Caught my first carp today on Lake Dunlap! Was amazing! Took about 15 mins to get it to tire and about 10 more to come up with plans to boat it and trade personal belongings in case I went in the drink. I was in a kayak lol.
It went into two brush piles and pulled me for about 60 yards.
I did not get to measure it because I was a little nervous about flipping over. I did measure from the back of my yak to about where it went in the pic and I am guessing 33" and about 15-20lbs.
It was a glorious moment and and beautiful fish to say the least!

Ha ha ha, your hooked now!

You got Slimed! What bait did it fall to? Beautiful color by the way.

Awesome catch. Welcome to the darkside of fishing

Great job. You should try to target them....its addicting!

Beautiful common,congrats on the catch.Now you know why we fish from the bank mostly.

Great Fish Ashley. Good job.

Very Nice. Comgrats!

Fantastic!!! Great catch.

Nice Catch on a very nice fish.

And you think you hooked the fish???? nice Capture
I see you're from AUSTIN, there is an event in Austin at the End of February,,,,if you can try to make it as an observer,,there will be plenty of guys/gals to walk you into the DARK SIDE....and please visit
The Carp Anglers Group
and
Austin Carp Anglers

Beautiful golden color. It's a lake record if you submit it. Good job!

nice carp must feel great to catch one on a kayak

Thanks for all the comments.
I have been considering carp fishing over the last two months. So it was a little ironic that I caught my first one unexpectedly. Was a little push I needed. We will see how it goes...
Hope to post more in the future.

Start with whatever gear you currently have...no need to go out and spend hundreds of dollars on new equipment until you know for sure you want to pursue it and want to use the 'euro' gear...
There are many, many carp caught all over with heavy 'bass' gear.

Best way to understand carping is to come to local fishins.