Kayak + Carp = Yarpin 3 Days of Great Yarpin
Usually in the spring I am bassing and bassing it hard. But
with the longer winter, weird spring, and constant rains I have turned my
sights to carp. I have been fishing them harder and longer then most seasons. I
have introduced the art of hair rig fishing, new chumming techniques, and help
from BigCarpTackle.com
After several sessions of shore fishing successfully for
carp this season, DuPage Angler JC Crappies (Chunsum, co-owner of Aurora Lure
Company) and I decide to try something we had never done before and that was
kayaking for carp.
We picked an un-assuming muddy farm pond we have bass fished
and that I had carp fished from shore once and got a few fish. Each night at
dusk I would arrive at the lake and chum with corn and handfuls of boilies
before fishing the next morning.
The cool thing about Yarpin is I do not have as much tackle
as if I when I am bass fishing. We carried a couple rods, floats (both Raven
and others), rigs, pliers, and the very important net. Armed with a pile of
offerings and our Pivothead glasses we went to work.
JC Crappies(Chunsum) is awesome to fish with. We met on
DuPageAngler.com and through my guide service and became fast friends. He is a
fisherman, photographer, blogger, coach, pro-staffer, and a programmer. He is
also a giant smartass.
Early when the fish would approach the surface into the chum
line of floating bread we would only be fishing a foot down. When they backed
off we went to 3 feet down. The lion’s share of fish came on a break that came
from a large 2 foot deep flat into a 7 foot hole. The boilies played a larger
role at this time. Although I had a half dozen flavors corn, pineapple, and
strawberry worked best.
Chunsum did a great job of capturing video of this awesome
carp fishing from a kayak (Yarpin). He composed this in 3 episodes please watch
and enjoy.
smartass
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