Over the weekend we took some friends to Corriloch Koi farm and wedding venue to show them what specimen fishing is all about.
Anyone that has been to Corri will know that it is a super carpy looking little venue with fish ranging from around 2.5kg – lake record which is a 14kg as well as a few bigger fish that haven’t been landed.
We did not take our friends there looking for huge fish, but rather to show them the basics and land a couple fish while having a nice weekend away.
The first evening started with a bang as I had a run about 15min after dropping the line. The carp ran me through some lilies and ended up snagging me in a tree and popped the hook.
My rods quietened down as Tarryn started hitting the fish one after the other. Armed with her “Heaven” boilie from SNZ Baitworks tipped with a Sticky Baits Buchu Berry popup she continued hitting the fish for the weekend landing 6 pretty commons one of which was a chunky little 6kg.
Back to our friends… their rods were quiet on our first night and for most of the next day as well. I was starting to worry that my guarantee of getting some fish was going to bite me in the ass.
Luckily the carp gods came through for me and Colin ended up landing a nice little 2.5kg as his first “specimen” caught fish as well as another which is now also his PB of 4.5kg.
After losing her first fish Colin’s fiancé Tarryn (Tarryn number 2) managed to land herself a nice 4.3kg. She was a lot more amped about it and took her bucket like a champ.
Even though these are not the biggest PBs, our goal was achieved.
Our goal being – getting them hooked.
Carpy Dreams 