[Not a Carp, But what a catch !]

great fish he sure looks happy, and I know he was....

Up here we call u'm Shovelheads or flatheads sometimes

rod

[Possible World Record Grass Carp]

yea I saw this earlier this summer.....Huge fish... shame it couldnt be released. Why does it seem that big carp records seem to fall to people that arent even carp fishing? Didnt some lady catch a big small mouth carp this year that was a record?

[Uploading pics]

I'm having trouble getting my pics to load. they are JPG's and when I try to do it it says you cannot upload this type of file. I know my size is right.... What do I do?

[My visit to St. Louis]

I have you to thank for puting me in touch with him...

[My visit to St. Louis]

Spent last week in St. Louis for the VA Wheelchair Games(500 Veterans competed in many sports for medals)

Prior to my trip I made contact with Doug Reed about doing some fishing a day or two. Well let me tell you Doug treated my friend Harris and I to some great fishing. Tuesday afternoon we set up at a local park. Doug caught a couple but Harris and I were shut out.... no problem though we had a good time getting to know Doug and a couple of other gentleman who stop to fish and talk fishing. We decided we would hook up again on Saturday morning for more fishing at a local Pond. We set up around 6am Doug brought another CAG'er Marco with him and soon alarms were going off at a fast pace. Harris had never been carping before so Doug and Marco made sure he got lots of action. He had 4 before I got my first one. Doug showed us how to float fish... Man what a blast.... Harris and I caught at least 4 or 5 each, six to eight feet off the bank floating holding the rod for fast hook set.. very exciting fishing..Doug and Marco treated us like Kings. Doug even gave me a box of feeders and a bunch of hook removers to use for my Optimist Club MRDD fishing derby this coming weekend... Thanks again Doug....Not only did Doug teach me some new ways of Carping I think he has me talked into going to the Classic. I found CAG over the winter always cat and carp fished but had no idea there was so much to learn and so many people out there that were into carping. I signed up for CAG in December but realized when I got home from St. Louis that I wasn't even a paying member so I payed up today and now I'm a full fledge CAG member. Doug took some pic's and hopfully will post this week sometime.

The Numbers:

Harris- 12 total commons/ Big fish 11.11

Rodman- 9 total commons/ Big Fish 11.4

Doug - To many to count (lost track)

Marco- to many to count (lost track)

[Fishing in Ohio 2/20/04]

Ever come down to butler county area of GMR?

[Pond Carping]

Well we had our first carp fishing day today.... my brother-in-law(P.P), his girlfriend, her 3 kids and my son hit the bank around 11am today. It was very nice here today(57degrees) P.P. spent the winter making many different types of Boilies . I used boilies for the first time today ( Strawberry pop-ups & Anise pop-ups). Very easy to work with. We fished a private 2 acre pond that last summer I caught many 6 to 12 lbers on my trusty wheaties with butternut squash from my garden. Only wish I could report we caught fish but NO we were shut out on the carp. The kids started bluegill fishing and had a blast. I 'am going to a Paylake tomorrow. Throwing the same bait including the butternut and see what happens. Suppose to be in the 60's.

Any tips for cold water paylaking?