Caught two lake fish 🐟 that weighed 21 lbs 3 oz

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Went fishing 🎣 in 86 degrees Dam Site 21 this evening on a hot 🥵, humid, sunny day with a strong northwest wind after a cold front. My apartment was 85 degrees. One car 🚙 was in the parking lot when I arrived. Three cars were there when I left. A bass fisherman said that he caught and released a largemouth bass with a lure. Len the Honda Pilot guy arrived late in the evening. 3 boats 🛶 were on the lake. An osprey, great egret, great blue heron, belted kingfisher and double crested cormorant were fishing. After I threw out canned, whole kernel corn 🌽 for chum, I caught nothing while ultralight jigging. I used up all of my homemade corn meal bait and caught nothing. I probably won’t make any more corn meal bait. Six hooks on two corn rods will be a handful. Lost a redeared slider on corn bait. Then a 29” 12 lb 5 oz common carp pulled my rod into the lake but I managed to land it after a great battle. After a carp jumped nearby, a 26” 8 lb 14 oz common carp pulled my pole into the lake again. Caught 47 carp this year.