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    tv show

    in Ontario

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    Oh and hairwig before you say it.... I know I need to spend less time watching it and more time on the water.

    No,Rob. I said "less time reading about carp fishing.More time knitting ". :-)

    chod rig

    in Beginning Carping

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    Your best bet is to look on Youtube- Fox and Korda have loads of instructional videos featuring all kinds of rigs.

    I agree. They will demonstrate the safe way to construct them as they can be dangerous to carp if one does it wrong.

    Quick Session Under A Clear Blue Sky

    in Ontario

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    What a beautiful day out there today. What more can one ask for than spend a couple of hours fishing with a friend and maybe even land a carp or two!

    Donato and I met up later in the morning at a local swim. We set our gear up. Bought some horrible tasting coffee and eventually cast our rigs over a light bed of particles. There were signs of fish activity right away. Even a fish or two topping. Our confidence was pretty high.

    It's been a while since I last fished the spot. It's usually way too busy to fish comfortably (IMO) as it's a popular venue for tourists, strollers and zombies. Not to forget plenty of boats usually dock there to get access to the coffee shop just around the corner but today the 'coast was clear' and seemed like a good choice at the time.

    I was the first carper to get a fish on. I guess I didn't set my quick drag properly so when I had a run the rod lashed around like a whip. Lucky for me I was sitting close to my pod so it all ended well. This beauty common was well over 20 and fought well.

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    Not long after Donato's rod flys off resulting in another fish over 20 pounds. Both of our fish were real porkers that gave us two porkers big smiles!

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    Donato's second catch

    Lucky for us the pedestrian traffic was minimal and the boats stayed away this time around. We both soaked up the humid free, hot weather having a good laugh in the meantime. Both of us went on to catch another fish each and survive what the shop considers coffee? lol

    Cheers, Mark

    Great week end I had I did.

    in Ontario

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    Here's some more pictures from the day

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    Measuring scale and carp cradle made perfect tools for the job

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    The crew

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    Double header!

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    Plenty of free rods for the kids

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    We used binders to record the information for each species. Of course Carp were #1 :)

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