BIG CARP PICTURES

Rick and son with some nice commons - Canada

Anglers: Owen and dad Rick Type: Common Location: Quappelle River in Saskatchewan, Canada Hi Jim, I am sending 2 pics the one nice specimen fell to a pineapple boilie fished over trout pellets and corn with some scattered boilies. The other carp with my Son's Beaver Scouts hat fell to a worm threaded on a barbless #1 hook. We were fishing the Quappelle River in Saskatchewan, Canada. My Son helped net the fish and I told him it was the biggest fish I have ever caught. He said "no it's the biggest fish WE have ever caught!" LOL! 6yr olds are great!

Tony with his first carp - UK

Angler: Tony Allan Type: Common Weight: 25 lbs Bait: Honey boilie Location: River Avon, Dorset, UK I just visited your website and was really impressed with some of the catches. here is a photo of my first Carp at the end of last season 2005, in the evening, on the river Avon in Dorset. My first time fishing for a Carp with a ledger and a honey boilee, within a couple of hours I had hooked this beautiful specimen. Now I am HOOKED. It weighed in at 25lbs. Hope you like the pic....

Tom with a nice common - Australia

Angler: Tom Pawlus Type: Common Length: 66 cm Bait: Boilie Location: Parramatta River, Sydney, Australia

Barry with a near forty - South Africa

Angler: Barry Coatzee Type: Common Weight: 18 kg (~36.6 lbs) Date: 03 March 2006 Bait: Mini boilie string on hair rig (Aniseed flavour) Location: Rietvlei Dam, Pretoria, South Africa Caught the 18 kg fish in the late afternoon at the start of a weekend that that delivered a fair range of carps. It rained quite heavily that raised the dam level by 30 cm in about 4 hours. The original carp that were stocked in the Rietvlei Dam were originally imported from Germany in the 1950's and big ones are caught frequently. A catch and release policy is practised at the dam. Thanks Barry

Joe with a nice fully-scaled mirror - IN

Angler: Joe Beatley Type: Mirror Bait: Pumpkin/coconut flavored dough Location: Monroe Reservoir, IN Date: May 10, 2005 I've seen several fully scaled mirrors on your site but this one is really beautiful. I caught it at Monroe Reservoir in southern Indiana on May 10th 2005. I was using pumpkin/coconut flavored dough. Hope to see it on youir site....! Joe Beatley Indianapolis, In.

Daron with a 49 lb PB - France

Angler: Daron Wood Type: Mirror Weight: 49 lb Bait: Smokey mackeral boilies Location: France Home: UK Date: July 2005 name daron wood i live in co,durham in the uk, caught in france 49lb mirror in july 2005 on smokey mackeral boilie,this is my personal best so far but hoping to return soon to break it

Lars with a 29 lb mirror - Denmark

Angler: Lars Jensen, Denmark Type: Mirror Weight: 13.25 kg (29.15 lb) Bait: DDbait's boilies Location: Lake near Roskilde, Denmark Date: October 2005 Hello Jim Great Carp Pic`s on your site,.... I could not see any Danes and Danish carps ?? thats why you should see this picture...Here are picture with a late Oktober mirror, The fish was tempted by one of DDbait's new High Stim popups - Indian Spice - fished at range over a bed of hemp pellets and crushed crustacean boilies. It pulled the scales to 13,7 kg - not the biggest but it was very pretty... :o)

Paul with a nice 30+ - France

Type: Common Weight: 33 lb Bait: Liver boilies Location: Lac du St Cassien, France Date: June 2005 Angler: Paul Please find my 33lb common that was caught in June 2005 from lac du st cassien using fishing liver boilies. happiest day of my life!!! Paul

From Tommy, biggies from Baltimore - MD

Hey Jimbo, I missed out on seeing you again this year in Chicago but hopefully you had a great time. I took the much needed time playing on a local playing field. Here's a couple of really nice looking fish from Baltimore, Maryland USA. These fish were hard work - loads of prebaiting and my legs have just cleared up from the poison ivy :). Most of these fish came on boilies and the biggest fell to popped up maize :). Always enjoy looking on your site. Tommy Robinson

Some biggies from Fabio - Italy

Hello, my name is Fabio Perisse, from Italy. The carp of Bolsena Lake. In center Italy, near Rome. By Fabio

from November 2004

from July 12, 2005

and from June 23, 2005, Bolsena Lake, Italia

Nice common from down under - AUS

Type: Common Weight: 16 lb Bait: Bread flake Location: Merri Creek, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Angler: Paul Bolte Date: October 15, 2005 G'day Jim, Thought you may be interested in some carp pictures from Down Under. Some very big carp are known to frequent waters around Australia, especially in my home city of Melbourne.

Nice small water mirror - UK

Type: Mirror Weight: 24 lb Bait: Tiger nut Location: UK Angler: Nev Morfitt I have attached a pic of a 24lb Mirror caught by myself from a tiny farm pool close to where I live in the North of the UK. The carp in there have not been fished for until recently, and are difficult to trick. They feed almost exclusively on naturals; this one took a small Tiger nut fished hard under a tree in the margin Nev Morfitt

A 30 lb bowling ball from Craig - UK

Type: Mirror Weight: 30 lb Location: Colne Valley, UK Angler: Craig Naglmaier

Nice one from Neil - UK

Type: Common Weight: 26.3 lb Location: Colne Valley, UK Angler: Neil Terry Bait: Bread flake

Some nice biggies from Frédéric - France

Angler: Frédéric Charpentier Type: Mirror Weight: 19kg, ~41.8 lbs Location: River Seine, France

