A few years back while visiting Grandpa in South Africa, I had my first chance to catch the common carp.  The location was a little town called Prieska on the banks of the murky Orange River.
Like in many other countries, the common carp is an invasive species in South Africa.  The mirror carp and grass carp [...]

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I caught this beautiful American eel (aka yellow eel) off the docks at Four Season Campground near Naples Maine. It was way past bed-time and we were having fun with the catfish, when this guy emerged from under the dock and grabbed my hook stacked with day-old cooked hamburger (better know as hamburger patty where [...]

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My first trip to Four Seasons campsite near Naples Main was quite a treat.   The camp is right on the 11 mile long Long Lake which offers plenty for fishing and watersports.  After a day of tubing and exploring the waterway through Songo Locks,  I settled in to see what I could pull in from the [...]

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Finally!!! I caught my first Chain Pickerel.
I caught this little guy off a canoe with my dad and his friend (who caught the bass in the picture).
I had another few good strikes but lost them before they were in the boat. I used a rubber bait i think it was one of the storm swim [...]

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My first fishing trip was at Massebesic Lake in New Hampshire. We caught a few small Bluegill. The Bluegill is not native to New Hampshire, but can be found allover the state in warm, quite, weedy spots. You can identify it by the distinct dark ear flap (without a border or orange spot). It also [...]

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These are some of the largest freshwater fish caught:

Large mouth Bass: 11 lbs, 2oz
Small mouth Bass: 8 lbs, 4oz
Blue Gill : 3 lbs, 7oz
Carp : [...]

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