of CarpQuest we go on our first night fishing trip, destination, Chatfield Reservoir, CO. Arriving just before dusk we setup at the usual swim as a thunderstorm moved off into the distance. Ron walked an underwater camera out into the …
Continue reading CarpQuest – S2E10 – Chatfield Carp Fishing – Fear of the DarkCarpQuest – S2E9 – Pueblo Reservoir Carp Fishing – 100F Carping An afternoon session with James at Pueblo Reservoir fishing in 100°F heat. It was crazy hot but the carp action did not initially seem affected. In the space of a couple of hours we had 6 runs, put 4 carp on the bank and …
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The 1000 like/fan milestone was reached overnight for CarpQuest on Facebook. www.facebook.com/carpquest A “victory” coffee moment for sure ! Thank you ALL for your support, encouragement and feedback ! Please don’t forget to subscribe to the youtube channel to keep up to date with latest CarpQuest videos as they …
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from my article on FishExplorer.COM I was out fishing yesterday morning, had not been at the lake long, when I could hear thunder in the distance. A few minutes later a flash of lightning lit up the sky, no rain had fallen at my location yet. I was fishing with my usual long 13 ft rods. …
Continue reading Lightning – it’s not worth the risk !CarpQuest – S2E8 – Pikeview Carp Fishing – Heron and Carp Run I dropped off the carp dog Raven at doggy daycare and decided to get a quick session in at Pikeview Reservoir, next door to their facility. This venue never gives up her golden prizes easily! My previous six sessions here had ended in …
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from my article on FishExplorer.COM Between the Planets In the 1951 book, “Between Planets”, by Robert A. Heinlein, the phrase, “Pay it Forward’s” was popularized. Sixty years later I try to live by this philosophy in my fishing endeavors. When I first returned to fishing, a few years ago, there were many who gave to me …
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It has been many months since I was able to get a session in on the bank with Chris (C-DOG). Our last trip together, to Pueblo Reservoir, had ended with a spectacular dust storm, 50 mph winds and the destruction of my new HD camcorder from dust in the internal mechanism’s. Tumbleweeds were flying through …
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