Angler: Frédéric Charpentier Type: Common Weight: 13 and 11.5 kg , ~28.6, 25.3 lbs Location: Unnamed lake, France

A lure-caught common from the Czech Republic

Type: Common Weight: 15 pound Location: Svratka river, Czech (EU) Angler: Rudi Date: July 2005 Bait: Jointed shad rap The first carp I have seen catched on Lure. I wish you a lot of nice draughts

Chicagoan Rudy now a cowboy(!) - TX

Type: Common Weight: ~14 lbs Name: Rudy Home: Tejas Date: July 2005 Hey Carpio, How's it going, well i moved from Chicago to Texas and i'm learning the water down here somewhat and i'll tell you one thing hands down, texas has some huge fish! I've seen smallmouth taken that sre real nice size not to mention the greatest sportfish of all the Carp! here is a picture i took while fishing stillhouse marina in central texas i would put this one at 14 plus since i did'nt have a scale well hope to send you more pics soon

Sam with a pair of European carp - UK

Type: Mirror and Common Weight: Mirror - 21 lb; Common 15.8 lb Angler: Sam Helyar Home: UK Locations: UK and France Hello.I am sending thease carp i cought the 21lb at a local lake in ash. i cought the fish on hallibut and sweetcorn and i cought the 15.8lb on a boily in france Thankyou From sam helyar

Sam with a French 21 lb mirror Sam with a 15.8 lb UK common

Arvand with a pair of Mirrors - Hungary

Type: Mirror Name: Arvand Location: Hungary Here are some pictures i took on my vacation in Hungary. The following pictures are taken in a city called Tiszacsege near the river Tisza in Hungary. All the carp in the photos were caught on corn of various flavours. Take care

Danny with a nice common off the top - UK

Type: Common Weight: 21 lbs Name: Danny Coffey Location: UK, Hertfordshire Bait: Mixer dog biscuit Method: Surface fishing Date: July 14, 2005

Nice Mirror from Patrice - France

Type: Mirror Weight: 18.6 kg (~41 lb) Name: Patrice Bizolon Home: France in first excuse me for my very bad english. I send you one photo of carp (18,6 Kg) catch with RED LIVER of NATURALBAITS Good bye and congratulation for your site BIZOLON Patrice

Cool carp tattoo from Russell - MT

Type: Common Weight: ?? Name: Russell Tattooist: Lela at Tattoo Yorks Forever, Great Falls, MT Fly fishing for Carp is one of the most challenging endevors I have taken on. So as part good luck charm and part showing respect to the species here is my carp tattoo that I have on my right calf. You may recognize it. I have 4 of your Carpe Carpio hats, and my two children each have one. I also have several of the t-shirts that you offer on your web site. Thanks Russell

Jim with a pre-WCC common - NY

Angler: Jim Collins Type: Common Weight: 27 lb Location: St. Lawrence River, NY Minnesota Jim, thanks for the hat, I can't thank you enough! It's seen a lot of use and is sure to see a lot more. Here is a photo that shows it off quite nicely along with one of your shirts. The fish weighed a little over 27 pounds and was caught the day before the WCC on the St Laurence River. Thank you again. Jim C

Corky with a fly carp - NV

Type: Common Weight: ~20 lb Name: Corky Location: Reno, NV I caught this carp at an undisclosed location in Reno, Nv. I don't how much it weighed, but it had to be close to twenty pounds. I caught it on a copper john nymph, with my flyrod. This was only the fourth carp I ever landed. It was a good day Corky

Jim and Mark with a pair of doubles - Netherlands

My name is jim too, i live here in the netherlands (leiden) and i have catched some carps too with a friend of mine...named mark i think you like the pictures on your site, because there are never enough pics of carps on such a nice international site... the first carp i have send you: Type: Common Weight: 13 pounds Location: Valkenburg(zh) Holland Angler: Jimmy Riethoven Home: Leiden

the second carpi have send Type: Common Weight: 13 pounds Location: Valkenburg(zh) Holland Angler: Mark Ouwerkerk Home: Leiden Regards, jimmy and mark

Danny with a mirror - France

Type: Mirror Weight: 18 lb Name: Danny Coffey Age: 17 Location: Berny Riviere, France From: UK Caught this 18lb carp in a 4 acre from a campsite called Berny Riviere in France. It was caught at 8:20pm on a tutti fruity boilie legered out about 30 yards. Put up a huge fight for its size. Also it attract quite an audience.

Marco with a cracking mirror - Croatia

Type: Mirror Weight: 17,50kg (~38.5 lbs) Date: 1.06.2005 Location: Lake Rakitje (Zagreb) Croatia Angler: Marko Bacura P.S. Catch and release,it`s a great feeling for you and for the fish too

Andy with a 33 - France

Name : Andy Cartwright Type: Common Weight: 33+lb Location: France Bait: Scopex Squid Boilie Home: UK

"Nags" with first 30+ - UK

Angler: Craig Naglmaier Type: Leather(?) Carp Weight: 31.5 lbs Location: Colne Valley, UK I saw small group of carp feeding about twenty feet from me. I threw some free offerings - two minutes later thank you - my first thirty pound carp. Happy days. That wk 3 of us broke our pb with forty lbs best - my first 30 lber send some more pictures later Thanks Nags

Grass carp on the fly - CO

Angler: Mark McMillan Type: Grass Weight: Unknown Length: 36" Date: 22 May, 2005 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Method: Flyrod - sight nymphing Love the pictures of HUGE carp on your website. Here's one that I caught on 22 May 2005 on a flyrod. It was a nice 36" female Grass Carp, that took a #12 Olive Damsel Fly about 12" below the surface.

