River surprise 6/19! 25lbs.................

[FASTEDDIE29]

Got out of work early today and headed to the muddy, murky always stained river. Went over to polish up on my Pike game and hooked 3 within 25 minutes. First Pike, small, like 24 inches. 2nd Pike, a little better, 30-31 inches or so.3rd Pike about the same size as number 2 and quickly released. Good, quick action on the fish with teeth today. Acrobatics were amazing. These damn Pike think there part Tarpon, LOL! Good times!

I keep casting and casting and heres this RIVER MONSTER stalking my Spinnerbait. Crazy fish followed it 2 times and then WHAELD it on the third try. What kind of fish you asked? A BIG OLD CARP! YEA BUDDY!!!. It's a good one for this stretch of river. So in slow motion I twitch the bait and the fish inhales it on the 3rd try. It hit out of anger and aggression, I was truly AMAZED! After an EPIC muddy, slippery battle I finally get the fish landed. It took a while, let me tell you. Brought me back to the days of Carp fishing the Rahway 25 years ago. I'll estimate the fish to be around 25 lbs. That's my educated guess and I'm running with it. Here's a few pics of the action as it went down. Best 1 1/2 hours of the week thus far. SUPER FUN!!!

YEA BUDDY!!!! TIGHT LINEZ!!!!

[Anotherbite3]

Dude! Awesome day! The pike are cool enough. Add the carp hitting the spinner bait and wow. I have never heard of a carp hitting a spinner bait for any reason. I did have a friend catch a big ole carp on a senko, but at least that is near the bottom. Anybody else ever experience this before?

[saxmatt]

Yeah buddy! I bet that carp fought a lot better than those pike! Anotherbite3- sometimes carp feed on baitfish, they're not just bottom feeders. They feed in every part of the water column all the way up to the surface.

[catfishonthelake]

Pretty cool. I've had carp hit lures before. Caught one in December on a Binsky, caught one in the Connecticut River a bunch of years back on a Zara Spook and my Dad got one when I was younger in the Saddle River on a Pop-R. Nice fish Eddie!! Had to be a much better fight than the pike.

[jimcnj]

Carp on a lure in the mouth. You sir, are a legend.

[Lard Almighty]

Dude, that's crazy! Just goes to show, the more you go fishing, the more likely good things will happen!

[RJHooker]

Originally Posted by Anotherbite3

Dude! Awesome day! The pike are cool enough. Add the carp hitting the spinner bait and wow. I have never heard of a carp hitting a spinner bait for any reason. I did have a friend catch a big ole carp on a senko, but at least that is near the bottom. Anybody else ever experience this before?

I had a 5 pound carp grab a black fury at a small local trout stream. It's a small creek though, I might have hit'em in the face lol!

[The Birdman]

lmao that pic is hilarious, nice carp eddie

[GetANet]

You never cease to amaze me Buddy!!! X2 on that carp pic! And they do battle for sure!!! Those big ones are like a sherman tank on the end of your line, they just don't stop!!!!

[XXlyakattacker]

I lived in the Rahway river as a child. Even remember catching pickerel and perch out of it.Nice fish.