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    New PB For Me

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

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    Thanks for all the comments guys, I never thought I would ever make the 40 club!The fish were weighed on the Korda Ruben Heaton scale that I recently bought off Barbelfloat.thanks Mike! That scale brought me good luck!DSCN0090-M.jpg

    Cool. And I know that weight is 100% accurate because that scale was certified. Hope your success continues!

    Locating carps

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    Docks and marinas always hold fish but not always fishable unless you can tolerate the crowd. In flowing water, current breaks and eddies is what to look for. Man made structures like bridge abutments is always good because the carp won't be far off. As a general rule, I like spots with shallow water and deep water readily near by...and humps and bumps are generally better than completely flat areas.

    Cheap alarms on Ebay, are they ok?

    in Beginning Carping

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    With cheap alarms, it's kinda hit or miss...but mostly miss. I mean cheap alarms should work from the start but the question is how long they'll last. I've bought my share of $10-15 alarms and 80% of them didn't last a season. But two $20 alarms I've had for 7 years now and they are still going strong. As a starter, they should be good but don't expect too much life from them...if you get lucky like me, maybe they'll last a decade or more.

    New PB !

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

    Posted

    Man Ivelin, when I saw the title I thought you had caught a 50 or something because of all the monsters you've been catching lol. But if you keep fishing, I know a 50 is within your reach B) . And your writing was very good...reading it made me wish I could also experience that fight. Big congrats on all your success, including this pb!

    Bodies of water in Northern Virginia

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    I am moving to the richmond area and would like to know what the carping waters are around that area and bait and tackle shops around the area that cater to the carp men any help would be appreciated

    I lived in Richmond for about 6 years but I regret that I didn't carp fish at the time. Now I live about 3 hrs away so I still haven't been able to fish those waters. But the James river (which also has some of the best blue catfishing in the country), Lake Anna, and just about any lake, river, pond, or reservoir in Richmond will hold carp. Good luck!

    few from minneapolis

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

    Posted

    Nice...looks like a fun time. As for a softer net, you should just replace the mesh instead of paying for a new landing net. BCT could probably recommend a good soft replacement mesh. But in the meantime, if you watch how you net and lift the fish, you can probably avoid the fins getting caught...try to keep the fish calm and not trash around and not lift it's fins. Actually avoiding the problem is probably better than buying something to fix it :)

    Bodies of water in Northern Virginia

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    One more thing fairfax county has been draining all my favorite lakes to repair the dams or control sedimentation.

    The following I know have been drained in the last 5 years

    Burke Lake(partially)

    Huntsman(all of it)

    Lake Accotink(all of it)

    If you know of any can you add them to the list

    Its a shame too cause hunstman and accotink were full of nice fish!

    Accotink has been drained more than once unfortunately. Back in the 90's, I heard twenty lbers were common but now I'm not sure. I wonder what they did with the Huntsman fish when they drained that lake?

    Trilene Big Game

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    The big games had too much stretch for my tastes. But I bought a bunch of the Trilene Big game Carp from BCT awhile back and still have a few spools left and these carp big games had less stretch which I liked much better. They also came in carpy brown if you like that sort of stuff...

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