Allen with a 38 - NY

Angler: Allen Leeson Type: Common Carp Weight: 37.94 lbs Location: Lake Ontario I fished the CanAm at Little River in Windsor a few times with Jeff and Team Canada and you came out and took some photo's etc. Anyway I was looking through your site and saw Jeff Turner with a nice fish from Jordan and some really nice Goldfish from Little River. Thought you might like to see another nice common taken from lake Ontario that I caught last year on corn. Take care Allen Leeson Lewiston NY

John with an eighteen - Australia

Type: Common Carp Weight: 18 lbs Bait: Bread Location: Duck Pond Hay NSW Australia Angler: John Costolo Caught by Gary Wilson and John Costolo

Michael with his personal best - UK

Type: Common Carp Weight: 18lbs Lake: Newland Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, England Angler: Michael McGilly This is me holding my personal best. It was caught on spicy shrimp boilie with an inline method feeder while night fishing. I started fishing only a couple of months ago so I was really pleased with this catch. Completely perfect fish, no cuts or anything and it was caught in the margins. As you can see from my face, I was having a hard time holding it!

James with a 41 lb mirror - UK

Angler: James Wright Type: Mirror Weight: 41 lb 2 oz Date: September 2004 Location: Northamtionshire pit, UK caught from a northamtionshire un fished pit september 2004

Some nice biggie pics from Andrew - Belgium

hi i'am andrew and i 'm from antwerp belguim i hope you like this pictures; love them care for them

Peter from Melbourne, Australia

Angler: Peter Type: Mirror Weight: 23 lb 6 oz Location: Kiewa River - Australia Date: December 31, 2002 Bait: Sweet corn G'day, Awesome site, some whopper carp and very happy anglers. Here's my effort....not very big, but a very satisfying mirror taken off a 5'6" trout rod on 4lb line in the crystal clear Kiewa River in North East Victoria, Australia, in a deep river hole over a sandy bottom. I actually hooked and lost this fish over several trips

Dean with a 23 lb mirror - UK

Angler: Dean Clowes Type: Mirror Weight: 23 lb 6 oz Location: Chichester/West Sussex UK Date: 2004 Bait: Richworth Boilie I used two 10mm Richworth boilies. A sweetcorn flavoured boilie at the bottom of the hair and above this was a Richworth tutti frutti flavoured boilie. To give this extra attraction I used a small E.S.P PVA bag filled with goodness such as Elite 2mm pellet. I also placed a few freebies around the bait to attract them once this was done it was just the waiting game. This has caught me many other fish. The fish size was 23lb 6oz My name is Dean Clowes and I fish local waters in Chichester/ West Sussex

Josh with an Idaho biggie

Angler: Josh Type: Common Location: Snake River, ID Date: August 2001 I thought you might like a picture of a good sized carp from Idaho. My name is Preston and the picture is of my friend Josh. We were fishing on the Snake River in August 2001 when Josh hooked into this big carp while in a float tube, you can see the tube in the background.

Tom with a couple of FL grassies

Angler: Tom D'Auria Type: Grass carp (amur) Weights: ~10-20 lbs Location: Florida Hi, I'm Tom D'Auria from Boynton Bch., Florida. Here's a few pictures of some grass carp I caught a little while back. I catch them out of the lakes in my neighborhood, and I'm strictly Catch and Release. I usually catch them on floating bread, balled up pieces of bread with or without bobbers, and I once caught one on a strawberry. I'm not exactly sure how much they weigh, but my guess is somewhere between 10-20 pounds.

Eric with a fly carp - Lake MI

Angler: Eric Type: Common Weight: 32 lbs Location: Lake Michigan Date: 2004 Bait: Fly Hello guys, Attached is 32 pound Carp I landed on a flyrod last year in Lake Michigan. Tight Lines, Eric P.S. I live in Indiana and am a member of CAG

Mohammd in Iran

Angler: Mohhamd Ostadreza Type: Common Weight: 20 lbs Location: Tehran, Iran Date: July 2003 Bait: Boilie

Brian with a Texas Common

Angler: Brian Capien Type: Common Weight: 41.8 lbs Location: Lake Austin, TX Home: Akron, OH Date: November 5, 2004 my name is brian capien i am 24 years old and live in Akron,Ohio..i was fishing lake Austin in Texas and i was using royalcarp micro boiles dyed orange boosted with strawberry booster..here are my pics of a 41.8 pound common.

..side shot

Richie with a French Mirror - UK

Angler: Richard Fisher Type: Mirror Weight: 46 lbs Location: France Home: Cardiff, Wales Date: October 2004 Hi jim its me again richie from Cardiff s.wales, just been admiring your site and its looking well wicked ! loadsa new entries of some cracking fish! I have just come back from a week in france :o) had a good haul including three fish over thirty pound and this beast at 46lb exactly. Caught on an artificial dog biscuit popped up over a bed of tigers and pellets@ two hundred yrds. It was really hard work but it paid of and was well worth it I would appreciate it if you could put this pic on your site for all the fishermen and women in the world to see!!! Thanx mate tight lines

James with a clean mirror - England

Angler: James Burdett Type: Mirror Weight: 10 lbs Location: Norfolk, England Date: October 3, 2004 ..Thought I would send you a pic of my pal - James Burdett, with an immaculate 10lb Mirror carp caught from my Fishery in Norfolk, England

Brian with an estimated 50 - PA

Angler: Brian Pusch Age: 15 Type: Common Weight: ~50 lbs (!) Length: 43 inches Location: Chester County PA Date: October 3, 2004 ..it was an estimated 50 but i have caught many 40 pounders that i have weighed and this by far exeded any of them. It was just a local pond that i caught it in. it was 43 inches long and i did release it back into a diferent pond nearby..

