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Bob White from MA has the Yankee Challenge trophy
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Steve Clow does NOT have the trophy... he thinks someone from MA must have it?
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I helped run the Yankee Challenge for a few years. I believe Steve Clow has the trophy and also the pegs. I'll reach out to him. It was a lot of fun. it was originally CT vs MA but we widened it to include NY, RI etc.
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Ontario has announced new regulations that will allow anglers to use more than one rod when fishing for common carp.
The new rules are shown below:
(5) A person who is angling for common carp may use up to three lines in the waters of fisheries management zones 12 to 20, if all of the following conditions are met:
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(a) the person is using plant-based bait or synthetic corn;
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(b) if the person is angling from a fishing vessel, all of the lines used by the person are on that vessel with the person; and
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(c) if the person is not angling from a fishing vessel, each line used by the person is within two metres of another line used by the person.
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2007-237/page-4.html?txthl=common+carp#s-32
Congratulations to Len Perdic and everyone involved in bringing these new rules to fruition.
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7 hours ago, wsurugby10 said:
I was wondering if I'm able to change my display name. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan Ketterman
Hi Dan, I moved it to Technical Support so you should get a response soon. Let me know if you need more help. Thx
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Hi Willem,Have tried to help Kosta by sending validation email. It does not appear to be getting to him?Sorry, I tried login in to access provided link but I can't. Get error "Please confirm your email", unfortunately I don't receive confirmation email after changing my email address on account. I tried resend it again and still nothing.You sent January 17 at 5:58 PMOk what is your old & new email. I can try to access your CAG details.
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:35 PMold one privremeno@yahoo.comKosta sent January 17 at 6:35 PMnew one niclab.carpanglersgroup@niclab.com
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:45 PMPlease pass following msg to system admin:
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:45 PMreject: RCPT from server.carpanglersgroup.com[205.251.153.230]: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [205.251.153.230] blocked using b.barracudacentral.org; http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/?pr=1&ip=205.251.153.230; from=<carpangl@server.carpanglersgroup.com> to=<niclab.carpanglersgroup@niclab.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<server.carpanglersgroup.com>
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:45 PMThey will know what to do. Thank you.You sent Yesterday at 8:14 AMI just resent you a validation email. Let me know if that works. Thx
Kosta sent Yesterday at 11:45 AMNo email. At work now but will check server log when back homeSorry, I tried login in to access provided link but I can't. Get error "Please confirm your email", unfortunately I don't receive confirmation email after changing my email address on account. I tried resend it again and still nothing.You sent January 17 at 5:58 PMOk what is your old & new email. I can try to access your CAG details.
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:35 PMold one privremeno@yahoo.comKosta sent January 17 at 6:35 PMnew one niclab.carpanglersgroup@niclab.com
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:45 PMPlease pass following msg to system admin:
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:45 PMreject: RCPT from server.carpanglersgroup.com[205.251.153.230]: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [205.251.153.230] blocked using b.barracudacentral.org; http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/?pr=1&ip=205.251.153.230; from=<carpangl@server.carpanglersgroup.com> to=<niclab.carpanglersgroup@niclab.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<server.carpanglersgroup.com>
Kosta sent January 17 at 6:45 PMThey will know what to do. Thank you.You sent Yesterday at 8:14 AMI just resent you a validation email. Let me know if that works. Thx
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Seems clear that this would apply only when specifically fishing for Striped Bass.
Presumably when fishing 'cut' bait, crabs or sandworms.
Boilies and Field Corn you should be ok
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This poem by Alfred Lord Tenyson (published in 1850) seems especially relevant as we bid good riddance to 2020 and raise our hopes and glasses for a very much brighter and better 2021.
A Very Happy New Year to everyone!
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind. For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes. But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
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Ken, Did you make sure you were logged in with your username and password? Thx, Iain
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On 12/25/2020 at 10:59 PM, Adam Tomlin said:
My North American record mirror carp at 59.4lbs caught on December 12th 2020 caught somewhere in the Midwest.
Stunning capture that raises the hopes & expectations of anglers all across North America!
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12 hours ago, Necroshine said:
If that is the Lake Seminole Inn than that is where I would stay. Never found it to be anything but clean, quiet, well maintained. If its still the same owners they'll turn your AC off or down if you are not there. lol. However, I never had any complaints. Even got a kingsized bed once for the same price. Decent amount of cable channels. Nice showers, clean bathrooms.
There is a good Chinese restaurant in Chattahoochee but outside of that I haven't eaten anywhere else. There is a supermarket in Sneads about 1/4 mile from the motel as well.
That's the one and appreciate the great feedback - thank you!
