Under the Lights

Night fishing season has started! My secret spot under the lights is a great place to hunt carp on hot summer nights. It's still early in the season so it's mostly the "small" carp that are feeding in the shallows:


The stretch of shoreline where I fish is not very long. Each time I hook up, the commotion scares most of the feeding fish away and I have to wait patiently for a while before they begin to come back. On this night I was able to wait them out and catch a second carp before packing it in for the evening:


Even though night fishing for carp is about as simple as can be - the main requirements being patience and stealth, I was reminded that even at it's easiest, catching carp is tricky business.