This morning I drove out to the Anseong River near Camp Humphreys to try my luck and I’m glad I made the trip but first, the obligatory dawn pictures (you know what to do by now – click!):
After I watched the sun rise, I got down to fishing. The first thirty minutes or so were pretty uneventful, and I was starting to think I had made a mistake by driving out this spot but all of a sudden, it was like someone had turned on a switch. And, I had fresh batteries in the camera today…
I caught twelve bass this morning, all on 4 and 5 inch black Senkos. That’s all the bass wanted for whatever reason. I walked the river bank, looking for rocks in the water and that’s where the fish were. The problem with that is that as soon as the bass take your lure, they immediately try to dart back into the rocks, which leads to a few hung up fish or cut lines. I lost as many as I caught today due to snags, broken lines, and plain old carelessness (note to self: When the bass are this active, don’t throw the worm out, lay the rod down and turn away, unless you like the sound of your rod scraping across the rocks as a bass tries its best to pull it into the water). As you can see, I didn’t catch any lunkers out there today but the action was pretty steady and I got hits in almost every spot I tried. If I wouldn’t have had something to take care of this morning, I’m pretty sure I could still be out there, catching fish.
My buddy…this guy showed up and we talked for a little while (the best we could with my limited Korean skills) and while he was waiting for a carp to take his bait, he’d come over every now and then to ask me what my current fish count was. As I was walking past him to try another spot, he hooked into this nice-sized carp (the only one of the day) but unfortunately he lost it when it got off the hook just as he was bending over to grab it. After he left, I wondered if I should have asked him if he wanted the bass I was catching and throwing back in the river.
Well, except for Monday when I got skunked out at Idong, it’s been a pretty good week so far. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow but that’s ok…there’s some stuff I need to take care of anyway so it’ll be the perfect day to get caught up.
Nomad,
Looks like you finally hit pay dirt. Hope you all will be at the international tournamnet at Andong next week.
Great stuff, Nomad, great stuff.
Tex Mex,
Unfortunately, I can’t go to Andong…I have an acute fear of heights (4th floor is about my limit) and after Rob told me what I’d be up against on the way there (high bridges, mountains etc), I’ll be sticking to the local lakes and rivers
Dave,
Thanks!
Nomad,
Nice job on the bass.
I still can’t get over their elaborate setup for carp.
And I’m even a part time carp fisherman back home between our catfish expeditions. For me it’s just a spinning rod and a nightcrawler or homemade doughball. I broke through with about a 10 pounder this past weekend at one of the local paylakes. It was fun to finally feel some real weight on the end of the line again. I would post a picture here but I don’t know how. A few big bluegill as well, but still no catfish. I’m thinking this weekend, I may pull out some liver if I can find some at the commissary.
Oh yeah, I like how most of your catch photos never quite reveal your fishing location. Nice.
I like all those big rocks near the shore. I haven’t seen that kind of cover anywhere near where I have fished the river.
Dave
LOL…
You know my email…if you want to know, all you have to do is ask
Actually, if you start near the 38 or KTX bridge and walk the shore, you can find lots of areas with rocks in the water. Or the new river road by Humphreys
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Ok let’s try this:
Here’s the story:
Me and the rugrat are at this paylake trying to catch bluegill and anything else that will bite. We are using live nightcrawlers that we caught earlier in the week after the heavy rains.
The panfish aren’t biting too well as we only have 4 in the basket. For a while, I had seen some carp sunning back in this cove. I know that sunning carp are skittish and don’t bite at all, but the day is slow so I have to try. What I do is rig up a live 8″ nightcrawler wacky style with a rubber o-ring on a small size 4 worm hook (just like a senko), this crawler is huge, as thick as my pinky finger. I rig it weightless and I need this to have some bouancy so I inject the worm with some air from a medical syringe. This really pisses it off. The thing starts flopping around like a bass out of water. I position myself so the fish is facing away from me and about 15-20 feet away. I flip the bait right in front of him about 6 inches from his nose and it is wiggling like mad. He looks at it for about 4 seconds and drifts over and sucks it up and I set the hook immediately knowing that he is only mouthing it as most carp do and will spit it out as soon as he feels anything other than the bait. A strong hookset and I have it right through the upper jaw. It takes off for deep water with no success and then tries rubbing the hook off in the shallows. A few minutes later it is photo time and a quick release. Boy was that fun.
My daughter was going nuts with excitement and now I can just kick myself in the butt for not handing the rod off to her. I’ve got plenty of big carp to my name already. I need to let her feel their strength next time.
How come you don’t eat da fishies?
Nomad,
Thanks for fixing it for me.
Dave
Jenn,
I personally wouldn’t eat anything that comes out of that river, although some people do. And, unless I’m fishing with someone that wants to keep the fish I catch, I always put them back for next time
Dave,
No problem.
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