Local Carp Venues Hidden Possibilities

There is a lake venue 5 minutes from my home that I seldom fish. It has a reputation as a lake with smaller carp that range below 12 pounds. As a result of that reputation, it doesn't get a lot of love from carp fishermen. In the interest of full disclosure I do know someone who caught a 20 pound carp a while back, but that is very rare in this lake.

Earlier this week I prebaited a spot that we fished and it produced results. We ended up with 8 or 9 carp today. The picture below represents the typical size fish you can expect at this venue.

This fish was caught in 15 feet of water

Want to cast farther? Get new reels.

I blanked today but I did learn / confirm something.

I used Sonik 6000 reels for 4 years on 12 ft Hurricane rods. I switched to Sonik 8000 reels when they were on clearance and use the same rods.

I can easily cast 30 to 40 yards farther with the bigger reels.