[What is he?]

Nice scatter scale mirror there Gary, try not to hold them through the gill slits though as this kills them

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just cought me in a odd handeling pose no abuse to that beauty

marcus, didn't you read what he posted!! He said he knew that wasn't the way to handle the fish, He knew he would catch flack, I think he was converted before he posted that photo. So you are preaching to the saved.

Mickey and Jim

[hook eyes]

I'm sitting here making hair rigs for the weekend, and I just had a question: why do some hooks have inward facing eyes or just flat eyes? If I recall, the inturned eye ones are best for hair rigs. Is that correct? Why is that? When are the flat eyes most appropriate?

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Sarah it depends on the hook, as long as the line from your knot, comes out on the hook bend side, the theory is that inturned eyes increase hookup in the fish, because of the angle of the line coming through the eye, helping the dig in of the hook. If your line came out of the eye away from the bend, it would tend to pull the eye of the hook torward the point of the hook, when the line tightend and the point of the hook may skid instead of sticking.

Mickey and Jim

[Catfish]

Well I guess we should just leave you to hillbillyangler to deal with.

Mickey and Jim

[Catfish]

Yes mickey!  yes its an Ex Friend

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Well I think he don't know what he,s missing out on in that case.

Mickey and Jim

[Catfish]

hillbillyangler is it one of your cat fishing Friends having a lark,in other words expelling the urine at our expense.

Mickey and Jim.

[Catfish]

no skool sory

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Jamil, if you need a spell checker, I found a free one that helped me alot, it works on the web

http://www.iespell.com/

I can't spell worth a tinkers carpknight

Mickey and Jim

[Flying Killer Carps on the Mississippi]

Yes.

Mickey and Jim

Silver carp

[Austin Catch Reports]

I guess they don't want some blabber mouth to spill the beans like I did yesterday.

Mickey and Jim

I'm not allowed to give out the results

[Austin Catch Reports]

I think they swore all the participants to secrecy as to who won, so we won't find out until the grand pubba spouts off.

Mickey and Jim

[Austin Catch Reports]

There is always tomorrow, good luck to everyone.

Mickey and Jim

[Austin Catch Reports]

I heard a 40lb and 41lb common came out and a 62lb buffalo so far.

Mickey and Jim

[Austin Catch Reports]

I heard Scott O and his Dad are in first or second.

No wait make that first with 408lbs second is like 160lbs or some thing.

Mickey and Jim

[FL Surf fishing]

I fed a lot of fiddler crabs to the fish when I was in mayport FL. a few years back, never did hook one, the hook would come back with an empty fiddler crab shell on it. Never did feel the bite.

Mickey and Jim

[50lb Buff]

Nice fish - scary smile!!! 

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You should see my scary smile if I were holding a 50 pounder like he is. :Lil: :Lil: :Lil: :Lil: I can barely lift a 50lb bag of corn let alone hold it at arms length.

Mickey and Jim

[New World Record Bass!]

That is a big bass, But I have a better chance of exceeding that weight in my catches,

Wait I have!!

26lb12oz carp my PB ,Oh did you think I was going to say bass.

Mickey and Jim

[Austin Weather]

I hope it works out for everyone.

Mickey and Jim

[Oregon Carp]

what a rush!!

Mickey and Jim

[TO ALL Y'ALL COMING TO THE ATC]

Good luck to you all, Wish I was going.

Mickey and Jim

[Bread Punch success !!!]

My one came yesterday, nice job, big thanks to M&J, hope to test it on Sunday

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You are welcome, may the bread land in front of a carp that turns out to be a PB. for you

Mickey and Jim

[Bread Punch success !!!]

Thanks Jim, I told you I wasn't the sharpest tack in the box .

I will compress, compress and compress until the bread sinks, sinks and sinks!

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Oh, I don't know about that, you were sharp enough in getting a bread punch and it may save the day at the ATC.

Mickey and Jim

[Bread Punch success !!!]

Congrats on the Fish!  I too am eagerly awaiting my first carp using Jim's bread punch.  I've been field testing the punched bread on a hair in a 5 gal tank.  The punched out bread floats (aka popped-up bread).  Now I'm probably not the sharpest tack in the box, but is this how it supposed to work.  How do I get it to sink...wet it?  

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Sweet corn like Kidcarp said if you compress it with the plunger while the bread is still in the punch, press hard, then push it out of the punch with the plunger, and if you use soft bread like Wonder bread as fresh as you can get it then it will sink.

You want to get as much air out of the bread as you can.

Mickey and Jim

[OFFICIAL TRASH TALK]

Mod's

Carry out your duty!!

Mickey and Jim

[Bread Punch success !!!]

Thanks to Mickey and Jim I have cought my first carp on bread..The punch worked wonderfully ,although Neil was upset that my one fish cought on bread out weighed both his boilie catches today ..If this fish had been a mirror I would not be typing this tonight ..

Kidcarp you are welcome I hope that is the first of many to come. What! Neil didn't use his bread punch, well I bet he's a believer now.

Mickey and Jim

[A Happy Blank?]

Jonathan I received a call from Howie this morning that he was coming up to fish, But unfairly I had an appointment with an computer geek that had been setup weeks ago, So I didn't make it out, but was indoors all day. Then I sent out some more bread punch's so then the day was shot.

Mickey and Jim

[Watch out]

Hi All.

I just joined  at 218 PM  today

I am  rj62968 From YORKVILLE IL

JIM

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Way to go Jim a IL.member closer to me,by the way I am working on your punch it should be ready soon.

Mickey and Jim