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Good Day at the Spillway
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09/28/19 05:48 PM
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TexasRoughFishing
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I had some free time yesterday evening, and I hadn’t been to the Somerville spillway (or caught a carp) in a while. We had been to Houston twice in the past couple weeks trying to catch grass carp from Brays & Buffalo Bayou, but only managed to catch catfish and a couple gar. And in the past couple days, I had been to Lake Bryan twice just trying to catch one of the 1lb-5lb carp that are everywhere in the lake, and still only managed to catch a bunch of small catfish. But finally, after making the short drive from College Station to Somerville yesterday afternoon, I landed a nice common, along with several drum and a few crappie that I caught on my fly rod. I was expecting to catch a buffalo, as they were rolling on the top of the water literally everywhere I looked, along with gar. And even though I would’ve been happy with a buff, I was super excited to finally land a carp after blanking so many times. I’ve also never landed a carp from Lake Somerville or the Spillway until now, so that’s a nice plus. I caught him by just freelining bread on a light action rod w/ 10lb test (I don’t like to use method feeders at the Spillway because of all the snags. You’ll get snagged almost every cast)
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Re: Good Day at the Spillway
[Re: TexasRoughFishing]
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09/28/19 08:13 PM
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Nicely done!
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Re: Good Day at the Spillway
[Re: TexasRoughFishing]
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09/29/19 12:36 AM
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Ocelot
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Lots of variety and some nice fish. Good job.
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Re: Good Day at the Spillway
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09/29/19 02:54 AM
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banker-always fishing
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Nice post and fish. Good job.
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Good Day at the Spillway
[Re: TexasRoughFishing]
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09/30/19 07:56 PM
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J-Moe
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Well done I was there with my fly rod when you caught one.
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Re: Good Day at the Spillway
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09/30/19 10:37 PM
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Pot licker
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Nice post, good job!!
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Re: Good Day at the Spillway
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11/06/19 04:13 PM
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SOCALCARPER
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SOCALCARPER World Carp Masters France 17th Place ATC 2016 1ST PLACE ATC 2015 1ST PLACE ATC 2014 3RD PLACE PB. Buffalo 44# PB. Carp 34# and some OZ PB. KOI. 8# PB. Grasser 44# PB. Bass 13.8# With experience and patience you can accomplish anything. CT
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