It is slowly dawning, so I turn on the camera and record the arrival of a new day. Of course, I'm focused on my detectors, should it start. When it is relatively light, the fish are starting to make themselves known again. This time, however, I hear and later see carp throws in very different places than in the evening. I leave one rod still in a deeper pit, I just put it in the left fork and I go to change the originally left rod, as I recorded 3 more decent throws roughly in the middle of the river. The bait is already beautifully "run", so I just pin the new PVA and throw it to the place where I recorded the last jump. Great, I'm right! My expectations of the shot have increased again, I believe it! I drive two handfuls of baits of the same flavor to the casting site. I make the wait more pleasant by brewing good coffee. At the water, the coffee just tastes best! When I sip a hot drink, I watch what is happening on the surface and there is a really great blow from the opposite shore. I'm not waiting for anything, I immediately pull out the rod, give new PVA and throw it into places where I think the fish showed up. I'm not feeding any more this time, I'm just betting that the fish are there at the moment, that I finally managed to hit it right. Internally, I feel like I could wait for the desired shot, so I'm turning on recording on my camera again and waiting! One beep, jump of the engagement indicator and at once a great ride, bent tip, coil at full speed! This is the real shot of a small river, violent and aggressive. I immediately jump to the rod, lift it and the fight begins. At the beginning, I absolutely can't identify if it's a carp or another fish species, I don't even dare to estimate the size. The fish uses its environment and floats downstream. I don't get along very well and after a while I feel like I'm on top. I also find out that this is not a carp monster, rather it will be such a teenager. I'm not mistaken, after a while the fish shows me at the surface and then it doesn't take long and I guide it to the landing net in relatively calmness. I lay it on the shore and secure it with a stone, I put the rod next to it. At that moment, I go to prepare a mat for the place where I document the fish, get water, set up the camera. All the while, the fish is in the water, in the landing net and has time to recover from the fight, to gain some strength. I'm shooting a short video, I'll take a few photos on the self-timer, I'm pretty good at it, so it really doesn't take long. Then I transfer the fish in a weighing jacket, in which I put it back into the water, I secure the floating jacket with a string. The fish is in the water and I calmly set up a camera for the lizard. I don't have to be hasty and in a hurry, because I know the fish is absolutely safe. I think that weighing and storage bags are made for exactly this purpose, the remarks about some suffering for the fish are, in my opinion, absolutely misleading! All I need to do is look at England, the cradle of ferns or the world's most prestigious carp races such as the WCC and IBCC, where fishing for x hours is an absolutely common thing. However, we have slightly deviated from this, but I could not forgive this remark, because the statements of some "experts" in this regard really strike me. The carp, which was not very large, swims happily where it belongs and so I, with a very good feeling, can slowly start packing. He mentioned at the beginning that hunting in this place is not easy at all, so as my friend said, every scale counts from here! The mission has been completed this time, but I plan to take a look at this place later this year, ideally for a slightly longer period of time, so we'll see if I move the bar a little higher again… MIVARDI team, Martin Kašík.
