Wild Carp Club of Houston Event #1: Sugarland

The 2nd season of the Wild Carp Club of Houston kicked off in style on January 20, 2013 with an event in Sugarland, TX at the Fluor Daniel Swim.  This is a swim known to produce quality smallmouth buffalo, and despite having caught commons in other lakes chained to this one, we have never caught any common carp from this swim. 

New kit on a foggy swim

For this event we had seven anglers, myself, Brian, Justin, Loren, Alan (a new to carp angler!), Nick, and Alan.  Everybody was pretty hyped up for the first event and the competition, with the winner getting a Korda Krusha donated by one of our club members.  We all arrived at 6:30 per club rules and were donated by a dense fog.  Justin and Loren decided to go fish another part of the lake away from us and try their luck in their own swim.  I was able to try out my new to me Daiwa Emcast Evo 5000s also on this trip which was pretty exciting.  They performed well considering the circumstances. 

Loren with the first fish of the WCC Houston Season

Well like I said before, Justin and Loren decided to move to a new swim on the other side of the lake from where we were fishing.  This was Loren's second event since coming back to fishing and he struck first with a 7lb 4 oz smallmouth buffalo.  This was the first fish of the WCC Houston 2013 Season!  After Loren texted us that picture with the lead, things went pretty slow.  I was busy showing new to carp Alan the ropes and getting my swim and his swim set up - spodding like crazy.  Nick donated a couple of bank sticks and a set of alarms to Alan to use for the day, which helped.  I hooked him up with a baiting needle, bait stops, and some hair rigs to keep him engaged.  After this session Alan kept fishing for carp and ended up with some nice fish! 

Brian with his event winning smallmouth buffalo!

After Loren caught his smallmouth buffalo, Brian decided to strike next with a 12lb 8 oz smallmouth buffalo to take the lead.  I tacked on one additional 6 lb 13 oz smallmouth buffalo but it turned out to be a slow day and we just couldn't catch Brian.  Those three fish ended up being the only three we managed that day between all seven of us anglers.  They just were not feeling it.  However, everybody had a good time and it was great camaraderie.  The final results were Brian - First, Loren - Second, msyelf - Third, and then everybody else in fourth.  The season is still wide open.