I woke up a little late Sunday and headed down to the Red Rock Spillway. For a while it seemed like everyone was catching fish but me.  I saw a Hybrid Bass get pulled out that must’ve been at least 6 lbs, probably more. Eventually I got frustrated and the old lady wanted to be in the sun, so we moved to the other side.

The moment I walked up, this guy next to me pulled out another big one. This one took 5+ minutes to land because he was using an ultralight pole and a fairly light test. He kept pulling out smaller ones for the rest of the day. For a while, it was pretty slow, lots of snags. Then I finally got a bite and pulled out that Walleye. Definitely made the trip worth it.

Around 4 o’clock some younger kids, probably 14-16 years old come up and with this huge net and I’m thinking to myself, “What do they need that for?”  Then all of the sudden I hear one of the kids screaming. They had a 50-60+ lb bighead carp on the line. They landed this thing and I wish I would’ve gotten a picture. Some 8 year old girls were walking down the path that we are standing on and then they saw this beast and turned around and ran the other way. It was absolutely hilarious.

After the fishing was done, we went and wonder around the woods looking for mushrooms. We didn’t find anything until we got to the car and I had a tick on me! All and all a good day though. Now I have some fresh fertilizer for my garden from the sucker fish I pulled out.

Saylorville Spillway

I started the day out fishing here @ the Saylorville Spillway. It didn’t take long for me to get extremely frustrated. First, I cast out and my line went completely out…. so I had to restring my line in the field. Which was disappointed. There was a lot of water coming out of the spillway which made the river’s current move pretty fast. I didn’t stick around too long in this area because the current was just too strong for the fishing I wanted to do. I could’ve gone further down but I figured I could just try my luck at the lake.

Saylorville Lake - Lakeview Boat Launch

I fished here for several hours, running everything from crankbaits, poppers, spinners and buzz baits. Nothing worked. There was a fair amount of boat traffic there which could have been part of the problem.

Saylorville Lake - Lakeview Boat Ramp

There were a LOT of carp swimming around, since I’d had such a slow day fishing, I thought I’d try snagging a few carps.

Carp in Saylorville Lake

4/0 Treble Hook for Snagging

There were about 100-150 carp all swimming on the surface in very shallow (1-2 ft) of water from about 5-6:45pm. The entire end of that bay was filled. So I pulled out my treble hook. I managed to actually snag one but it go off before I could land it. I couldn’t get them to bite at my floating jig head or a worm on bottom, which was rather diappointing.

A rather boring day fishing, but I had a good time all the same. I mean, I was out fishing at least and the weather was great!