Actually I got a couple small crappies later on. They have been slow for me lately and tending not to bite until real late either.

But the fun part of last evening, actually late afternoon, was carp on spinning tackle. A small group of SE Asian young fellas showed me how they were taking carp last week - on instant oatmeal dough balls; so I tried it on my own yesterday for about an hour and a half down on the Mississippi. Thanks to them for sharing their technique. It worked real well for me.

Total of 5 carp landed, three smallish but two went right at 30" and were all I could handle on the 8 pound line. I lost easily 10 or 12 baits by getting gun shy and missing my hook set; so I had pretty constant action with a whole lot of good solid takes and I should have caught more than I did.

Where I was there was no current; so I rigged up a 32nd oz steelhead jig I got from Nimrod recently and put the dough ball on that which gave the little jig enough weight to cast well, without the weight being heavy enough for hook shy carp to drop. That was enough to sink it too, but not enough to be able to tighten the line; so I fished with a slack bow in the line. The carp were not at all shy about taking out the slack either and the size 6 hook on the steelhead jig was definitely strong enough to hold the fish, too. Nimrod makes good strong jigs.

That is something a little different. I intend to go back for some more action this afternoon. Hopefully the carp will cooperate again.