Me and my brother in law Eric took our kayaks out on Lake James NC last Thursday. We have SOT's my is a Hobie Quest and Eric's is a Ocean Kayak Prowler 13. Eric went after the walleye that are staging at the mouth of the Catawba River and at the North Fork of the Catawba. He was fishing a spinning rod and I had my 7 weight.
I saw some large carp tailing in two feet of water and started casting a little crawfish to them, no go.I saw some shad being pushed to the surface in a little deeper water so I tied on a brown gold and white minnow imation and drifted within casting range. On my second cast I got a hit and I watched my backing appear. After about fifteen minutes I had the fish within sight and was reaching for my net and the carp saw my hull and took off and shook the no barb hook out. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.