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Posts posted by marcus
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and lo' the fledgling career of an angling media mogul was born! Really interesting reading from really nine years ago
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you should be justifiably proud of yourselves, hearty congratulations!
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superb job fella's, made up for the overwhelming sense of satisfaction you deservedly bask in
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my understanding is that the inner ponds have had carp gates placed on them so there are few, if any carp in the inner ponds, is that right Tangled
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How accessible is TT from the water? I'm imagining because it's on a spit of land then access would be great, unless there are huge swathes of out of bounds areas for nesting birds and to preserve the natural habitat.
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Guys - we're playing with an idea where we rent a houseboat in the last week of August from Bobcaygeon, stuff it full of bait and let the fish guide us to where they want to be. I'm looking for some guidance from those that fish this region as a starter for 10. I know a few guys fish the Kawarthas but that's like saying some people fish Erie! I appreciate the size of this system so thoughts on possible places to head would be appreciated, I'm flying in to Toronto on 22nd August, thanks in advance.....
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stunning Andrew
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I've seen some horrific injuries to carp from Lampreys, both attached and recently detached. I usually see an abundance of them in spring when they've been holed up under the ice for the winter. I always remove them and apply antiseptic to the wound and find that a quick flick of a cigarette lighter to the lamprey causes it to release it's sucker-like grip from the carp without doing the fish any more damage
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what a great location to catch carp, fully deserved mate, well done
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An interesting scenario to test out would be to bait a bed of hi viz boilies or particles, then fish a dark bait over the top. I seem to recall Frank Warwick did some testing on this theory but I don't remember the outcome, probably successful given his history!
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Great subject and probably the one that causes the most conjecture in carp fishing circles. Personally I find that a change in bait colour can pick up a fish when things are slow, why? I don't really have a clue. Europe has been going through the Fluoro stage for the past few years. Fished either as a pop up, a 'spec' of colour tipping boilies off with fake maize or pimples, a bright top to a snowman or fished as a zig. It can't be argued that there has been some massive success on all these bait presentation types, but why?
I buy in to the theory that carp are inquisitive and will mouth a coloured bait, whether that's because it's over flavoured, or based on colour, I'm not sure. Rule of thumb is bright colours on murky waters but I think that's more of a human reaction than based on any kind of scientific evidence. Carp have eye's on the side of their head, so anything it picks up within 12 inches in front of it's mouth won't be seen, so not sure I buy in to that. The fascination around yellow pineapple boilies, red strawberry boilies, green rahja spice boilies are all human associations. A carp doesn't associate banana's with being yellow, or strawberries being red any more than it knows and appreciates the compexities of a 360 rig! However I do think colour associations play a part.
On the St Lawrence the defacto standard for most Europeans is yellow Nash Pineapple boilies, both sides of the River buy in to the yellow coloured baits in a River that has become cleaner and clearer over the years with the widespread naturalisation of Zebra Mussels. As they provide a large staple of the carp's natural diet they are easily recognised as a food source, though I'm sure carp find harvesting them difficult i.e. great effort for little nutritional value. However, 20ml yellow boilies under clear water give off a similar visual food signal (as I'm sure natural maize does) but cause a much different olfactory sensation than mussels do. Being inquisitive carp graze on the baits finding them a much easier source of food to ingest than the hard shells of Zebra Mussels, and therefore receiving much bigger hits of Amino's and Carbohydrates for much less effort, a fundamental and basic animal instinct.
So to sum this up, the colour of bait can been visually 'matched' with a natural ocurring food source which piques the carp's interest, it then comes down to the palatability of the bait to keep the fish feeding on it. Therefore, in my opinion, if you match the underwater ciolour of your bait to what you know the fish feed on in your lake/pond/river, it's a good starter for 10!
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Love the write up J, shoulda gone with your gut and stuck to 30mil HNV's!! It took me 10 years and countless teens to finally get a 40 (which actually fell to a Zig!) but you have so much fun along the way it doesn't really matter right?
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seems like a bizarre set up. Being able to change team members out like substitutes in soccer. The fish are tiny, averaging 5-7lb's, seems like a better lake for the match angler using baggin waggler or pole tactics, not my cup of tea but congratulations to the home team, Korda boys didn't do great....
