Funny Fishing Story, with photo

So, here in PA, we had a Thursday choc full of massive thunderstorms. Yesterday, my 5 year old says "Dad, I wanna go fishing." I'm thinking to myself, "There's not gonna be sh*t out there with the fast moving water." But, because he's my boy, I say "OK. we can head out for a little." I look in the freezer for some hot dogs (great catfish bait). Absolutely ZERO hot dogs. I figure, "Ah, fu*k it. We're not gonna catch anything anyways. I'll get some chicken."
So, we have this gigantic 10lb bag of Costco chicken wings that I break open. I grab 5 out, nuke 'em for 2 minutes, and head out with my boy. The normally calm river is raging, branches, bottles, debris, all floating by at 15mph. So I bait my boy's Spiderman line, and my line, with the chicken wing. 3 minutes in, my line starts tugging. I wait. 4 minutes in, it tugs again. I patiently wait. 5 minutes in, "GOTCHA!" Something grabs my line, and the fight is on. At first, I thought he was stuck behind a tree or snagged on a rock. But he kept pulling. 6 minutes in, my reel is almost smoking from the friction. 7, 8 minutes go by. I finally get him close enough to pull him ashore! What is it?!?!?! What? It's..... it's....... a 20-25lb carp! Easily 18 inches or better. That sunoma***** fought me for 3 minutes before getting him in. What happened? I was so convinced we weren't going to catch anything, I didn't bring a net, a bucket, nada. So, we let him go to be caught another day. But, it's still shocking I caught him with a chicken wing!

Whoops. Forgot photo!

Nothin like a father and son hunting or fishing together. My favorite times with my dad have been fishing. Shouldve killed the carp though, they are an invasive species.

Haha, damn.. thats a big bastard.
Sounds like it was a good time. :)

wow, great looking fish and on chicken too, lol

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Originally Posted by rc10j1

Nothin like a father and son hunting or fishing together. My favorite times with my dad have been fishing. Shouldve killed the carp though, they are an invasive species.

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Not only are they invasive, but they are great grilled with lemon and butter!

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Originally Posted by angryoldman

Not only are they invasive, but they are great grilled with lemon and butter!

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get the fuk outa here!! carp?? you eat fukin carp?? i couldnt do it...boney ass nasty fukers!!1 i use them for fertalizer!!

hey....another thing that works (and will allow you to save the chicken wings) is dough! take flour and mix with water untill its like play dough....just put a chunk on the line and cat fish or carp will take it!!!

haha thats awesome. not to self: new carp bait......chicken wings

lol

Its fun to shoot them with a bow in the shallows

nice story!

nice fish. i am sure you and your son will recant this story many times for many years. great bonding story.