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Looks like a great event with some stellar teams! Good luck to all.
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Sure, CAG could be better. But, that takes a lot of time, money and hard work. The organization may not have grown drastically in membership, size and scope, but its cumulative impact over the years is quite evident in the increasingly mainstream acceptance of carp as a resource and sportfish to be respected.
CAG will always be where it all started for carping in the USA. As the sport becomes more and more financially relevant, CAG has an opportunity to mature into the next phase of its existence. As business interests in the carping world continue to grow the US market, I think CAG has the opportunity to change courses from a social organization funded by members and run by volunteers only, to an advocacy/education organization funded by like-minded business and members and run by staff. But, that's a long ways away.
Even the CAG haters have CAG to thank for their existence
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To be transparent, I've owned some nash luggage and a nash umbrella, and its served me well
I don't know the circumstances of your rod breaking, but if it broke after minimal use, that's weak.
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I Purchased a St. Croix 9' 6" Avid Carp Rod, Well the Top Section Broke. I Called them they Said no Question's Asked your Top Section is Being Shipped as we speak. That is Customer Service at it's Best. If Nash want's to Keep Customer's to Continue to Purchase their Product's they should take an example from St. Croix. Good Luck I would Call Nash Directly you'll do Better at the Factory instead of playing Game's with the little people and their lip service.
St. Croix and GLoomis have incredible rod replacement and customer service.
Unfortunately, Nash doesn't really care about the US market. You learned an expensive lesson to not purchase Nash products.
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Good luck and have fun!
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sick pike!
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Wow. Awesome results! TN really is a serious carp destination, lots of great fish from that state over the years!
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Do something in the central part of the state....Lake Marburg was a good location for the "all-state" events. Been a few things there in the past. Louis and I used to put on a few fish-ins in Philly...but that was always a challenge with parking, road closures, and worst of all, rowing events.
Where ever an event gets planned, make sure to contact fish and game commission regional office and if its in a state park, inform the park rangers there. Those guys just like to know what's going on, and will often come by and learn a bit about carp fishing. A decent lake with good bank access is always a good option for an event..
Hasn't really been anything going on in PA since 2008 or so....
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Grits in the PVA mesh has been in my regular rotation since 2007 after that first Baldwinsville event. Such a simple and cheap bait.
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I've been an a very avid user of PVA for a long time (I almost exclusively use mesh tubing from resistance), and there are a lot of options for mixes you can use.
My three favorites are: shredded maize (I put cooked field corn in a fodo processor), grits and flavoring; shredded maize, oats and flavoring; shredded maize, bread crumb and flavoring. The key to making these mixes work in pva is making sure they are not too wet. Also, many flavorings will retard the melting of PVA. Oils (which I use when cooking corn), will also slow the melting process. You can manipulate your bait mixture so it packs tightly and stays tight to your hooklength, or you can use a loose mixture that will spread and waft around your hookbait.
I personally like PVA because you have a lot of freedom in the bait mixtures you can use, whereas with packbait, it always has to be something wet that will pack effectively. with PVA, especially the mesh sticks, you can make presentations both LARGE and tiny. I also really love the pva presentation once the mesh stick is threaded onto your hooklength.
One of the major advantages of PVA over packbait is preparation. Many of my fishing sessions are short and I like to travel light. I can prepare a ziplock bag of my mix easily, and if I don't use it all, it can be refridgerated and stay fresh. Also, depending on how wet your mix is, you can prepare numerous rigs/sticks and be ready to clip on a fresh rig and recast in seconds. This is especially important when fishing a tournament or when you have limited time to take advantage of a hot bite.
With all that PVA praise said, I've definitely had fishing sessions where the fish wanted that big dinner plate set, and the packbait far outperformed pva, even when the baits were relatively similar.
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Is a tiger nut still "just a pick-up" if used solo without any packbait?
I think tiger nuts work well on lakes/rivers where the carp typically feed on zebra mussels, snails, and other "crunchy" forage. They have worked well for me on the Finger Lakes, St. Lawrence, and certain swims locally. I like to fish either a single tiger, or a tiger and fake corn.
I personally like to let my tigers ferment and get a bit funky after a double cooking process. First time I will boil them with a little peanut oil, sugar and salt, maybe some chili too. I'll boil them for about 45 minutes on a lite boil. Then, I'll just let them sit for a few days, week, or whatever. I will then boil them again for another 30-45 minutes. That second boil helps to thicken the liquid. After they cool down I just put them in a sealed container, and they will get better with age.