Frédéric with a 29 - France

Angler: Frédéric Charpentier Type: Common Weight: ~28.6 lbs Location: Paris, France Date: August 2004 hi !! I took this wild mirror of 13 kg in a Parisian canal , she bit into the croquette for dog at 1:30 am of the morning..

Tommo with a 50! - UK

Angler: Tommy Briggs Type: Linear(?) Weight: 50 lb (!) Location: Darenth Lakes, UK Date: August 2004 .. thought you might like to see a photo of the birthday boy in his cap & tshirt holding a 50 lb carp (linear? not sure) Caught at Darenth Lakes, Kent, UK, last month. He reckons it's definitely because he was wearing his Carpe Carpio stuff... Not bad for a 16 year old... All the best Chrissie

Devon with a Devonshire 25 - UK

Angler: Devon Type: Common Weight: 25 lb 6 oz Location: Devonshire, UK Hi , have just veiwed your gallery (very nice) , have inclueded a pic of mine to post in your gallery , a 25lb 6oz devonshire english common , not my biggest , but a nice twenty in perfect condition , many thanks if you can post this image , regards , wreford (Devon) Uk

Devin with his 18 lb PB - NY

Angler: Devin Scriven Type: Common Weight: 18 lbs Bait: Bread floating on top Location: Schenectady, NY Date: Summer 2004 hey your website is awsome i thought ide send you the biggest carp ive ever caught.

David G with a swampy grass carp, SC

Angler: David Graham Type: Grass Weight: 33 lbs (clean!) Bait: Canned corn on single bait hook Location: Lake Moultrie, SC (lower santee lake) I have busted my @$#@^ to catch one of these tanks out here on Lake Moultrie and finally cracked the code... I heavily chummed a particular spot back in the cypress swamp with canned corn and rabbit food, went off for a little gar fishing action, caught a nice gar by the way... came back and they swarmed... I had two hookups and lost them both, 3rd time was the charm... got this giant 33 lb grass carp. apparently 33 lbs is easily enough to break my landing net in half to!

Danny with a nice 20 in France

Angler: Danny Coffey Type: Common Weight: 20 lbs Location: Berny Riviere, France

Rudy and the boys, TX

Type: Common Weight: ~13 lbs Location: San Antonio, TX Anglers: Rudy, Trevor and Jacob This is a picture of my nephews and I, Trevor (holding the Carp) and Jacob manning the flashlight. I would send you some with a little bigger fish but usually it?s only us three fishing and this is the only picture I have of the 3 of us. I think that was 12-14 lbs. We'll have to go out this weekend to add a larger one to your site! On our better days we catch them around 15-25lbs, not close to the monsters you have posted but all the fun catching! Wish us luck this weekend in SATX. Rudy

David G with a golden koi - OK

Thought you might like a pic of a golden carp I caught a this summer on my Oklahoma trip... I was fishing a small dam'd up pond near a park that was loaded with thousends of small jeuvinile commons and mirrors when I spotted this golden carp in the mix. It stood out so well I never lost site of it... I missed it the first day but the next day I came back, had them all chummed up with bread crust on the surface, I managed to draw the golden one from the others and cast out a peace of floating bread crust and got hooked up on the ultralight... This is definately a great story for me! Ive seen a few golden carp pics around the net but not at carpecarpio...yet! I also tangled with this beast common while here, Im not going to lie or stretch the truth it was just over the mid 14 lb range, but practiced carp holding methods can add on a few pounds in the pic! This one was landed on the fly rod off the surface with a pretty odd "fly" we would chum the surface with bread, then soak white sponges in corn juice and tie them onto the fly rod... didnt work so well but worked enough to fool this bus.

Marko with a nice 29, Zagreb, Croatia

Type : Common Weight : 13,50 Kg(29 Lbs) Date : 18.06.04 Location : Lake Jarun(Zagreb) Angler : Marko Bacura PS. Catch And Release

..the battle..

..and the release

Shawn with a Lake Erie Specimen

Type: Common Weight: 27 lbs Fate: Released Date: April 03, 2004 Location: East Harbor State Park, Lake Erie Angler: Shawn Woerlein Home: Ohio Caught On: Royal Carp Scopex Boilies with Oat Packbait. After 6 hours of no fish, I finally had this run in about 3 feet of water. All you could see was the belly at the net, and I knew this fish went well over 20 lbs. This is the largest fish to date on Euro Gear for me.

The "Carpist" with a St. Lawrence 40!

Angler: Chris "Carpist" Labucki Type: Common Weight: 40.9 lbs Location: Brandy Creek, NY Home: MA

nice shirt ;o)

Marko with a 30 from Croatia

Angler: Marko Bacura Type: Common Weight: 14 kg (~30 lbs) Location: Lake Jarun (Zagreb) Home: Zagreb, Croatia hi Jim,it's Marko from Zagreb, you got a realy great site hear and I notice that no one from Croatia didn't send you a picture yet so I hope that I'll be first,,,ps...release your's awsome fishes (it's a great fealing)

Danny with a 25 from France

Angler: Danny Coffey Type: Common Weight: 25 lbs Location: Paris, France Home: London, England

David G with a new PB!

Angler: David Graham (DavidG) Bait: Home maid dough mix Location: (Santee-Cooper) South Carolina Weight: 16 lbs even Length: 30 inches Girth: 25 inches Hey I caught this big yellow schoolbus today out here on Lake Moultrie, this fatty is actually my biggest COMMON carp so far, my previous best was only around 4lbs so this one shattered the old record!

