Thread: Catching Koi Carp

So, went out today, drove into Huntly, looked around the river but didn't find any spots that looked suitable for carp or accessible so tried the two lakes but nothing was biting, water was quite choppy. Drove around to Ngaruawahia to find a spot a workmate told me about but couldn't find it so went for a walk along the Rail Trail walking track that runs along the Waingaro river next to Waingaro road, I've have seen carp in that river. Tried a few spots along that track, plenty of fish but nothing was taking the bait, bread. The last spot I tried I changed out my rig, from a float with small sinker rig to a simple trace with a 4/0 hook, boom, fish on, big fish, put up a big fight and as I was pulling it up onto the bank the bloody line snap at the hook only a few feet from me and lost the fish. After that nothing else was biting so called it a day.