Narda's California Carp

NARDA'S CALIFORNIA CARP+

Carp Anglers Group members Frank and Narda Walters of Las Vegas Nevada are on a quest to catch a carp in all 50 states, so far Frank has caught in 28 states and Narda in 24. Frank emailed me about coming to Clear Lake to catch Narda's California carp and of course I was more than happy to help. We ironed out the details and they arrived on the evening of July 9th. The carp fishing here at Clear Lake slowed down to a crawl a few days before their arrival so I was very apprehensive as to Narda catching a carp.

We fished at Library Park in Lakeport on the first day and although both Frank and Narda had a few good takes I caught the only carp, a 12 pounder.

We went to Stubbs Island ( M & M Campground ) on the second day and things started to improve slightly. Narda's bite alarm went off and she was on to a powerful fish but after an exciting battle a 9 pound channel catfish came to the net, although she enjoyed the battle it was no help towards her goal of catching a California carp. A short time later her alarm went off again but it turned out to be a 4 pound white catfish, also lots of fun but not what we wanted. Later in the day one of my baitrunner reels started screaming and I landed a hard fighting 18 pound 8 ounce carp on a bread ball. Nothing much happened after that until around 8:00pm when Narda yelled those wonderful words "fish on!" and after a tough battle brought her first California carp to the net, an 8 pound 8 ounce torpedo that fell for a bread ball. Now that the pressure was off and we were all just relaxing Narda again said those magic words "fish on!" and proceeded to bring an 11 pound 2 ounce carp to the net. Frank didn't catch a single fish but their trip was a complete success as he already had his California carp from Big Bear Lake in Southern California although he admits that Narda's first carp of 8 pounds 8 ounces was more than double the weight of his fish.

I just want to say that Frank and Narda Walters are among the nicest people I have ever met, I thoroughly enjoyed fishing with them and am looking forward to joining them at the first ever Las Vegas Fish In March 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2002 at Lake Mead. Frank and Narda are organizing the fish in and as soon as the details are ironed out I'll post them on the home page and they will be available on the C.A.G site as well......CarpheadED

July 11, 2001

Narda's first Clear Lake fish, a 9 pound channel catfish that fell for vanilla flavored corn. After being skunked the first day this was a pleasant surprise even though it wasn't a carp.

Narda's 9 pound channel catfish

Finally!! Narda's first California carp, an 8 pound 8 ounce beauty.

Narda fighting her second California carp
Narda fighting her second California carp with Frank
waiting anxiously with the landing net.

Narda's second California carp, 11 pounds 2 ounces
Narda's second California carp, a hard fighting 11 pound 2 ouncer.