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Be careful baiting up near crowds - people will figure out what you are doing and soon your spot will get jacked - part of the reason I prefer to bait up in the cover of darkness or fish really out of the way inconvenient places.
I like to prebait my area with about 5 gallons of cooked corn about 12-24 hours in advance of a fishing session. Obviously, the more days you do this consecutively, the better your results are likely to be.
We haven't held any get togethers in a number of years, but I would be willing to get together sometime in the spring on the Schuylkill somewhere.
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these areas will definitely hold fish. If you can get close to the channel and deeper water, I would try baiting and fishing a variety of structure: deep water with current, shallower slack water, close to structure etc...you should be able to find the fish after you've put some time in. In my experience fishing the Delaware in Philly, you need to prebait fairly heavy to get consistent action. Another key to finding a good spot to fish in the city is to find out of the way places that won't get visited by the bucket brigade.
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I won't make the September fish-in, but I am going to try and make it out to the Raritan on 10/20. Only 75 minutes or so from Philly, and I should take advantage of my NJ license that I got to chase snakeheads in South Jersey. Plus, haven't been to a fish-in in a few years.
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Awesome stuff buddy!
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...and there is no better way to get things started then to just go ahead and organize a get-together
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PA used to have a strong group, but things slowed down over the years.
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South Jersey has many carp fertile waters. Pretty much any pond, lake, creek, or river you chose to fish will have carp. The trick of carp fishing is to find parts of these bodies of water that carp frequent. Not sure where in gloucester county you live, but I would try fishing a tributary of the Delaware, or one of the many ponds/lakes connected to tributaries of the Delaware. Pretty much any tributary, down to about Salem River will have good populations of carp. I would suggest scouting out whatever body of water is close to home, look for a deeper area you can fish comfortablly. Chum heavily for a few days before you want to fish, then go fishing using simple tactics.
I live in Philadelphia and have fished all over South Jersey. I always thought the Salem River/Canal area had potential for some truly large specimens, but I never caught any monsters down there.
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Very few bodies of water are privately owned in North America with goverment oversight everywhere. The liberties one could take manipulating a carp pond in Europe are not legal here, nor can their effects be contained like they can be in Europe.
The ecosystems are completely different.......and the historys of the effects of species introduction vary as well......
somewhat of a tangent, but......
It is correct that very few bodies of water in the USA are privately controlled, but I would argue public utility companies and the US army corp of engineers have done WAY more to impact the trajectory of ecosystems and fish species throughout USA. Coast to coast, america is home to thousands (if not millions) of man-made impoundments as a result of dams. The extensive destruction which dams or water divergence projects have done to native fish environments is unbelievable. In addition, many of the bodies of water which are the context for arguements about native fish and habitat destruction - ARE COMPLETELY MAN MADE AND FAKE.
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Marsh creek is pounded by bass and Muskie guys on the daily. Better options near by that have boating restrictions to make carping more pleasant. Marburg has good access and a decent head of long lean jumbo headed commons. Don't expect anything plump.
Mirrors are rare at both impoundments. There are better options in the 100 mile radius.
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Unbelievable accomplishment!
After years and years of endless forum banter about where the first true, documented CAG 50 would come from, I don't think many were picking a tidal river in NJ, with the exception of Miguel, maybe
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Congrats Pawel! That is a landmark capture! I always knew the tidal rivers of the mid-atlantic region had fish of that magnitude! Well done.
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Nice Fish Bill. Remember, only go to Philly for hoagies and shad! Its not worth it for anything else!
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Matt, I understand- You were too busy keeping Bird Shtuff off of your gear. Lol
Ha. that and bird feathers. We were pegged in the Ogdensburg seagulls homebase.
Despite the birds (and their dookie), we did catch a few!
Photos courtesy of Louis Cook
Margin fishing on large waters
in Beginning Carping
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From my experience fishing all kinds of places....you can't force a swim and sometimes you can't force a fish to feed aggressively in a location that is out of their comfort zone. Carp are creatures of habit. I find it is best to use their habitual behavior to your advantage, versus trying to change their behavior to suit your preferred fishing approach.
Seeing carp in an area is a lot different than seeing carp actually EAT in an area. Have you seen them FEED in the margins? Are you sure the freebies in the margin aren't being consumed by something else? Carp tend to have feeding zones, safety zones, and transit zones. Are the margins on this body of water just a transit zone?
If you actually seen them feeding in the margins (tail up, nose down posture or feeding clouds), , then the problem is your rig/approach. Carp are increasingly shy in shallow water. How subtle is your rig? If the rig is stands out or the fish bump into your line a lot...they will be spooked.
There's a lot of factors to work out.