Jeff Turner with a near 40 in Canada

Type: Common Weight: 39.9 lb Date: ~ 2001 Location: Twenty Mile Creek, Ontario Angler: Jeff Turner Hey Jim Just checking out your site again. I thought I'd pass along a few photos. The carp goes 39.9 lbs. I bagged it a few years back on the Twenty Mile Creek in Jordan Ontario Canada. The Goldfish I took on Little River In Windsor Ontario Canada. The Can/Am venue. You guys came out with the USA team a few years ago I thought you would like to see them. Have you given any thought to coming back - We will be fishing on Saturday May 29th & Sunday May 30th. Anyhow take care Jeff

Douglas with a nice MI common

Type: Common Weight: 24 1/2 lb Date: April 26th, 2004 Location: Lake St. Clair, MI Angler: Douglas Taperek Sr. Home: Fair Haven, MI This is a picture of my most recent carp. I had my carp pole out in my back yard with corn on it and did'nt have one hit. About six feet away I had my light pole out with a peice of earthworm on it for some bluegill. It was cold and windy out and I was about ready to call it quits when my light pole had a hit on it, I was waiting for another tap when my pole just took off and this is the results of what was on the other end.

Tommy Robinson with a massive new PB from TX

Type: Common Weight: 45 lb 8 oz Bait: Mainline pineapple boilie Date: March 27, 2004 Location: Austin, TX Angler: Tommy Robinson Home: Maryland Some believe it to be the same fish as Al St. Cyr's capture from 2002 ...the pose.. ...and the release..

"Deep Fly" from Dan the Carpslayer - UT

Had to send this one over. Jake Fairclough took it last year on Flaming Gorge.
The hand is mine. He took the fly deep!.

David Moore with an absolutely stunning fully-scaled Mirror

Type: Mirror Carp Weight: 34 lb Date: March 28, 2004 Location: Austin, TX Angler: David Moore Home: Oklahoma

Jim Collins with a new PB in TX!

Type: Common Carp Weight: 34lb 9oz Date: March 28, 2004 Location: Austin, TX Angler: Jim Collins Home: Minnesota

..and the release..

Mark with a nice 20 - CT

Phil with a wildie in Portugal

Type: Wild common Weight: 6.9 Kg (~15 lb) Bait: Home made Fish meal boilie Fate: Safely returned to it's watery home Angler: Phil "O Bife" Leeke Location: A Reservoir in Portugal's Alentejo Date: 10-09-01 Hi there Jim, Just been browsing through your site, still keeping up the good work I see. Thought I would send you a photo of a nice Portuguese wildie (if you can call it that). All the best, tight lines, Phil

David with some big grassies - AR

here are a few pics of some giant amurs i caught a year ago, my name is David Graham, they were caught in a private pond in Arkansas on dough mix of flour, cormeal, and chery coke, both in the 40 lb range, they were not officially weighed, i just wanted to get these awsome fish back into the water with no damage caused

Franzito with a PB Mirror in Austria

Type: Mirror Weight: 40-45 lbs (just guessing) Location: private lake, Carinthia, Austria When: summer 2003 Angler: Franz Bacher Bait: peach pop up boilies Dear Jim, I just love your site and I wanted to send you my PB that i caught last summer. I broke my landing net when banking this one, but I didn´t give a ...... Keep up the good work and keep it international. so long, Franzito

Johan and Friends in South Africa

Hi there, Phwew!, what a gr8 site you have! I am astonished to have found out about the existence of those monstrous chinese giant dwarf carps! I never even thought that such big fresh water fish existed! Maybe one day I'll get the opportunity to visit Thailand and land a BIG fish like that! Anyway, here are some pictures of me and my brothers and a ' friend '. We caught some nice carps and I thought you'd like the pics. Greetings from a sunny South Africa :-) Johan F Kruger Top left is my ' ouboet ' Danie Kruger with a 8 kilo (~17.6 lbs). Top right is my youngest brother Markus with another 8 kilo. Bottom right is out lady friend with the biggest catch of the day, a 10 kilo (~22 lbs.). And bottom right is me, with yet another 8 kilo. ps. All the fish were caught using earthworms and very small hooks.

Young Danny from the UK with a nice Common

Type: Common Weight: 17 lb Location: Mill Beck, Cumbria, UK Angler: Danny Mcmullan Age: 12 Bait: Sweet corn

Danny from Germany with a twin set of mirrors..

Type: Mirror carp Weight: 2 x 14 kg (~30.8 lbs) Location: Havel river, Middle-Germany When: September 2003 Angler: Danny Lemme Bait: Tigernut-Boilies Hi Jim! Really great site and nice pics from around the world!!! I have caught these two mirror carps at the Havel river on 20mm Tigernut-Boilies. "Carp-Greetings" from Germany to all carp fishing friends out there! Danny Lemme

"Lolo" from France with a nice mirror..

Type: Mirror Weight: 32 lbs Location: France Angler: Laurent alias Lolo This time, it's my friend, he's taken a nice one of 32 LB, in the same spot , in the ourq canal, with a frolic dog also, at night. After a nice fight of 25 minutes, with strong rush... It's his personal record.... That why i send you, this mail. I hope it's take your attention. best regard.... Fred the french.....;)

Armand from Hungary with a Grass Carp.

Angler: Armand Pouladi Type : Grass Carp or Amur Weight: 9.7 Kg or 21.3 lb Length: 94/56 cm bait: Cukk Puffed oyster flavoured corn Location: Fancsika II Debrecen Hungary When: August 2003 Hi there, saw you great page & thought i'd send you my photo as well. We caught this beauty @ 9.30am. He fought pretty good, took us 20 min to get him out of the water, but I will remember every minute of it. Sincerely Armand

Frederick and pal with their sacked captures..

