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here's a few town lake swims:
First one is "pole position" the end swim up from the I35 opposite the crab shack. Scene of many a significant capture
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daytime and out in a deep swim. The boat gets pretty full when you camp on it for a few days
if you look closely you can see a big old carp in the bottom of the boat
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here's a nice quiet spot to anchor up for the night, the atmosphere here is electric, it can be further enhanced with a nice bottle of red wine and a cigar. When the buzzer sounds you have no idea what's going to be on the end of the line
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here's one of the swims I'm fishing, have to have a reliable motor, if you breakdown on the outgoing tide you'll be in Hawaii before you know it
anyway that thing out slashing around in the water is a sealion
, can't seem to get rid of them guess I'm having a rough year with all these critters, atleast the pigs didn't eat the carp 
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nice going Jerome, really nice looking mirror there
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Agreed.
Two out of the three are chronically nice, great guys to hang out with. Gotta wonder how they ended up with David.
Paul Pezalla
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brilliant steve, I really miss fishing little rivers and a pint or 2 down the pub
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here's quid giving the the fish a wash down. Note the color coordinated outfit, essential these days when fishing a high profile water
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the fish had this identifying lump at the bottom of it's cheek, hence its new name "lumpy"
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sorry to bore eveyone, some more pics showed up in the mailbox
. Here's a closeup of the fish, looks like it's well into munching. I guestimated from the length of the unhooking mat it's about 38 or 38.5 inches long
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nice spot guys, that's what it's all about getting out there and catching, even blanking rocks
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Here's a pic of the other side to what brian posted. There were 2 of those large scales on one side near the dorsal and one on this side. Most of the 40's are easy to ID but haven't seen this one. Really like the color in this pic
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also caught this golden colored sucker fish. Haven't seen one like this before, kind of looked like a barbel
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it was the last day of open season on my fav local water yesterday. Had to go down for a wonder round, just happened to have a rod with me
. Managed to get this beauty to close out the season 
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someone seems to have done a number on my computer
If I work it out I'll post a few more pics. Bit more info: we spent the week up on lake austin exploring, fishing for buffs. Ended up catching loads of carp up to high 20's. Turned out Richard Gardner was just as big a hauler as Pat so I ended up netting fish all the time
. Think I managed to catch enough to salvage my pride, but only just. Quid and Nigel fished town lake, they caught plenty of fish, Quid had a 30 and Nigel caught a mirror. The last day Pat suggested everyone fished some open bank on the bottom end of town. Think everyone caught some fish, Brian and Nigel caught lots of them. Just had that one run at the end of the day that turned out to be a big one. It was caught on a very simple running rig, single rock hard old rosehip isotonic boilie with a size 8 hook. Not really a run, the line just pulled tight. Think it might have been too hot for the buffs????????? we totalled zero -
here's the fish going back
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here's a group shot, from left to right:
Quid, me, brian nordberg, pat kerwin and richard gardner.
Eurotackle Nigel was on the camera.
Richard Gardner is a big friend of Quid's, he caught loads of fish, he's the guy behind Gardner tackle, the original rod pod, boilie rolling tables etc.
It's great to catch the big one but it would have been cooler if Quid or Brian had the luck
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Just got back from a trip to texas, had a great time as usual. This year we were fishing lake austin and trying to catch some buffalo. Loads of carp were caught but mr buff had us totally beat as usual. On friday the last day we decided to have a social and try Towne Lake on a big open section of bank, with plenty of room for everyone. Anyway while everyone was catching all I could do was demonstrate finely tuned blanking skills and an ability to fish the far bank
.We were due to go out for dinner at 7pm, was just starting to pack up when I landed this monster
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boy that's one rough looking carp, don't think it will be up for any staring roles anytime soon
by the way, the chair rocks
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Beautiful pictures. I really love float fishing. I had ordered a Shakespeare Lincoln from WMAC in early Sept. About a month later I learned that they had lost my order and just found it. I cancelled the order, but plan on getting one of these reels next spring.
Regards,
Chris.
hope things work out with the centrepin chris, it can be hard to find a good one for a low price these days. Mine is an old grice and young, they were kind of the "working man's" 'pin of the day, you used to be able to pick them up for 20 or 30 pounds, I guess these days they are catching on again and the prices went up. You see them on ebay sometimes, or you might want to search around steelhead sites on the net. You don't need a real fancy one or carping but those young's ones look great, would really like to try one
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guess I'm with king on the distorted picture scene. Those big fish start to look a bit stupid with those wide angle shots. They would look much better with a normal shot and still massive. Hope to catch a 50+ one day. My little digital seems to have a pretty wide angle lens, if you hold the fish out in front of you and fill the frame with the fish, you can make a 20 look like a 30, hell a 35 can look like a 50.
I'm really getting into this taking pics of the fish with no one in there, after all they are the stars, keep the emphasis on the fish and as a bonus one's modesty remains intact
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paul with one of the carp he caught
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paul with a fish running down the margin
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back in control with the net
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Tal with a fish from the "secret swim" in the middle of the river. There are some beautiful swims like this hidden away on the lake. With no angling pressure the fish can be caught right under the rod tips, not small ones either some really nice looking 30 pounders