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happens a lot in the UK, catching fish with hooks embedded, moreso with Pike than with carp but it's happened to me half a dozen times throughout the last 30 years. 99.9% of the time the carp can rid itself of a hook as long as it's snapped at the hook link, their lips are like our hands, they do everything with them so it doesn't take them long to rid themselves of a hook
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I think it depends on the success of this tourney and so far it seems to be going fantastically. Larysa Switlyk is being interviewed Live tonight!
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I've always wanted to do that, but never found an 'excuse'! At least you had the foresight to put a life jacket on, good angling skills brother!
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that was in the World Catfish Classic on the Ebro in Spain, suprised Dave didn't sponsor a BCT Team in there.......
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The World Carp Classic 2012 is about to start over on Lake Bolsena in Italy - http://www.worldcarpclassic.com/ The US has a representative called Larysa Switlyk, she appears to be fishing on her own, has never carp fished, but does enjoying killing things, lets hope she gets a good peg draw ;-)
In all seriousness, it looks like a great venue for the anglers, I nearly went myself this year but the wife thought I was taking the michael after last year! Hope all competitors catch well and it's repeated on the same venue in 2013
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that session supports the theory that boilie's catch larger carp, who'd a thunk it?
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dream trip, well done and congratulations mate
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Don't tell your noisy neighbours but I much prefer fishing the Ontario Rivers and waterways than those in NYS, but when it comes to the crunch, and on limited time, I want to fish more than one rod. I know many Carp Tourists feel exactly the same way about it as I do and the potential tourist $ they are missing out due to an antiquated system are quite considerable. I know Dave Moore and the St Lawrence Chamber have investigated the financials of running to World Champs a few miles over the river from you guys and it was estimated to be in excess of an additional $1M dollars revenue for each Championship, and several hundred thousand for the Juniors. In this financial climate, that would keep a few local business afloat for the remainder of the year.
I wrote to the MNR again last year explaining this concept, and the fact that many of the surrounding states - including cross border - successfully implemented increased rod allowances with zero detriment to other species, what make Ontario so different? Didn't get a response to that one either.... keep fighting fella's, I'm sure someone with time and energy could get a compelling portfolio together as to why they should increase limits, and back it with financial proof such as that mentioned above, maybe suggest increasing the rod limit in a small district as a trial and study the financial benefits and ecological detriment caused by a possible increase in fishing pressure. They won't be able to proof ecological damage and you could easily prove economical benefit from the local tackle shops, fast food places, motels etc - just a thought eh!
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I wrote to them from the UK and got this from Bob Bergmann in 2009
Thank you for you recent inquiry regarding fishing carp with 2 lines in certain parts of Ontario. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has received several similar requests from anglers and tourist businesses promoting the fishing of carp using 2 lines. Generally, the concern expressed is that Ontario is missing out on potential revenue since tourists fishing for carp head to the US side of the St. Lawrence River where fishing for 2 lines is permitted. MNR is responding to this issue by looking into practical ways that we could accommodate using 2 lines while fishing for carp that is simple to enforce and not abused by anglers fishing for other species. We do not want carp angling with 2 lines to increase fishing pressure on non-target species such as muskie, walleye, bass and pike. I hope that we can find a suitable management solution to this issue. If a decision is made to allow 2 lines when fishing carp, the process to make the necessary regulation changes to the Ontario Fishery Regulations will take approximate 2 years to complete.
So they were looking in to it 3 years ago, and they are looking in to it now......(British Sarcasm)
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What a statement: “It is the most excitement I’ve ever had with a fish. It all happened so quickly,”
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Otters also like carp if there are no trout around.
A few of my old haunts in the U.K. were decimated by otters.
Very sad
it's a hot topic at present check our predation anglers group (PAG) it's got some heavyweight members
Bizarre Story
in Ontario
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Read to the end of this, pretty sure it's made up as I fished the 05 Tourney, however - there's an interesting comment posted upon it, any truth in that?
http://www.thousandislandslife.com/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/266/ldquoThose-Carp-Peoplerdquo.aspx