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    Game Over...

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    :P Man, I don't know how you guys did it....if the air temp is low, I can bare it, no problem but when the wind starts to blow....that's it for me :D ....you now have my respect :)

    well the cars helped a lot lol :) wasted a half a tank of gas warming my ass up ;) Thank god i have a 4 cylinder car lmao 

    Game Over...

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    Great job Ivelin! Those are some very nice fish you guys caught! And way to stick it out in the cold...hopefully the wind didn't blow much.

    Thams Mike.. well yea wind was over 20mph on saturday and it was bad lol :) we lost a mat in the river...

    Game Over...

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    Great Ivelin !!!

    I will tell about to Erni and Magda from World Classic Baits, they will be happy :)

    BTW, try in winter time anise flavor 16 mm pop-up from WCB, new Midwest Winter Carp League Big Fish 34 lbs 12 oz came on this flavor today !!!

    :D Im done for the year but thanks for the heads up :P 

    Game Over...

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    Two weeks ago I received a call from Josh, inviting me to go fish with him, but since it was thanksgiving weekend I decided not to go… Friday morning Josh and his buddy arrived and did not take them much time to land their first 30lb, after Josh teasing me over the phone I finished work at 6pm and by 7 I was on the road to meet with them. I had a 4 hour drive which hyped me up even more lol… I arrived at 11pm and by 12 my lines were in the water.. There was a lot of beeps but no takes couple of drop back that I didn’t get too on time. At one point Josh pulled in his lines because he was going to sleep and did not want deal with the smaller fish. I took a quick nap after, my alarm woke me up and I ran out to the rod picked it up 20 seconds into the fight I had a hook pull.. My first fish came in around 6:30 am it hit the scale on 28pounds… Saturday went by slow.. No runs no action it snowed and after 4 pm I had some runs a 18 and a 17+.. Josh left and my buddy Chris came along to keep me company over the night and fish with me.. We had a busy night landing high teens.. I had another big fish which hit the scale on 26 pounds and some change.. We got tired and went to sleep.. Woke up in the am around 8. Did not take long before I had a run and landed a nice fat 20+ and some more high teen.. Chris had couple of nice ones too. Around 10 the thing slowed down, we packed and left.

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    28lb around 6 am 

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    18lb

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    26+ and he loves CAG guys...

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    Chris with a nice one...

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    Morning Sunshine 20+lb

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    High Teen

    Who's who in Illinois.

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    Great topic!!! I like your stories and I want to share with you mine:

    My name is Teodor Chankov and I am 26. I was born in Bulgaria. I live in Chicago since the spring of 2002.

    The first I remember catching was in 1991 and it was a 3lb common carp. This carp hooked my into fishing for life.

    I spent my early years mostly float fishing for crucians, roach, tench and perch. Most of the fish could fit in my palm.

    The biggest turnover in my fishing life was in 1998. I started working for a fishing tackle store. The owners were two men in their mid twenties and we became friend. The greatest friendship if you ask me. Those two were mad carpers. Thanks to them I started fishing every weekend and learned a lot. For the next couple of years we fished a private lake that only we had access to. I focused entirely on carp. I would mostly fish using a float and light tackle so I could learn landing bigger fish with confidence.

    2000 and 2001 were probably the most important for me as far as carp fishing. We moved to very large public reservoirs fishing up to 10 days straight. Our philosophy was location only. We never changed rigs and bait. The only important thing was to find the carp. We would fish close to big submerged structures: trees, and old river beds mostly. Those were the only productive spots. This is when a PB of 37 lbs came with many other good size fish. 2001 was a hell of a year – caught and lost a lot of good fish!

    In 2002 my parents and I moved to Chicago. One of my bag was my holdall stuffed with everything I could fit. I immediately started fishing around Chicago. Due to bait and tackle limitations I only stalked carp with sweetcorn and bread.

    Later on, I learned about Wacker Baits & Tackle and started buying more serious tackle.

    I also fished for other species until this year when I switched to 100% carp fishing.

    Today most of my fishing is around Chicago, but I hope I will have the chance to travel around the states, meet more carpers and visit some wild water.

    I am happy to be part of CAG and enjoy talking and reading about carp on the forum. :)

    I want to attach a few photos to describe my fishing story:

    Tight lines to those who love carp fishing and protect and release the carp species :D

    WoW what a story.. Way To Go!!! well you should start planning making a trip down to NY in spring time hoohoh :P

    Tight Lines Bro..

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