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Thanks Andy! Enjoy retirement!!

Got mine 22303, looks very good, well done!

Due to the overwhelming response, I've been struggling with trying to figure out how to do a poll on this. I tried a couple of online polling things but it just came out messy. This is the best I came up with. This is a preliminary poll to narrow it down to 20 entrants (the max you can do in an online poll with this forum software). I'll leave this up for 3 days (72 hours). Pictures are HERE. Top 20 vote getters get in the final poll. Ties will decided by management

Josh, that pretty mirror of yours was my inspiration for the contest!

Hey Mike, Very helpful and not a problem! I meant to put a little smiley face in there but was rushing!

Here we go, most beautiful North American carp caught by a non-member. Winner gets half off a membership to CAG. You can find the pics HERE

Guys and gals - Thanks for the awesome response to the contest! It's taken me awhile to figure out a way to get a poll going with so many contestants. I may have worked out and will hopefully have something tonight or tomorrow. There are actually going to be two polls, one for member contestants and one for non-members. A little bit of administration. Barbelfloat, Mario, and Ian disqualified themselves for posting too many pics. Ryan and Hankster were too late too enter. Sorry guys .

Post a better pic! That really is an awesome looking fish .

Posting for Cody James...Mohawk River lump

Chris - That last mirror is particularly amazing!!!

Wasn't easy to narrow it down to three but here goes.... I tried to use photos that I haven't used before, most long time members have probably seen these fish but not the particular angle. Pic 1 my Potomac PB Common, not just massive but scale perfect and gorgeous. Pic 2 not the biggest mirror in the world but perfect coloring and I love the scale pattern Pic 3 my PB Ghost Carp

Koi are fine! So far so good, but where Val, Mike D., Louis, Matt, John Bramley, Colin.....know you guys have caught some beauties! Lets see them! I'm still struggling to find my three LOL

Great entries so far! It really is going to be hard to pick. Here's my wife Lia's entries...

Hey Guys - I moved some of the posts here I'm trying heavily to promote the contest and CAG to non-members so hope this thread can just be about beautiful carp. thanks Any comments about this post please post them here

Let's limit it to three photos per entrant

Yes sir....

We've all been there, you've just caught the most beautiful carp in our life, a scale perfect common, sweet koi, a perfect linear mirror, a crazily scaled beast...you want to show it off to your friends, your family, you colleagues, and at some point you get... That's an Ugly Fish So now's your chance, show us the most beautiful carp that you've ever caught and have a chance to win prizes. It doesn't have to be huge, gigantic, or massive, it just has to be pretty and caught in North America. Fine Print: Carp must be from North America Up to three submissions per entrant (will be considered as one entry) Two first place prizes: Member: New CAG hat, patch, an assortment of Dynamite Baits goodies. Non-members: Half-off CAG membership Submissions will be accepted from 7:00PM EST July 17 until 7::00PM EST July 22, voting will begin July 24. CAG reserves the right to publicize your beautiful Carp, in particular via the CAG Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Nice one Tony

Is this kind of a Lord of the Flies type situation with carp

When you look past the end of your nose I think you see a dark crevice with a wierd smell. Yes, that right, that echo you hear when you talk is the echo coming from your butt, because that is where your head is. Philly I've got $20 in my pocket that says you don't have the stones to say that to his face should you ever meet him. Small World this carp game you know! Karl Great Post! Really advances the CAG objectives and makes the forum a better place! Way to Go!

I suspect there might be more of these than many of you realize. Here is a quick list off the top of my head: Nigel Griffin - EuroTackle Fritz Vatter - CarpSense (Canada but supplied the US) Peter Clapperton - Andy Grantam - Specialist Angling Supply Aurora Tackle Additions? Corrections? Clapperton was Krafty Katcher There was that guy Pete Calderon (sp) from Class Tackle that used to go to the CCC in the early years. There's Iain Sorrell, who's re-emerged, still selling Delkims and he used to sell SBS stuff. Mainstream Angling.... I'll check the old NACA's when I get a chance, think there's a few more....

Well done guys!