CAUGHT MY FIRST CARP TODAY
It was about 25 inches and atleast 7 pounds, I was fishing behind the Willamette Queen on the dock at the riverfront using corn. I only had a 4 pound leader and a split shot, it barely even nibbled, I kept getting little teeny nibbles all day and I figured they were carp. Earlier today when I got there, a guy who could mainly speak Russian and barely any English, had pulled up and started fishing on the dock, pretty soon after using some corn he had hooked into a 18 inch carp and I netted it for him, he kept it, along with the large Pikeminnow he caught. I didn't bring any corn so I had to ask him for some by pointing at it. Finally after he left I was getting ready to pack up and I was getting nibbles, I set the hook and I felt like I was reeling in a salmon, I got it up to the dock in about a minute and was reaching down to net it and thats when the fight was on.