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2 minutes ago, Necroshine said:
I've fished until about 9-10 pm and usually in the summer and fall. I'd also go the USGS River Levels site and make sure when I was going up that they were not opening the dam up. The lower the water the easier it is to fish. Fished it when it was flooded and had my bait sitting where I would setup when river was low and still caught fish, though. I usually went up for 2-3 days but stayed at a motel on the other side of the river. I don't camp well. From what I can remember up to about 9-10 am and in the evening were always good times, especially in the summer.
I was looking for local places to stay. Was that the motel in Sneads? The reviews were a bit mixed but for $48 I wouldn't expect too much!
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On 12/25/2020 at 2:13 PM, Necroshine said:
When I lived in Florida this is where I would go. Depending on the water level this river sucks for holding the bottom. I would fish just below the launch in the green area. Cast further out than that and you may run into issues holding the bottom. Below the green area there seemed to be a lot of debris in the water and really, really snaggy. The green circle is mostly sandy/silty.
I caught carp on corn and boilies. Baited with oatmeal, corn, molasses, some sorta pellet. Sometimes it was slow others not so much. All my fish were upper teens to low twenties. One 58lb grass carp. The current and snags make this tough to fish.
This is very helpful - thanks!
What times of year have you fished this area?
Have you night fished that location?
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11 hours ago, Bogdan Moisa said:
Last month (nov) went carp fishing in North Florida, right after Jim Woodruff dam gates. 3 days, baiting the place, 1 common carp came, 11 lbs. One of the best days as i miss carp fishing.
I'm now in SW Florida and planning a trip to that area in Jan or Feb... water temps look ok so just need to find the fish. Which side did you fish East or West?
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After careful consideration and with increasing Covid-19 numbers in many areas we will not be running a First Fishing Folly in 2021.
If you do get out and fish please be sure to follow guidelines to protect yourself and others.
You can also post your winter fishing images in the Essence of Carping Monthly Photo Competition
https://www.carpanglersgroup.com/forum/index.php?/forum/415-essence-of-carping-photo-competition/
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On 12/13/2020 at 10:06 PM, Ken said:
I tried to open yesterday's post by Savayman entitled NACA Q3 2020 and was told "You do not have permission to read this post" The error code is 2F173/H.
Why don't I have permission to open the posting?
Ken
Did you manage to get access?
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Check out the latest North American Carp Angler Magazine!
Download PDF:
Read on Line: https://issuu.com/northamericancarpangler
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After careful consideration and with increasing Covid-19 numbers in many areas we will not be running a First Fishing Folly in 2021.
If you do get out and fish please be sure to follow guidelines to protect yourself and others.
You can also post your winter fishing images in the Essence of Carping Photo Competition
https://www.carpanglersgroup.com/forum/index.php?/forum/415-essence-of-carping-photo-competition/
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1 hour ago, NevadaCAG said:
Will Plaque's be getting sent to the regional winners? Congrats to all of the winners. Well done.
Yes - just need to get photos sorted.
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Joe & Kirk,
you both have $75 credits applied to your accounts with Big Carp Tackle.
All the best, Iain
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Congratulations to this years winners!
Top Ten Winners have had their Big Carp Tackle Accounts credited to the value shown.
Big Common and Big Mirror Winners will each each receive a package of bait & flavors worth $150 from USA Carp Bait.
A Big Thank you to our sponsors!
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Here is the article - minus images (we ran into an image copyright issue so had to pull it off line...)
Asian carp - Is it all in the name?
The discovery of ‘Two dreaded Asian carp’ found in a Toronto water way recently sparked another wave of panic and media sensationalism.
The fish were correctly identified as Ctenopharyngodon idella, more commonly known as Grass Carp. However the article then made comparisons with Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver carp) that are ‘threatening’ the Great Lakes and have created sensational media images showing them ‘jumping’ several feet out of the water when disturbed by boats. It is important for we carp anglers to be better informed since ‘Asian’ carp has become an overused, generic term for a number of different and often unrelated species. Hopefully we can help educate others to differentiate Asian carp from the common carp that has largely become naturalized in North America
There are several known ‘Asian’ carp species in North America. These include Bighead, Black, Silver & Grass Carp that are relatively recent introductions. However the common carp should be excluded from this list since it hails from Eurasia and became established in the late 1800’s.
Bighead Carp – Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Bighead carp can reach overe 80lb in weight and are considered a highly destructive invasive species in the United States. Bighead carp and the closely related silver carp (H. molitrix) were imported to the United States to remove excess or undesirable plankton to help improve water quality in sewage treatment plants and aquaculture facilities. However, some fish escaped into the Mississippi River basin, where they are now firmly established. A national plan for the control of Asian carps, including bighead carp, was finalized in late 2007.
