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 Aug 12 2005, 09:49 PM
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 (happily semi-retired) coach  Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138  |
Well, I was traveling for business in Asia, and I spent a week-end in Hong-Kong. Which is a very impressive city! While I was doing some sight-seeing, I had various encounters with carp & koi, so I thought I would share...
It started by a nice park which meanders between the ultra-modern buildings of the main business area. Sure enough, there was a pond with some nice koi roaming around. 
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Aug 12 2005, 09:55 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
I walked deeper in the city, and found a "Goldfish market" with loads and loads of shops selling all sorts of gold fish.
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Aug 12 2005, 09:59 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
And then I found the "Mecqua"! The only true carp specialist in Hong-Kong... If you have good eyes, you can read about his success story.
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Aug 12 2005, 10:05 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
Inside the (rather tiny) shop, there was this amazing pool with hundreds of kois roaming around, and a few commons.
Now some of the kois were upper teens or close to 20lb. And two commons were undoubtedly thirty-pounders...
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Aug 12 2005, 10:07 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
I must have stayed more than one hour watching the fish roam in this pool. This was fascinating...
There was also a large aquarium where I took a couple of close-ups. Although there was nothing on the bottom, the carp keep sucking it every few seconds. Very good vacuum cleaners!
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Aug 12 2005, 10:19 PM
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(happily semi-retired) coach Group: CAG Member Posts: 7935 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Arlington, MA Member No.: 138 |
While walking in a small town on an island nearby, I found a few signs of carp in places I didn't expect...
No fishing during the week-end, but it's equally exciting to go through such discovery trip... 
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-------------------- Jerome Moisand, Arlington MA
Carp angling as it should be, fishing for fun and having fun! Si vis carpio, para baitum... |
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Aug 12 2005, 11:55 PM
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 Obsessed Carper  Group: CAG Member Posts: 1729 Joined: 14-April 03 From: Bangkok, Thailand Member No.: 180 |
i love that city jerome.. i goto kowloon to get my city skyline..
 beautiful fish.. -------------------- chumming for commons in the land of smile..... and meathunters.
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Feb 27 2010, 10:33 AM
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 Member  Group: CAG B&T Member Posts: 12 Joined: 26-February 10 From: Hong Kong Shenzhen Member No.: 5209 |
Dear Jerome,
Yes in HK/China there is a lot of beautiful carp and carp have been Chinese symbol of good luck and prosperity for since ancient times. There are alot of paintings of carps in our pottery and arts. I enjoy fishing very much especially for carp and admiring this beautiful creature and while letting it go after fishing I enjoy seeing it swimming away to it's freedom. That was a nice observation by you in HK. The place where we fish is in Pine Valley Country Club in Zhuhai and it is very near to HK. I will be glad to show you this place if you ever come back again and we can have a fishing session together. Hope to see you soon and it was nice to know you. Regards Willy -------------------- |
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Feb 27 2010, 01:51 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: CAG Member Posts: 1075 Joined: 7-December 06 From: Birdsboro, Pa, Member No.: 2419 |
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING
-------------------- PROUD USER OF http://thebaitstop.com/baitstore/index.php?cPath=79
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Feb 27 2010, 08:28 PM
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 Uber Member  Group: CAG Member Posts: 313 Joined: 16-July 09 From: Kettering, Ohio Member No.: 4828 |
Enjoying this very much...thanks
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Mar 1 2010, 02:26 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: Director Posts: 826 Joined: 19-April 09 From: Kingsport, TN Member No.: 4663 |
Great pics Jerome.
I want one of those wooden construction carp kits. You are bringing back one for every active member of CAG I take it ? -------------------- PB Common 34-8 PB Mirror 24-4 PB Buff 22-12 Still no Grassie
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Mar 1 2010, 03:00 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: Forum Guest Posts: 666 Joined: 18-April 06 From: Columbus, OH Member No.: 1619 |
QUOTE (Jerome @ Aug 12 2005, 11:19 PM)  While walking in a small town on an island nearby, I found a few signs of carp in places I didn't expect... No fishing during the week-end, but it's equally exciting to go through such discovery trip...  My girlfriend bought me one of those carp woodcraft kits for Christmas a couple of years ago... I never did put that thing together. |
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Mar 1 2010, 04:41 PM
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Uber Member Group: Forum Guest Posts: 282 Joined: 1-July 04 Member No.: 769 |
Very interesting and an enjoyable visit to HK.
 I tried to read the article and noticed, if I saw correctly, that a fish could sell for $120,000! Is that HK dollars or what? Either way, that is more than I paid for my house. If I had a fish that expensive, I would make sure I didn't have a cat!
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