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Yea, that was me and a mate you saw, carp bloke was just up the lake a bit further. When you told us about the russians have good results at bluelake we hit it up on sunday with no luck, it was pretty cold though and a very cold breeze. We've not been having much luck carping latly due to the...

Hey Dave! Yea, I've fished Bethany a lot since posting here, had plenty of 10-15's out of there too. I got my 2 rod licence on the 1st but i've only had a chance to fish once this season, rain has been horrible on all my days off work so I got a day bivvie in the mail, I'll get even more funny...

we agree on that at least ;) bow hunting, hunting for food, hell - even bow fishing for food if your hungry.... will never be a problem with me. shooting a fish just for the hell of it, kinda pisses me off lol, bit hot headed so apoligise if i came across as a tool ;)

reading comprehension my friend.<sarcasm> i'll wrap my sarcasm with a special container from now on.</sarcasm> yes, carp eat weeds, yes - they take out valuable oxygen and nutrients from standing bodies of water BUT without them your lakes and ponds would become almost unfishable and that is a...

oh noes, a dirty lake!!! I'd LOVE to see families try trout/bass fishing on bethany lake or commonwealth lake (or any of the family type lakes odfw stocks with trout) if there hadn't been carp in it for a while... you know how much money it would cost to maintain with the amount of...

if i ever see anyone bowfish for carp they'll be goin in the drink. it's illegal in a lot of states for a reason, its $^&%&% inhumane. TT: do you have ANY idea how good carp are for ANY still water eco system?... please... not to mention they are still the number 1 foodfish from freshwater and...

Thanks barb, i will! GD: typicaly the bait wont snag, its usually the lead system. I've fished over crazy weeds in bethnay and everytime I do snag its the lead, thats why they have designed special lead clips that pull the lead completely off in a snag to save you loosing a fish. when you...

when you hook a decent size carp you have to carefully man handle it. they run for weeds snags every time, if you leave your drag loose and give them line, they will take it all and spool you, or snag and snap you. give them an inch and they take a mile... let them run a bit but make absolute...

i'm making a quick video of the rig/bait system I use and why europeans use it with great success, hopefully encourage you all to give it a shot, gimmi an hour :)

Dave, I'm actually in beaverton, oregon - I'm from england originally. JS - 10lb mono is more than enough to land 20-30lb carp. I've landed 15lbers on 10lb line with ease, you can almost just drag them where you want them. Stay away from braid for carp fishing, it doesn't sink as fast as mono...

Yea, I think if i ever saw someone bow for carp in real life we'd have serious issues. I saw a vid on youtube once and couldn't believe that people called it a sport, its probably the most inhumane way to treat anything I've ever seen. At least hunting and what not you go for a kill shot and...

if you had any idea how much money ive spent so far on carp tackle and bait.... just got a reply from ODFW about using 2 rods, apparently there will be something printed about it on page 7 of the new 2010 regs hitting stores early next week... now, to double my setup... :D

nope, this time I used 100% British setup. 12ft 2.75 test curve carp rod, okuma centurion bait runner, 10lb test camo mono. the rig was a 1.75oz fox inline lead to a size 7 chub swivel and 15lb 6inch braid hook length with hair to a size 6 barbless long shank x. for bait, a single pineapple...

Hit up Bethany lake again today to try and hit some of the 20's I keep getting told are in there, fishing brand new tackle from Europe and brand new baits/rigs. caught 2 really pristine common carp, the first was 11lbs 6, second was 10lb 4. One day i'll hit the 20's :) Check out my sexy new...

sorry its been so long coming back and updating, had a work thing out in vegas, good times! I hit up bethany lake today with my light gear, man the bottom is weedy! fished with corn again, had a few small nibbles then one massive take - by massive I mean when i struck to set the hook it almost...