In the United States, a limited market has developed for bighead carp, particularly in ethnic communities, and they are farmed in ponds for this purpose. The live or very freshly killed market is quite lucrative. As a result bighead carp are often transported live, and may create a higher risk factor for the eventual spread of the fish, either through release by the end purchaser, or through escape during transport.
Black Carp - Mylopharyngodon piceus
The black carp can reach up to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in length and 35 kg (77 lb) in weight.
The nature of the black carp's diet has led to its use in the United States in the control of snails in aquaculture. Snails are obligate alternate hosts of trematode pests that can cause substantial losses to aquaculture crops. Some state laws require the carp to be bred as triploids, to render them sterile, and thus minimize the potential for the fish to escape and create self-sustaining populations. However, the use of triploids does require the maintenance and use of fertile diploid brood stock at least at some location, for production of the triploids and some fertile fish have been found in the Mississippi River basin raising concerns that they may pose a serious threat to mollusks native to the United States, many of which are critically endangered.
Grass Carp - Ctenopharyngodon idella
The grass carp or Amur grows very rapidly. Young fish stocked in the spring at 20 cm (7.9 in) will reach over 45 cm (18 in) by fall. The average length is about 60–100 cm (24–39 in). The maximum length is 1.4 m (4.6 ft) and the maximum weight over 40 kg (88 lb). According to one study, they live an average of five to 9 years, with the oldest surviving 11 years. They eat up to three times their own body weight daily – as much as 100lb of plant material. They thrive in small lakes and backwaters that provide an abundant supply of freshwater vegetation.
This species was first imported to the United States in 1963 to aquaculture facilities in Auburn, Alabama, and Stuttgart, Arkansas. The Auburn stock came from Taiwan, and the Arkansas stock was imported from Malaysia. However the first release of this species into open waters took place at Stuttgart, Arkansas, when fish escaped the Fish Farming Experimental Station. As a result there were many reports by the early 70’s of grass carp captured in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Grass carp (sterile) are still widely used for control (both authorized and unauthorized stockings) of aquatic vegetation. However since a single fish can only digest about half of the 45Kg (yes that’s almost 100lbs !) of material it consumes daily the remainder is excreted and can contribute to algal blooms.
Silver Carp - Hypophthalmichthys molitrix.
The silver carp reaches an average length of 60–100 cm (24–39 in) with a maximum length of 140 cm (55 in) and weight of 45 kg (99 lb).
It appears most often in the media headlines and is characterized by its high flying leaps when startled. It is considered a potential threat if it reaches the Great Lakes. A native of eastern Asia including eastern Russia, China and Vietnam it was imported and stocked for phytoplankton control in eutrophic water bodies and also apparently as a food fish. It was first brought into the United States in 1973 when a private fish farmer imported silver carp into Arkansas. By the mid 1970s the silver carp was being raised at six state, federal, and private facilities, and by the late 1970s it had been stocked in several municipal sewage lagoons. By 1980 the species was discovered in natural waters, probably a result of escapes from fish hatcheries and other types of aquaculture facilities. The occurrence of silver carp in the Ouachita River of the Red River system in Louisiana was likely the result of an escape from an aquaculture facility upstream in Arkansas. The Florida introduction was probably a result of stock contamination, a silver carp having been inadvertently released with a stock of grass carp being used for aquatic plant control. In a similar case, the species was apparently introduced accidentally to an Arizona lake as part of an intentional, albeit illegal, stock of diploid grass carp.
The impact of this species difficult to predict because of its place in the food web. In numbers, the silver carp has the potential to cause enormous damage to native species because it feeds on plankton required by larval fish and native mussels. It could also be a potential competitor with adults of some native fishes, for instance, gizzard shad & largemouth bufflo, that also rely on plankton for food.
Common carp – Cyprinus carpio
It is likely that the North American carp were mostly derived from a European ancestor that evolved in the Caspian sea before migrating naturally to eastern Asia and as far west as the Danube. However it has been shown that while German mirror carp originated from the European sub species C. carpio carpio the Russian scattered scaled mirror carp originate from the Asian sub species C. carpio haematopterus. The variation in scale patterns are a result of a combination of two pairs of genetic alleles S&s and N&n. It is important to note that stocks of mirror carp will not simply ‘revert’ over time to become commons as has sometimes been suggested. The outcomes can be seen in the diagram below:
History: The first introductions to the USA probably took place in 1830 or 1831 before some where released into the Hudson River. There are also reports of carp being brought to Connecticut in 1840. However there is some uncertainty about these early arrivals as some evidence suggests they were common goldfish rather than carp. In the 1870’s the US Fish Commission began a 20 year program to stock and distribute common carp through out the USA as a potential food source for the growing population. Since that time carp, largely because of poor aquaculture, became increasingly less popular as table fare. Then as the industrial revolution devoured resources and polluted waterways many native species and critical habitats were impacted.
