I went and did a little Asian style whip-fishing on Sunday. The weedy swim made things a little difficult but I still managed to catch a few. This time it was perch, small-but-beautiful pumpkinseed sunfish and a surprising number of largemouth bass. The bass gave a pretty good battle on the whip, despite their small size.
The bag is 46” long and holds all my whips, rod holders and folding net. Its made of heavy nylon with a rubberized backing. I was hoping it would have some padding to protect the contents but it doesn’t. The long pocket on the front holds my float box.
The float box is made of bamboo and lined with some kind of foam rubber that’s cut away in intervals to reveal metal strips. The floats are secured with the rubber collars you can see in the picture. The collars have magnets to hold to the metal strips. and the box is held shut with magnets as well.
For anyone wanting to learn more about this style of fishing here are a couple of links.
This is an eight page pdf file from a Japanese bait company that explains the basics in English. There is plenty more information there, so be sure to check out the rest of the site.
I did some whip fishing today. The day started off cloudy but eventually got very sunny. My swim was pretty overgrown with bulrushes but I was able to clear an alley for my 4.5m hera pole and managed to get away with only a coupe of tangles in the reeds.
The fishing started out slow, but picked up as the sun came out. Mostly bullheads but a few perch also took the bait. There was one heart stopping moment when I foul-hooked a big carp. fortunately the hook was only in a scale and I got my tackle back. It was a great days fishing but right now, I wish I’d remembered the sun screen.
I got my Asian whip fishing gear together today and went to try and catch some bullheads. It was a beautiful sunny day and the bullhead were quite cooperative as well as a few perch. All gave a pretty good account of themselves on the 4.5 metre hera whip.
The more I try this type of fishing the more I enjoy it . Look for a gear report coming up as my Ebay purchases start to be delivered. I’ve got a lot of floats and other goodies making their way from the far east.
I received another box of goodies today from the mailman…
When I tried out my Asian whip as mentioned in my last post, I realized that a long handled landing net would be a necessity to land a fish of any size. As I had to order the net anyway, I thought I might as well round out my Asian fishing gear with a rod holder and a second whip. I admit that I am powerless over fishing tackle – they say that’s the first step to recovery.
I should be able to get out this weekend so look for a report that involves actual fishing soon, though it will most likely be about Euro-style carping.
I managed to get out fishing for a few hours today. The weather was cool and windy but quite sunny. Still no sign of carp or bullheads - but plenty of perch. It was a good chance to try out my Asian style whip. I was surprised at how limber it was, even a 6-8 oz. perch could give a pretty good account of itself. I’ll definitely be doing further experiments with this type of fishing.
Is there anything sadder than a dry carp net?
As much fun as I’ve had catching perch, two perch trips are just about enough to ease me into the fishing season. Bring on the carp!
Lately I’ve been getting interested in Asian style pole
fishing. It all started with a post on a carp fishing discussion board about the Asian carp threat to the great lakes. Eventually the conversation turned to possible fishing opportunities for these fish. Some claimed they would be uncatchable due to being filter feeders. Others argued that they were catch-able and a link to you-tube showed a Japanese angler catching silver carp using a long thin float and some kind of paste bait.
Being an amateur float maker I was very interested in this new type of float. Over the winter I obtained some supplies,
including some carbon fibre for the antennas and tried my best to reproduce some of these floats. They turned out not-bad, but I wasn’t quite able to get them as slim as the real deal. I need a lathe.
A few months later there was another post on the same board. this post highlighted the pole fishing equipment and
techniques used by some Korean anglers in Canada. After reading this I really caught the bug to try some of this type of fishing. A link was posted to an American supplier of this tackle, so after a few days wait I received a package in the mail with a 22′ telescopic whip and a couple of floats.
Unfortunately, I won’t get a chance to try them out ’till next weekend. I have to say, seeing the delicacy of the whip
(less than a millimetre in diameter at the tip), I’m a little leery of getting smashed up by a big carp. I’m going to have to try to think up a bullhead selective bait.
I went fishing this morning and caught a few perch. I used a goose quill float with worms as the bait. The weather was warm and sunny, a pleasant start to the 2010 fishing season.
