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Many of the pictures submitted have shown the common carp’s ability to survive, to overcome disabilities, to heal old wounds, and to live through injuries. From beautiful mutants to the grossly damaged, all these carp where caught feeding! It is no surprise that the carp has been around for millions of years, admired and depicted in works of art through the ages. Carp are the most adaptable fresh water fish known. They not only survive adverse conditions but also adapt to extreme environments, which in some waters include learning to avoid capture. Although some of these submissions are truly gross; it is their strength, toughness, and adaptability that I see in these pictures, and it is exactly that, which makes them a worthy sports fish! Pictures for this contest may be submitted through Feb 21st, Keep Them Coming!

...my condolences to the Sloth Man

Whoaa folks! I deleted a couple of the posts because I don't want this thread headed in the wrong direction! I would like to keep this as a celebration of their toughness not only as great fighters but as great adapters. This thread is intended to demonstrate the toughness of the carp. We have all caught carp in some of the most polluted waters where other fish cannot thrive. We have taken pictures of deformed carp because it is at times unbelievable that although damaged, they can still survive. A part of the carps bad reputation is that they exist where other fish can't. This should be celebrated and not seen as disadvantage. This is by far the toughest fish I know of!!! A lot of good entries, Keep them pictures coming.

Cool fish with a face only a mother could love... But the crazy angler may just win this one!

Neil is right, that carp looks like it ate too many hot peppers!

Dang, this carp looks like some sort of geometric rectangle!

That is one sad looking fish! Is it really missing it's tail or just folded over? What is the story behind it?

The Odd the Sad and the Ugly Contest It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I find this particular saying most appropriate in the world of carp fishing. No other fish in the history of mankind has been depicted in art as much as our beloved carp. But let’s face it, there are some odd, sad, and ugly looking Cyprinoids that grace our nets on occasion; so odd looking, or in such sad shape, or so plain ole ugly that we just had to take a picture of it. This contest is not a celebration of the bizarre; it is an acknowledgement of the resilience of our beloved Cyprinus Carpio, a true survivor! So this month’s (February 2012) contest will be for a picture and description of that odd, sad or ugly carp you or your friend has caught. Entries will be accepted through Tuesday, Februrary 21th, followed by one week of voting. The winner will be announced on February 29th and showered with gifts from the CAG store. The top three finishers will receive a CAG iron on patch, a CAG tape measure and CAG mouse pad. The 1st place finisher will also receive a CAG T-Shirt of his choice. On your mark- Get set- Go! Good luck to you all!

Great idea! Put me down for one of each!

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The calendar, my first Christmas gift arrived today! Nice job Dr. Rink, this will be a keeper!! Great pictures of many CAG members and some very good recipes I'll have to try out!

Standby CarpeDiem, another contest will soon be announced

You are most certainly correct, muchacho! We'll get that one up real soon.

hmmm... kind of hard picking up where someone else left off... I thought this was a beautiful carp contest only. Was there a non-member category??

Such beautiful fish! ...I thought I had this one figured out, not!

Amazing colors and scale pattern on a clean beautiful fish. This one is my favorite from the most beautiful carp contest!

You are in luck! The CAG store has a limited supply of Old Logo Shirts (once they're gone, they are gone) available at the very reasonable price of $9.99. These are great quality T-shirts, I bought a couple myself .

Stunning pictures! Beautiful fish! (never thought I'd ever use that icon ) I believe that there is no other fresh water fish as beautiful and with such a wide variety of scale patterns and colors!!

...all appreciated We hope to have this up and running very soon and looking forward to the fun! ...lots of cool stuff!

Congratulations to Ladylus2fish who won CAG's Goofy Carp Fishing Picture Contest with 25.17% of the vote! A mention goes to Carlymoomoo's and Willem's entries, both drew 17.14% of the vote and Bill Stoltz entry got 11.43%! Our winner Ladylus2fish will be the first to receive the brand new, never before released, CAG short sleeve T-Shirt and New CAG Patch ...standby, Rumor has it that these will be available at our CAG store which will be opening very, very sooooooon

With Today being the last day to vote, we have Ladylus2fish leading the pack with her improvised rod pod! ...who knows, this might catch on Carlymoomoo is currently in second with Ninja Turtle Neil's proud moment! Get the word out, Last Chance to Vote!

Vote for what you think is the Goofiest Contest Picture! You may vote for multiple pictures but you may only vote one time Votes will be accepted through Friday July 8th! Let the games begin... Winner will recieve a CAG Shirt and Patch!!! and have the honor of having had the goofiest picture in the contest 1- Neal Stern's wife; Jackie's priceless expession at holding a carp! 2- Zatesta's son is safe from the carp in his father's arms! 3- carlymoomoo's friend Neil is mistakenly proud with his catch while carp fishing! 4- Ladylus2fish's improvised nap time pod and alarm system! 5- Ladylus2fish holds two commons, uncommonly! 6- Ladylus2fish creates a Norman Rockwell moment! 7- Willem posts picture of Zoomie during the FFF! 8- Zoomie's catfish on a snowman setup! 9- Bill Stoltz's son juggles a bass while carp fishing! 10- Bill Stoltz and his only grasser! 11- stephen30fishing and his goofy mug shot!

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Here are a couple of Goofy Carp Fishing Pictures I just dug up!! Ya have to be a bit goofy to fish the FFF at 2am, January 1st in single digit weather with below zero windchill we still laugh about this! This is Scarpo a couple years back... yes he caught a cold : ...and as if we would have learned, out again in a snow storm

There are four entries so far for this week’s contest! Which will be followed by a week of voting from fellow members. Friday 8pm Eastern time is the cutoff for submitting photos. The voting will begin next Monday! So if you have any Goofy Carp Fishing Pictures , now is the time to enter them into the contest!!!