Slimy

You have till Friday, 8pm Eastern time to submit photos! Let's see what ya got

Welcome to the forum and welcome aboard as a new member Ladylus2fish!! Great pics! Awesome pod... and all it takes is nail polish to change the color of the indicators

He certainly does look proud! Is he signaling that he caught two or just giving you the peace sign

Good one Neil! Looks like the fish is not making it easy to avoid being slimed either

Thanks Paul Actually Andy's idea. Yes that swim is well known. There is a drop off about 15 feet out and I was afraid Tom might fall into it. ... We all laughed so hard, including Tom.

Haha! Safely in dad's arms

I will kick this contest off with my own submission (although I am not eligible for the prize …dang…!) : So, after Tom sees me catch a couple of decent size carp he expresses his desire to catch one and asks me to rig up his line for carp fishing, so I do. I explain to Tom that he needs to loosen up his drag and keep a hand on his fishing rod because the fish are on the feed and could at any time take off with it. Just as he starts joking about what he would do if that happened, off it went! Tom didn’t hesitate and jumped right in the river after his rod . A happy Tom got his rod and still managed to land his fish!

Our first contest! This week's theme is Goofy Carp Fishing Pictures Post a Goofy Picture taken while carp fishing, and a short description of the silliness! Pictures may be posted ‘til Friday July 1st, 8pm Eastern Time. Voting for the best entry will begin Monday the 4th of July, Yayyyy! …and will end Friday July 8th, 8pm Eastern Time. Prizes for this contest will be: For CAG Members: a CAG Shirt and CAG Patch. Be the first to sport one of the new CAG shirts and possess one of the new CAG patches, neither of which is yet available at a CAG Store near you! For Non-Members or Forum Guests: Half off a One-Year Membership!!! …which will make you privy to information known only to our exclusive club of Carp Fishing Fanatics!!!

"Coolest" deal in the fundraiser auction yet .

Items shipped!

Congratulations Robert H ! You have won this item for $51. I am ready to ship this as soon as payment is made to CAG. Please pm me your shipping information . Frank, sorry but the bidding hadn't ended yet. I'm sure CAG will refund your payment.

This Auction is over today! The highest bid so far is $50. ...The winning bid is the last bid to read 7:59 not 8:00. Good luck and thanks for bidding !

Thanks for all the bidding But just in case someone is not quite sure whether to bid or not, I am adding another item ! A very cool Brand New, Rapala Kit Bag! So by bidding for this CAG Fund Raiser, you get the Brand New Camo Cooler, the New Cool Sunglasses, a $25 Visa Card to fill up the Cooler, the New Rigz Wallet, the Cool Rapala Kit Bag, and Free Shipping! That's five cool items, free shipping and supporting CAG ! How cool is that?!

But wait! There’s more… Because you are all bidding on this cool stuff, and let’s not forget that this is a fund raiser for CAG so don’t be shy to bid , I will also throw in a Brand New 30 Plus Rigz Wallet! How cool is that? So you have the Brand New Camo Cooler, the New Cool Sunglasses, a $25 Visa Card to fill up the Cooler, the New Rigz Wallet and Free Shipping! You get all this Cool Stuff and help out CAG at the same time!

For the CAG Fund Raiser Auction, I am auctioning this way cool, Brand New, never before used, Real Tree Camo, 24 can soft sided cooler. It has a shoulder strap, a carrying handle as well as two more carrying handles on the sides. And because that cooler needs to be filled up with good beverage and more, I am also including a $25 Visa gift card! And because this cooler is so “cool”, I am also including a very cool pair of Brand New Mirror Sunglasses like the ones the state troopers use. Funky sunglasses you say? Naw, after a couple of beverages those will be the coolest sunglasses you ever owned!!! And because I think you are all so cool to begin with, I will pay for the shipping!! Cooler and way cool sunglasses $25 Visa Gift Card Front Back Top Inside Way cool sun glasses This Auction begins…NOW… and will end Friday, March 4th at 7:59pm.

Frank, IMO you are being a bit too picky. This event was set up very well. The only complaint I have heard from others was the size of the fish. The overnight fishing was an opportunity and part of the draw to this event. Overnight fishing gives participants an opportunity to seed an area and bring fish into their swim (European style). Otherwise you would be relying totally on the luck of the draw each day. Yes; end pegs are usually a factor in most tournaments (some more than others, i.e. Joliet), but in this tournament there were pegs in the center of the field that became competitive overnight. The cost of the tournament at $100 per person, I also feel, is quite enough. There are other expenses involved that easily double that number; no need to add hotel rooms to that sum total.... Or if we were to camp, we might as well be fishing overnight.

Kudos to Larry for a well organized event and for drawing out most of IL top anglers and others from Indiana! Thank you to Lee and Eric who volunteered their time and drove many hours from Wisconsin to help ensure the success of the event. A beautiful venue with easy access set the stage for the 2010 Illinois Carp Championship. Great weather; The breeze on Saturday kept the high temperature bearable and perfect weather that evening made staying by the rods that much easier (a coating of mosquito spray helped) . Larry has been the most active Illinois State Chair I have known. CAG is fortunate to have someone of his caliber so active in promoting Carp angling to new comers (In the past year alone he has been promoting our sport on television, newspaper and radio shows). As if organizing one event wasn't enough, this past weekend included a second tournament below the dam for all new comers (who caught hundreds of pounds more fish than the veterans above the dam ). Too bad the fish size didn’t live up to the tournament hype. I would guess that the average fish was 2LBS, the largest weighing in at 12+LBS. But nonetheless this made for a good contest among the participants (whom I dare to say are not used to catching fry ) who had to adjust to the fast current and fish size. It was challenging but we were all up against the same challenge. My intentions were to take many many pictures but my camera froze up early the first day…. Cory calling for pointers Lee and Eric looking very official Saturdays first 10 hours Rocket launchers, pretty venue.... Paul always smiling... World Classic Baits Team Mike setting up camp Why Dr Frank didn't catch any fish Larry sporting new underwear MCAA President Sam always on his game

Awesome Video Paul!!! ...you have my respect

Count in Slimy and the return of Scarpo