My first carp of 2023

I followed my usual pattern of chumming for carp on successive days .

It all paid off this year with this brute.  It took about 15 minutes to land after it jumped

out of the water when I set the hook! 

 I used an old Fenwick Voyager spin/fly rod. It is a 6-weight, four-piece, 7-foot fiberglass fly

rod.

Fenwick Voyager fiberglass 4 piece fly/ spin rod and big carp

New seven weight fly rod

Chumming for carp in Prospect Park

2023 잉어 플라이 낚시 시즌 개막 - 2023 Carp Fly Fishing Season Opens

Jack's Pond on Staten Island

 

Fish Restocked at Jack’s Pond

In the Great Kills neighborhood on Staten Island, we are completing work on a $35 million Blubelt project to improve drainage infrastructure and enhance the retention capacity at Jack’s Pond. During the restoration of the pond, we safely removed existing fish and other wildlife to nearby wetlands.

Now that the pond has been restored to original depth, it will be able to hold more stormwater and provide better habitat for fish and wildlife. We recently stocked the pond with hundreds of largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish and thousands of fathead minnows. The fish will contribute to a healthier wetland and provide natural mosquito control. The infrastructure upgrades also include the construction of more than a mile of new storm sewers and more than two miles of new sanitary sewers that will allow approximately 51 homes to connect to the City sewer system and discontinue the use of septic tanks.

The pool in Central Park

 

There are five lakes in New York City's Central Park.  At 59th Street there is The Pond. Loeb Lake

is at 72nd street. Turtle Pond is near the castle at 82nd street. It has smallmouth bass!  The Pool

at 103rd street has bass and other panfish. The Meer at 110th street has bass, grass carp and panfish

One of the problems, when there is warm weather is lots of duckweed and algae bloom on the surface of the water as it becomes warmer.

 These photos were taken during the summer.  Early spring means "club size" bass are active.  These bass are anywhere from 8" to 12" long and will take dry flies; which can mean exciting fishing as the weather becomes warmer.