Type: Mirrors Weight: 6.5 kg or 14.3 lbs and smaller Location: France Angler: Frederick Charpentier & friend from a small lake, in chauvigny city dept86 in france,9carp 1day, 5 with englishfishing.the bigger one : 6.5kg. small but very speed and funny for a englishfishing time.. best regard FREDERIC

Frederick from France with a nice mirror..

Type: Mirror Weight: 16.5 kg or 36.3 lbs Location: France Angler: Frederick Charpentier hi , my name's fred, i've taken this carp of 16.5gk , with frolic for dog's, in a canal of ourq in pantin, it's the paris surburb .. best regard FREDERIC

Laurent with another cracking mirror

Type: Mirror Weight: 17 kg or 37.4 lbs Location: France When: September 20, 2003 Angler: Laurent Amarge Laurent just passed the one ton mark, at 1007 kg or 2,215 lbs. in 7 weeks!

Anton with a South African Mirror

Type: Mirror Weight: ? Location: Klaserie Dam, South Africa When: 2003 Angler: Anton Cockeran Hi Jim, My name is Anton Cockeran, Caught this specimen at Klaserie Dam, South Africa on Corn pips at about 19:00. Fish was released after the photo was taken.

Wayne with a 37 lb Common - Red River, Manitoba

Type: Common Carp Weight: ~37 lb, 36 in Location: Red River, Manitoba CANADA When: August 2003 Angler: Wayne Gee Bait: Corn

Laurent Amarge at an August '03 Session - Limoge, FRANCE

Laurent with a 22 lber - note the bivvied anglers in the background..

a nice 18 lb mirror	Laurent with a 20
Laurent with a 26.4 lb'r	..and a 33 lber
Laurent with a 22 lb grass or amur carp	And a 26.4 grass carp

Simon and Dad on Last Mountain Lake - Canada

Type: 2 Commons Weight: ~20s Location: Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan CANADA When: June 2003 Angler: Simon May Bait: Flavored Corn

Type: Common Carp Weight: ~30 lb Location: Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan CANADA When: June 2003 Angler: Mike May Bait: Flavored Corn/worm

James with another common at 29.5 lb - Canada

Type: Common Carp Weight: 29.5lbs Location: Lake Ontario, Canada When: July 3, 2003 Angler: James Jeffrey Bait: Maize

James with a 26.5 lb Common - Canada

Type: Common Carp Weight: 26.5lbs Location: Lake Ontario, Canada When: June 24th, 2003 Angler: James Jeffrey Bait: Tutti Frutti Boilies Hey Jim, Great site, it's interesting to see so many big carp being caught from all around the world. I caught this 26.5lbs. common yesterday at a new spot on a tutti frutti boilie. This new location holds monster fish up to around 50lbs...hopefully one day I'll send you a pic of one of those. Tight lines, James

Kobus with a 35 lb Mirror - South Africa

Type: Mirror Weight: 16 kg (~35 lbs) Bait: Corn Location: Klaserie Caravaan Park - South Africa Angler: Kobus Pelser Home: South Africa Hi Jim Please post my Catch of a mirror carp of 16 kg cought at Klaserie caravaan park in South Africa. I used plain corn and cought it about 09h00

Michael with a large mirror from Serbia

Type: Mirror Weight: 27 kg (~59.4 lbs) Bait: Corn Location: Lake Drina - Serbia Angler: Michael Jonhson Home: UK

Darko with a 25 kg common from Serbia

Type: Common Weight: 25 kg (~55 lbs) Bait: Corn Location: Lake Drina - Serbia Angler: Darko Petrovic Home: Sabac, Serbia

Laci with a 15 lb Common - CT

Type: Common Weight: 15 lbs Bait: Potato Location: French River, CT Angler: Laci Wicker Age: 13 Hi, I'd like to submit my daughter's first carp. I will turn her into a first class carper. Caught on potato in the French River. Putnam, Conn. Weight 15lbs 3oz. Angler-Laci Wicker Age 13

Mark and Gan with new PBs - UK

Type: Mirror carp Weight: 34 lbs Bait: Activ8 boilees Location: UK Angler: Mark Home: United Kingdom
Type: Common Weight: 26 lbs Bait: Activ8 boilees Location: UK Angler: Gan Home: United Kingdom

Spring is here! How you doin'?? All well I hope. Didn't have much luck with the Mahseer in India, but had a great holiday and managed to get a few cats from the beach while sipping cocktails with my girlfriend!!! The Season on our lake has kicked off and as I predicted my mates Mark and Gan have had some superb action on a few short sessions resulting in three of the lakes BIGGEST residents!! Here is Mark with his new pb - Gertie at 34lb, (and as soon as I get the photos) and the Grey Lady at over 33lb!!!! Not bad for two short sessions - 2 Thirties in a couple of days! And as for Gan he has just smashed his personal best on a short day session with this very hard fighting long Common which is probably the biggest Common in the lake which pulled the scales round to 26lb 4oz. All fish we have had have come from similar situations (very tight margins) with Activ8 boilees. Keep up the good work Jim. Tight lines. Kindest regards, Mitch

A pair or Mirrors - Assiniboine River, CAN

Hello Jim Here are pictures of 2 of my mirror carp I have caught. The first one is 24" long and the 2nd is about 28". They were both caught in the Assiniboine River at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They were both caught using corn on a single barbless hook. I usually fish for them alone and have no one to take the pictures. Here is also a picture of my favorite carp hole. Lots of 15 to 20+ lbers., but few mirror carp. This is what happens when you put the juice from a can of corn in the water. Hope you will post them and thanks. Jack W. Brown

