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    re-captures

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

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    On 8/4/2008 at 3:01 PM, louis said:

    And a 4th time for this sucker by keith melrose! Wow! B)

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    Hey Y'all, I'm digging up the ancient thread, (That maybe you should add to?) to see if anyone has these and or other photos of the above "Chop Tail" buff from Town/Ladybird Lake in high resolution. Msg me please if so! 

    2016 Kewaunne River WI CCC

    in CCC 2016

    Posted

    I had one of my best sessions ever in this area a few years ago. David Moore and I landed 500+ lbs each in just a few days and a PB of 38_something for me. We were catching so many fish that I tried some of the craziest rigs ever from double 40 mil boilies to chains of 5 20 mil boilies with 3 pop ups. I caught on everything. Not sure I can make it but looking forward to the results either way.  

    2014 CAG May Big 4 - Finale!

    in 2014 Spring

    Posted

    I'm much more private about my fishing these days... But I logged on for the first time in a while just to see how things were going around here. It made my day to find this event so we'll managed and attended years later. And the size of the fish being produced in so many places; Wow. It feels really good to see the Big Four incentiving the search for new big fish waters in North America exactly the way it was intended. Awesome job Brad and everybody.

    Fishing App Designed By 2 Past Cag Presidents

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,

    I'm not a big forum guy anymore, but I wanted to share something I have been working on very hard with you all.

    (I know I still owe some people a present in the mail from the big 4. I'll get that stuff out the door as soon as I can, I swear)

    Last year I got laid off from my 9-5 job. Rather than just crossing my fingers and hoping I'd find another great job, I balanced my search with work on several of my own projects that I never had time for when I worked 9-5 and taught in my off hours. A few of those are carp related, of course. David Moore, who owns Big Carp Tackle approached me to team up with him, using my design skills on a fishing app he was interested in building. We spent over 6 months on it, and I can confidently say it's awesome, and there is nothing else like it on the market. I'm stoked to finally let the cat out of the bag. I just wrote a long winded post about it on TFF that I'll paste below:



    The app is called "Big Carp" but it's really for any type of fishing. Basically it's a visual logging and data management tool. You can record your sessions and save all kinds of data points in a timeline to refer back to later. Sort sessions but venue, total weight, total fish caught, date, etc. Add photos, catches and notes to your session timelines.

    I read a thread on this forum about navionics before. I love that app. It's probably my favorite for fishing other than the one I designed; I use a few others too. You can save screen shots from other apps and use them all in one place in Big Carp.

    When I first show up to the water, I open big carp, start a new session and add a a note about the conditions and other observations to my session timeline, then a few screenshots from other apps. -Usually a screenshot of my location from navionics, a screenshot of a solunar table from the"fishing calendar" app, and a screenshot of several water data charts from the USGS web site like temperature, tide, dissolved O2, and turbidity.

    Weather conditions like wind speed and direction, cloud cover and barometric pressure are added to your timeline automatically at the start of a new session, hourly if you have the app open, and after each fish you add.

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    I used to have a hard time deciding if any of this stuff really mattered in my sessions. Temperature is an easy one to track, and tide isn't bad, but the rest was just too much of a pain to write down and manage, especially when you start to cross reference them and factor in time of year. Now I can look back to old sessions where I did well or not and glean useable information pretty easily.


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    You can also add listings for your own gear with photos and notes and apply those listings to session timelines so you remember what you used that time, and you can also apply gear to fish you catch. There's default gear groups like rods and bait, but you can add anything you want from big stuff like boats and RV's down to hooks and weights if you are into it. You can use the gear section for tackle management all kinds of ways. For example, David added the date when he last changed the line on his reels, so he knows old it is.

    You can view all of your fish in one list as well, and sort them all kinds of ways, like by species, size, and whether or not you labeled them a trophy. So, you can add all of your favorite old catches and find them quickly to show them off. Previously I always looked mine up on facebook, but that was slow and irritating.

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    When you enter a fish you can add your rod, rig,

    You can actually create a whole gallery of photos for one fish if you want. I fish for carp most of the time (although I really am a solid multi-species guy and run a multi-species club) and it's pretty awesome to be able to have a photo for each side of a mirror carp saved in one single listing. There's a lot of fish I catch that I want a few photos of handy too, like the 45 lb striper I caught last year, and the 50+ grass carp I caught my last time in Austin. ;)

    Anyway, there is a lot more to it than that, but I've written enough. If you want to see more screenshots or for me to describe more features here, just ask.



    Here's a link to see and read a little more:

    http://bigcarpusa.com/app/ http://bigcarpusa.com/app/

    Here is a link to an unedited screenshot video of me testing an early beta version: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150846765514147


    The final version has better tuned graphics and more features, but I haven't had a chance to make a video.


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    2012 Big 4 How-To Guide

    in 2012

    Posted

    Hi Everybody,

    I'm back home now and I'll get this sorted out ASAP! Sorry, I've had a million things pile up all of a sudden, all good though. I suddenly have a job interview tomorrow :)

    The rumor of a 38 is true as well- That's my new PB! It was a big bonus to an already amazing trip to WI. Everyone who doesn't already live in that state should go there as soon as they get a chance. Great people, wicked fishing, and top notch hospitality! David and I caught 500+ lbs of fish in a 56 hour session- each! Loads of 20's a 38 and a mirror for Dave... thank you Mike Ziler!

    2012 Big 4 How-To Guide

    in 2012

    Posted

    People can still sign up after May 1st right ?

    Not really... Just up to midnight on the 2nd. Otherwise people could play along but choose not to enter until they were sure they'd win. But I am considering an extension of a day or two pending the sidepot discussion.

    Would You Be More Inclined To Enter The Big 4 If I Ran A Sidepot?

    in 2012

    Posted

    Indeed, the regional aspect was something I tried in the first year, but participation was low in some regions, plus what if a person fishes in multiple regions? Part of the fun of the big 4 is that you can choose to fish locally AND a few of your dream waters, at your own discretion, at on of the the best times of year, and include all of your best results. I'd like to think a few of the bigger fish would come out of Michigan and other areas local to the big lakes rather than just the East. NJ was a shock to many last year, Mexico in prior years... this year it could be you buddy!

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