Loeb Lake fishing 3

I'm in the process of trying to wrap up this fishing season by catching fish until it is too cold for
me to catch fish.  My hands are especially sensitive to cooler weather.

Jay and I met at the 72nd street to fish Loeb Lake.  Air temperature was about 50F.  The sky was cloudy
and water was cool.  No turtles were seen which is good when fishing for carp.

Jay caught two carp and I caught two carp.  My two almost weighed the same.  One was
thirteen pounds and the last fish I caught was fourteen pounds.  There are really big carp in New York
City.

Jay with one of the two carp he caught.

As the afternoon passed the temperature began to drop and my fingers became numb.
I could bearly move my fingers by  the time I landed my second carp.  I had difficulty playing
the fish.  Muscle memory took over and Jay's net saved the day.  I hope to keep fishing until
winter but I must be able to keep my hands warm.

Jay unnetting  a carp

I think this is a photo of Jay's second fish in the net.

We had a good day of late fall carp fishing.

Loeb Lake fishing 2

Another warm day in New York City.  I arrived early, 8:00 am, because I couldn't sleep.  It was windy at times and I saw no activity.  Fish are active in the afternoon.  It started slow.

I chummed several of the places I normally fish.  While I waited, two big carp surfaced to eat
from the surface.  I was startled to see two double digit carp surface like two submarines within
a foot of where I was sitting.  I sat motionless  If they had seen me move I would have spooked them.
They nibbled on a piece of my chum and then disappeared into the depths of Loeb Lake.

One of the things I enjoy is being able to observe carp while the do what carp do.  In order
to catch carp you must try to understand carp and how they survive.

Carp were jumping out of the water near the rock in the picture but I could not get them to
move within casting range.

Where the two carp rose to periscope depth

Fall fly fishing in Prospect Park

We are in the middle of Indian summer and the temperature is 65 F!  The algae has died and
fish are active.  It is one of the two best times to fish.  The other is springtime.

I put on my lumbar pack and walked to Prospect Park Lake.  My plan was to fish different
parts of the Lullwater and work my way to the main part of the lake.  A small bluegill taken from the Lullwater section of the lake.

Duck Island on the south shore of Prospect Park Lake.  My friends Anthony and Dennis
were fishing for crappie and perch using ultra light spinning gear.  I watch them fish for awhile.
They had zeroed in on where the fish were holding.  It appeared that fish were drifting to the
right of Duck Island.

I began fishing south of where they were standing because there was no room to cast next to them.
Years ago this spot held many big bluegill.  In fact , I once caught a ten inch bluegill south of the island!
But the  area has been poached so often the number of fish here is much lower now.

I tied on a streamer from England.  This fly catches crappie and other fish when they are feeding on minnows.  As I cast, I noticed that Dennis was catching fish in an area I planed to fish.  He moved north and
I begin to work that area with long casts.  After about a dozen casts I felt a tug on my line.  The fish was a long way from shore but I kept my rod tip low and he didn't get off my hook.  I caught a yellow perch.

The early sunset proving that each day the sun will move west earlier until the winter solstice.  Spring
is on the way.