Big Ron with a 53.08 Mirror - France

Type: Mirror carp Weight: 53 lbs 8 oz Location: Lac Du Der, France Angler: Ron Woodward Home: United Kingdom

Young Ross with a 43 lb Mirror - UK

Type: Mirror carp Weight: 43 lbs Location: UK Angler: Ross Woodward Home: United Kingdom

Lee with a 48 lb Mirror - UK

Type: Mirror carp Weight: 48 lbs Location: UK Angler: Lee Woodward Home: United Kingdom

Lee and Ross with a Pair of Mirrors - UK

Type: Mirror carp Location: UK Anglers: Lee and Ross Woodward (Big Ron's lads) Home: United Kingdom

Matt with an 18 lb Common - PA

Type: Common Weight: 18 lbs Location: Hills Creek Spillway, Pennslyvania Bait: Hotdog Angler: Matt Dewey Age: 19 My friend caught this one in a local spillway ealier today. The picture is attached..

Rich with an 18.5 lb. Common - UK

Type: Common Carp Weight: 18.5 lb Location: Hendre Lake, Cardiff, South Wales Bait: Home-made boilies Angler: Rich Fisher Home: UK

Hiya jim, Hows tricks? Your site is looking good mate, well done on attracting so many people from all corners of the world. I have noticed my mate Adrian Allen has put a pic up on your site :) find attached a pic of me with a 18.5lb common from hendre lake in Cardiff south wales, I know its not a huge fish but I think the photo is a goodun! See what you think :) it was caught on homade boilies and a method mix. Tight lines Rich

Tommy with a 32.4 lb Common - Chesapeake Bay

Type: Common Carp Weight: 32lb 4oz Location: Chesapeake Bay Bait: Dough/oatmeal bait Angler: Tommy Robinson Home: Baltimore, MD Carpin' in the Cheaspeake! Sorry about the blood guys- She was ripped by something in the water and was only bleeding from that cut in the mouth. She will live on and grow some more.

Simon A with a 13 lb Mirror - UK

Type: Mirror carp Weight: 13lbs 6oz Location: local lake (UK) Bait: Whisky Boilie Angler: Simon Ahearne Age: 14 I caught this carp during a day session on a local lake I know its not huge but it was one of my favourite fish.

Simon A with a Winter Common - UK

Type: Common Carp Weight: 9lb 4oz Location: Private Lake Bait: Cranberry Boilie Angler: Simon Ahearne Age: 14 Another small carp which i caught on a winter night session it was freezing.

Peter with an 18-14 Mirror - UK

Angler: Peter Blackwood Type: Mirror Carp Weight: 18lb 14oz Location: Gravel Pit - UK Fate: Released Home: Kent, UK

Mitch's First Carp of the Year - UK

Angler: Mitch Wood Location: UK Weight: 22 lbs 8 oz Happy New Year!!! Had my first few fish of 2003, this common is 22lb 8oz not massive but probably the prettiest fish I have caught. Plus it was a true winter fish. Off to South India next week and will hopefully get a line out, so I might have some pictures of the Great Mahseer for the site. Fingers crossed. Jim, keep the site up fella. Kindest Regards, Mitch

Steve with a Fly Rod Carp - Hells Canyon

Angler: Steve Schmoeger Bait: Fly Location: Hells Canyon, ID/OR Weight: ~20-25 lbs Steve Schmoeger landed this 20-25 lbs. with a 6 weight fly rod while bass fishing in Hells Canyon on the Idaho/Oregon border

Simon with a Saskatchewan Beauty - Canada

Angler: Simon Bait: Flavoured corn location: Last Mountain lake in Saskatchewan Weight: Unknown Fate: Released unharmed to grow bigger I like carp fishing and can't wait until I go next summer. I will catch way more fish and there will be pictures of bigger carp.

Sye with "Gertie" - UK

Type:  Mirror Carp Weight:  33 lb. + Bait:  Boilie Where:  UK Jim the last week or so we have been hauling between myself and a few mates. Here is the other 30 from the lake (actually the lake record fish) caught by my mate Si aka 'Sye' at 33lb + (the scales bottomed out!). She is called 'Gertie' and is fairly well known. She was caught on a static bottom boilie, in the margins after spotting her cruise for a few hours! We have all had a result on the lake with some more photos to come from the rest of the crew! (Marc, Tel and Gan). Hopefully we will be sending some mails soon with some 40's???? We can only dream, can't we?? Thanks again for a wicked site. Kind regards, Mitch.

Mitch with his PB - UK

Type:  Mirror Carp Weight:  30.5 lb. Bait:  Bio fish mix boilie Where:  UK Hi Jim, Great site, I didn't realise carping was so universal. The Thai fish is unbelievable, but it good to see people are passionate about Carpio Carpio everywhere. Cheers for a eye opening site fella! Had this 30 - 1/2lb Mirror carp after 2 hours of fishing near Heathrow Airport. It was caught on Bio fish mix boilee with plum flavouring on a static bottom bait with a line aligner hair rig and was caught in October 2002. Mitch from London, England.

Laurent with his 2002 PB

Laurent proudly displays his 16 kg '02 PB	careful placement on the unhooking mat..
..and the release!	Type:  Common Weight:  16 kg (~35.2 lb.) Bait:  Stour Valley Boilie Where:  River Seine, France hi jim , it's laurent with another carp from France - this is my bigest this year (16 kg).  I catch this common carp in the river Seine in the south of Paris with a fish meal boilie (Stour Valley Bait)

Young Danny with a 20 - UK

Species:  Common Weight:  20 lb. Where:  Pit near Emneth (Norfolk, UK) Angler:  Danny Kew Age:  15

James on Lake Erie

Type:  Common carp Weight:  23 lb. Where:  Lake Erie When:  May 5, 2002 Angler:  James Jeffrey I'm an avid carp angler and usually go fishing for them every May-June of each year. Anyway, this year wasn't too bad and I managed to take this 23lb common from a backwater area on flavoured corn presented Eurostyle.

