Hal lives on a lake that has grass carp in it  to control the vegetation.  He noticed the carp hanging out under the oak trees near the edge of the water eating the acorns as they fell into the water.  The carp are large but not big fighters when hooked, so he rigged up a light 7 foot spinning rod with 6 pound test line. For bait he just picked up some acorns. He loves to sight fish for redfish but in this case he substituted the carp. Stealthily easing along the bank, and upon seeing a carp , he casts a willow oak acorn impaled on a hook to the fish. The carp after a couple of drag burning runs usually gives up. Here is a photo.

I believe that one was 23 pounds. The boat has a 42 inch bottom so you can see how large they are. His record so far has been 30 pounds.  Too bad they’re not as tasty as a redfish.