Couple of carp and a dinosaur

[Tuck]

Hit a local pond with my son last night.  Looking for catfish and maybe carp and the carp cooperated.  Then a catfish rod starts a slow run and dinosaur on.  Biggest we have ever caught on a rod and man was it pissed to come out of the water.  Almost went swimming with it twice.  Such a rush and then the slow walk back to the water.

[tpr1921]

Nice catch.

[JD48]

Nice going

[Rusty]

Fun night!  

[Roon]

Awesome times Joe, like I said earlier you just had to out show a 9 year old lol.

All seriousness good times make great memories 

[Tuck]

3 minutes ago, Roon said:

Awesome times Joe, like I said earlier you just had to out show a 9 year old lol.

All seriousness good times make great memories 

We can visit the pond together next time and she can grab him then.  Will be bigger than yesterday after a few more days of eating anything it wants!!!

[SoxFan]

Awesome

[Batsto]

Nice! Snapper Soup

[Kype]

shouldnt pick them up by their tails. but non the less a great day. nice job. 

[jumpthestring]

Good Times  

[Tuck]

54 minutes ago, Kype said:

shouldnt pick them up by their tails. but non the less a great day. nice job. 

Honestly never knew that.  Was told when I was younger that was only way to grab and move a snapper without getting bit.  Still learning every day.  

[Recurve hntr]

Awesome catch. 

[Bonefreak]

Haha!!  Good times down the pond!!  Always amazed at those snappers!!  Got a good one for the kids up in Cape cod yrs ago!!  
 

 But if I remember correctly from my Rutgers vertebrate zoology course…those carp are older on the Ol time line of life  than that dinosaur!!  I think any bottom sucking fish critters have rank on all other critters….& that bottom sucking mouth eventually evolved to a jaw to predate on other critters. 

[electricstart]

Nice ,Big snapper

[NotJust22s]

That is a big old turtle. 
as for picking them up by the tail, it screws up the bones in the tail and spine.