[Another PA newbie]

Welcome aboard Brian, some good fly anglers out that way and plenty of info on the forum to get you headed in the right direction.

[ZachATree's Picture blog.]

Awesome! Congrats on getting an iphone! Oh, those fish are ok too!

[Yet another new person from PA.]

Welcome aboard!

[Another new guy to the board.]

Welcome Bud, good to see the PA contigency continue to grow! I am in Philadelphia.

[here is one mans idea of carp fishing]

There's two options...

be a dick and embarrass and insult a man who obviously sees the sporting value of carp, and further marginalize our sport with the elitist attitudes displayed in posts above me.

OR, like buzzbomb suggest, be supportive, and educate the author in safe handling techniques, who knows, it might result in positive promotion of CAG and a follow up article that further portrays CAG and carp fishing in a positive light.

But responding by say - "Give me 5 minutes to brutalize this man" and "drivel like this shouldn't be allowed" - thats a great way to ruin a good opportunity.

[ZachATree's Picture blog.]

Congrats on getting your 30, Zach!

I do the same hting Louis does, but I do ten shots after a 30 second delay...that gives me plenty of time to hold the fish really close to the camera to make it look big I have a canon a560 powershot, and if I do the 10 photo setting with the flash on, it takes a hell of a long time.

[Tournament of Champions Oct. 13th - 17th]

Dave - the acronym for the world championship has an unfortunate pronunciation when said out loud

None the less, an event I certainly plan to compete in!!!

[30.5 lbs!]

Completely Awesome! I hope I get a second chance at chasing down a few Columbia carp later this year

[why did the maze turn the bucket black -]

sounds like you fermented some super funk. the black stuff is mold. I've left just a tad bit of old particle sit i nthe bottom of a bucket for so long, the mold and bacteria turned to black powdery dust.

Be careful, you might have created a WMD.

[Koi?]

This one has potential to be one of the most nice looking koi around, being that is really full scaler with a creamcicle head. But unfortunatley this thing was rotten and badly wounded from...the spawn?

This is one is nice and health though

[big carp N.American common]

you guys are nuts. that thing is no 50. maybe an osmond 60, but thats beside the point.

[ZachATree's Picture blog.]

[Newbie from PA]

Welcome aboard Steve. I am from the Philly area but my Mom's family is from Lancaster. Lots of great places to fish in the state. Looking forward to seeing some reports from you.

[Not a carp, Baja fun...........]

Rediculous! On a fly and in a tiny boat to boot! Nice!

[A Sturgeon Battle on the Snake]

What is the closest place to PA you can legally fish for them?

The west coast, I believe. the east coast stock of sturgeon is fairly wiped out. On the Lower Delaware River, a small town in NJ used to be the sturgeon and caviar capital of the world. Overfishing and pollution destroyed the stocks. Sturgeon take almost 20 years to reach sexual maturity for breeding. There are still sturgeon on the east coast rivers, but most have very few. They pop up everyone once in a while on the Delaware, Hudson etc...The Kennebec river has a decent population, probably but I believe it is still illegal to target them.

What's interesting is that in order to restock the sturgeon in a river, the eggs must be from fish from the same river. If you tried to stock Hudson sturgeon in the Delaware, they would swim back to the Hudson. Quite interesting.

I am talking about the Atlantic sturgeon above, the west coast varietal is the White sturgeon. There is lake sturgeon in the midwest, I believe, but they dont get anywhere near as big as their coastal cousins.

[A Sturgeon Battle on the Snake]

Very cool! A big sturgeon is on my to do list again this year, hopefully when I return to Oregon or California I can tackle that. Look at what swims at anglers feet below bonneville dam on the columbia. Not the greatest picture, but very cool to see huge sturgeon come in close to munch on shad.

I will hopefully do some sturgeon fishing on my own, and also get a guide again on my trip.

[It's...It's...It's Alive!]

I've seen it happen to fish from the deep. But I've also pulled in a few bulgers from the shallows. I usually just push the eye back in with my fingers, 3 stooges style. just kidding.

[20 Hours, 1 New PB]

Also, while I am not normally a rat, you could call a game warden or wildlife officer (whatever they are called down your way) and report the snaggers. Snagging is illegal in PA and many other states too. Snagging is really unsporting - and most of the time the people trying to snag are unequipped to land the fish. Now lifting salmon...that's another story

[20 Hours, 1 New PB]

Very nice!

[Crazy looking fully scaled muddler mirror]

That is a VERY unique looking fish. One of the most extreme cases of muddlerism I have ever seen in a carps.

Nice mirrors too!

[personal best]

what a beast. stellar pose!

[Stalking Southern Giants]

That thing is HUGE!

[The Lioness gives up its gold;]

Watching these Mexican adventures unfold via the internets has been an absolute pleasure. Not much else to be said, fanphuckingtastic catches!

[Start 'em young]

nice one john!

[Traveled down the road so long..]

Nice trip Dave! You shoulda swung through Philly on the way home for a PA 30, and a shot at fishing a real trash hole.