Mulberry BLAST!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Helping out another angler is a beautiful thing! That’s what’s up! Great looking Carp!

[muskynut]

I used to walk the bank of the Passaic River with a tub of berries looking for carp.....or find a mulberry tree ON the river. Would just lob them out on a small hook twisted around the stem. Ultralight—-4lb. Test......Awesome......could take 10-12 fish out from under a single tree. Very intelligent.....,they would rip drag all way across river.....into a fallen tree and break me off. Bar none....fastest way to carp fish......no weight.....no waiting.....lob out...plop it in count to 3.....hooked up.....fish on. Great fun and practice battling big fish on light gear.....some battles could go 15-20 minutes or longer. Best time early June when trees are putting out berries......

Esox just a great report. Love reading posts like this. Kudos to you and tunanut. Awesome carp for the young man! Congrats!

Everyone should make it a point to take a kid fishing at least once a year. There's no better feeling, teaches kids so many important values and will be a life altering experience for many of them.

Just fyi, never tried the mulberries but next year is the next 17-yr cicada brood. Remember in 2004 when they were all over the South Mountain reservation, every fish in a reservoir, lake or the Passaic were gorging on them. Carp, bass, catfish, pan fish everything were keyed on them when they fell from the trees. Just grab one like muskynut mentioned, no weight, small hook through the thorax or abdomen, and just drop it next to the bank near a tree and hold on. Like dry fly fishing with a huge bug. 20 / 25 lb. carp would come up and just slurp them down. One of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Again Esox .........great post! You're a good man! I'm sure behind that bruiser of a carp was a mile wide smile......awesome!

[Esox Luciano]

Yea, it was definitely a blast! Thanks for coming out guys.

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Good stuff guys. What kind of rig do you run the berries on?

Just like Capt. said, nothing fancy, just a size 4. Right into the stem. Gets em' to hold on better.

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Helping out another angler is a beautiful thing! That’s what’s up! Great looking Carp!

It was great! I'm not sure who was more pumped! Definitely a beautiful thing!!

[Pondhopper8]

Thats gonna be an awesome memory!!! Great fish!!

[tradingfrank27]

beautiful fish