[Heading to Greensboro/Winston-Salem]

Thanks Evan, PM sent

[Heading to Greensboro/Winston-Salem]

I see the board is very quiet, any carpers out there?

[New to the area]

thanks Robert, I'll send you a mail

[New to the area]

Just moved to Scottsdale and didn't know if there were any carpers in the area.

I don't see anybody fishing the urban waters (for carp) and I see this forum for AZ has been silent for well over a year.

Anybody still visit this forum? Anybody carp fish Scottsdale, Phoenix or Arizona as a whole?

[Muddler ..or full scale]

definitely a muddler pattern common Gary, looks like some mirror spooge might have got mixed up in the spawning mess somewhere.

I read an article way, way back that 95% of carp in the world are natural commons and left alone they would all eventually revert back to commons again without mans intervention.

Maybe the muddlers are a couple of generations into reverting back.

you do seem to catch more than your fair amount of them.....

[New venues, what to look for]

You don't need a marker float, a good sized lead and braided line is enough.

Pick a spot you know well and experiment, count the lead down on a tight line until it hits bottom to gauge the depth. drag it back to feel the bottom make up (big stones, shale, gravel, silt, weed etc all feel different)

Don't want to teach you to suck eggs if you already know this, but can expand further if you don't.

[New venues, what to look for]

your main spot is probably good because of the drop off into 7 feet, difficult to choose a 'plan B' unless you know the bottom make up there too.

You need to fish them and find another good drop off/channel that holds fish.

Everything looks fishy from the bank, the important stuff is underwater, get out there with a marker rod and find the spots or else it's just chuck and chance.

[Carper Exchange program goes horribly Wrong]

That is a superb pic, well framed, good light, good contrast and 'fin up'.

[Guess The Weight Competition]

19 1/2

Suppose I'll get hammered for this, but I was disappointed to see it lying across the metal arms of the net with no unhooking mat.

[WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEW NACA]

I got mine just fine,,,,,,,

In that case how do I get the e version so I can read all of it?

Thanks

[WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEW NACA]

Trouble is looks like the pony was hungry and decided to eat the NACA, tattered and torn is all I can say!!! :D (No worries though I have the e version)

That was going to be my question, does it come bagged as mine was just loose in the mail and consequently a few pages were torn, or did the mail man open it and read about Scott?

[Crappie from the Carp hole]

The great thing about River fishing is the hot Crappie bite we have during the spring

Good to meet you last night sir.

(btw, get your exhaust fixed)

[World Record Blue Cat released??]

Can somebody give me a quick explanation on how the record systems works here, or point me to the necessary website?

Thanks

Awesome cat BTW, always, always in awe of huge cats, the 200lb+ Ebro monsters take you breath away just to see the pics.

[Production copy looking for film footage]

and I should add that I have pics, but no video....

[Production copy looking for film footage]

I've already sent this to someone for the Giant Carp, the other two I don't know. Sounds like a cool show if it gets made.

Bit strange to ask somebody in the US for footage of the Wels when it's only native to Europe.

[Is this a roach?]

lol snot balls up ya line and a stinky net.....

oh no!!!!!!!

Thought I'd got away from all that.....

[Is this a roach?]

aren't golden shiners just rudd?

Looks predominantly roach, but probably a cross.

[Bite alarms]

I had the top of the range Fox RX digitals with the remote.

Notice the word 'had', 12 hour battery life in the cold.

I now have Delks TXi with the remote (battery life at least 12 months)

They're both the same sort of money (£120 to £125 each) so for a set of 3 plus the remote at close on $1000 bucks, you expect top quality.

The Delks are the best, by a long, long way.

[another newbie from the uk]

Hi Neil, brave man admitting that you come from Suffolk.

Used to fish Melton pits out that way for the carp and dog bream.

[Euro Carp Lookalikes]

There's such a huge variation in 'Euro' carp shapes, but I'm assuming you're looking at the high shouldered ones, which are also called high backed Italian mirrors or Galicians, but there are also the Chanty carp (Chanty as in Chantecoq strain) These are known for their frame size, but lack of scales.

Royale carp have great scale patterns and high shoulders also and grow big.

Dinks (Dinkelsbuehl sp??) don't grow so big, but get to 30lb faster than most other strains.

The Redmire carp originated from the Galicians and then in the UK you also have the Sutton strain.

[New PB!]

Well done on the PB, I'm suprised it didn't fight too well, as the paddles and rudder look pretty large.

It's got great colouration with deep oranges around the tail, shame you couldn't stop the shine against the body as it would have made a superb shot.

Well done again.

[ATC]

Sorry for being a dunce, but what is the ATC ?

Thanks