Impact of Introduction. The USGS and many state fisheries organizations blame common carp for loss of habitat, native fish and aquatic plants species. While evidence exists in some areas to support these claims it often overlooks the human impact on ecosystems which in many cases is even more significant. The damming of rivers and water abstraction leads to reduced water flow which in turn creates increased water temps and greater silting in many areas. Boat traffic erodes banks, muddies water and tears up aquatic vegetation far more than carp. Meanwhile agricultural run off increases nitrogen & phosphates that cause oxygen depleting algal blooms that also deprive plants of sunlight. The recent attempts to eradicate carp from Lake Utah in vain attempts to protect or reintroduce native species only serves to highlight these ‘oversights’. The shallow depth of Lake Utah (less than 10’ on average) results in significant stirring up of sediment when the wind blows which is strangely one of the problems also blamed on the carp. This combined with significant irrigation needs, pollution incidents and excess agricultural nutrients certainly make lake Utah an interesting case study if nothing else! The reality is such water bodies will likely become a haven for carp simply because they can better tolerate these areas over native species.
In Holland the Dutch fisheries organization have concluded that carp are now widely naturalized and have had a limited impact on native fish species. In temperate climates it appears that the survival of small carp (less than 7”) is limited due to low winter temperatures and is subject to heavy predation by species such as pike, perch etc resulting in a few large carp vs large populations of small carp. As many European anglers will attest good quality waters will support big fish of all species not just carp!
Native Buffalo species
Buffalo are often referred to as carp but they are in fact a member of the sucker family. The large or big mouth buffalo can grow to over 6olb and is becoming an increasingly popular sport fish, especially among carp anglers. They are native to many parts of North America especially the Mississippi River drainage system.
The bigmouth buffalo has numerous ecological needs. The juveniles and adults are plankton feeders that also eat daphnia, shrimp, algae, other insect larvae and invertebrates depending on availability. Interestingly the optimum habitat for bigmouth buffalo requires highly vegetated and turbid waters. This sounds counter intuitive as muddy waters are often blamed for poor aquatic vegetation growth.
There are currently five recognized species in the genus:
- Ictiobus bubalus (Smallmouth buffalo)
- Ictiobus cyprinellus (Bigmouth buffalo)
- Ictiobus labiosus (Fleshylip buffalo)
- Ictiobus meridionalis (Usumacinta buffalo)
- Ictiobus niger (Black buffalo)
Koi, Goldfish and other exotics
Among the carp species commonly caught in North America are a variety of interesting and often brightly colored fish. The source of these fish may be escapees from fish farms, pets that have outgrown their owners, livebait releases and in some cases may even have ancestry going back to the original stockings in the 1800’s. In some areas koi, with their extraordinary range of colors and scale patterns, are routinely caught as are fantail carp with their extended fins, barbels and ‘nasal’ protrusions. Common goldfish can be recognized by their lack of barbles.
So what is in a name?
When it comes to assessing the environmental impact of invasive species and the loss of native animals and fauna we clearly need to look at some but not all species of Asian ‘carp’. However at the top of the list there is none more destructive than Homo sapiens (yes that’s us!). As humans spread ever further in this World they gobble up every resource imaginable, especially water, while leaving behind a trail of waste material & pollutants. It is likely that many more native species will become extinct or marginalized leaving few survivors except perhaps only the most adaptable. Long live the carp & cockroaches!
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My thanks to Joe Venable and Kirk Suedmeyer for their excellent submissions to the 2020 Discovery Month.
Since both these gentlemen made such excellent efforts with their Stories, Videos and Photos I would like to suggest we combine the prizes and share them equally between you!
I would therefore propose that each one receive the following!
- $75 Voucher or Product (Company to be determined)
- Story, Photos and Videos Published in NACA (priceless!!)
- A choice of CAG Merchandise ($75 value)
- 2 year CAG membership extension each
If you have any thoughts or comments please feel free to post below or pm me if you prefer.
Thanks!
new here, any carp in florida?
in Beginning Carping
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Hi Bogdan, I moved down to Naples FL last year from CT & I'm hoping to go to Apalachicola River soon (about 6.5 hours). I also found this post from 2009 showing carp fishing on Lake Talquin:
https://archive.tcpalm.com/news/florida-fish-busters-fwc-monthly-freshwater-fishing-column-ep-396674028-347270432.html/
If you are interested in making a trip up there let me know.
iain