The Carpist on the St. Lawrence River (nice hat & shirt!)

Type:  Common carp Weight:  "I have stopped weighing them. If they look big then they are." Bait:  Homemade mulberry boilie Where:  St. Lawrence River Howdy, Attached is a picture of my first carp from the St Lawrence river. Pay close attention to the shirt and hat I am wearing. Carpist

..hang on..

Dad and Son in Saskatchewan, CANADA

Type:  Common carp Weights:  Simon (son) - 20 lb., Mike (Dad) - 25 lb. Bait:  licourice and coconut flavoured sweetcorn Where:  Last Mountain Lake, SK p.s carp fishing rules and so does carpe carpio

Carp on the fly from the Utah flats..

Here are some pics I took with Dan the Carpslayer at our prized Utah flats spot last weekend!  They are mirror carp (fully scaled and partially scaled).  All caught on the fly (bead head and bead chain crazy charlies and damselfly nymphs)  Keep up the great work on the site!  I'll spend the rest of my life trying for the giant Siamese Carp! Jake Fairclough

From Terry in NY..

Type:  Common Where:  Neonawanta Lake, NY When:  May 2002 Weight:  ~20 lbs. Angler:  Terry Hi Jim! In 1994 having a spinal cord disease I had a spinal cord injury and was 100% paralyzed from the neck down......it took major therapy to get me to a somewhat normal lifestyle again......(never the same after a spinal cord injury).....With having very little muscles, in May of 2002, I was able to pull in a 34" (over 20 lb. carp from Neonawanta Lake in Fulton, NY)......quite an accomplishment for me!! I do have to admit that my husband had to hold me & the pole while I reeled as it would have pulled me in, being as small as I am, under 100 lbs. Terry

Grassy from Zack in Georgia

Species: Grass Carp Weight: ~30 lbs. Length: ~ 4 ft. Location: Pond in Rome, GA Angler: Zack Williams Age: 18 grass carp in the thirty pound range 4 feet long taken on ultralight tackle and 10 pound test with a piece of bread. caught in a private pond in rome ga.

From Tucker in PA..

Type:  Mirror carp Weight:  ~30 lbs. Angler:  Tucker Duff Bait:  Piece of hot dog This was a 30 lb common carp caught from Penn Warner Lake in Pennsylvania. It was caught on a piece of hotdog. Angler=Tucker Duff from PA, USA. It was released. Thanx Tucker

Personal best from Joe..

Type:  Mirror Carp Weight:  22 lbs. 13 oz. Where:  Mortfield Lodge, England Angler:  Joe Biddlecombe This is my personal best carp it weighed in at 22lb 13oz and was caught in Mortfield Lodge which is in Bolton (North West of England in the greater Manchester region). Joe Biddlecombe

From Chris - Fly Rod Carp

Type:  Common Carp Length:  36 inches Girth:  27 inches Where:  Hamilton, Ontario Angler:  Chris Nice site Just thought I would pass this pic on to you. Pursuing carp on a fly is a hobby of mine. I met this one in Hamilton, Ontario. The fight was incredible and lasted nearly an hour on an 8 wt rod with an 8 lb test level leader. She fell for a cased caddis nymph. The fish measured ~ 36 x 27 inches and was released unharmed after posing for a few pics. Tight lines Chris

From Perry - Lake Ontario Bruiser

Type:  Common Carp Weight:  ~46 lb. Where:  Lake Ontario When:  May 5, 2002 Angler:  Arthur Kendrick Hi there- I am attaching some photos of the largest carp caught in Lake Ontario (unofficial). It was landed by Arthur Kendrick on May 5, 2002, in Smiths Bay near Picton, Ontario. It meaasured 35 1/2 inches nose to fork of tail, 29 inches in girth. Took an hour to land on a 10 lb. line, but I'm sure you will agree that it was well worth the struggle. Perry Smith ONE THING HASN'T CHANGED: the people who were my age years ago are still my age today.

from JB - south 'burbs of Chicago

Species:  Amur or Grass Carp Weight:  ~mid 20 lb. range Where:  Illinois somewhere When:  May 14, 2002 Angler:  Jerry Brown

from Jacques - South Africa

Angler:  Daniel Louw Type:  Common Carp Weight:  24.2 lbs. Date:  April 6, 2002, 11:00 AM Bait:  Scopex Boilie Location:  Donaldson dam, South Africa hi jim would you please be so kind and publish photo of fish my dad (Daniel Louw) caught. He hooked the big one(24.2 pounds) at Donaldson dam,South Africa with a scopex boylie on 6 April 2002 at 11h00 in the morning and had a fight with fish for a full hour. This was his first one with a boylie. Regards Jacques Louw

Carp on Spinnerbaits..

Angler:  Anthony Type:  Common Carp Weight:  ~50 lbs.?? Location:  Conesus Lake, NY We were casting for pike but caught this monster carp on a spinnerbait that was sprayed with garlic scent. We estimate the weight between 45-50lbs, pretty close to the NY state record which is 55. We didn't have a scale. The carp was caught at Conesus Lake in upstate NY. Check out the gut on this hog!

from Rafal & Tom - Poland

Angler:  ? Type:  Common Carp Weight:  18.1 kg, ~40 lbs. Location:  Poland

from Tamer - Turkey

I am sending you two carp pics.  Please, do not think that I fried and ate them.  I released them. They are in water now they used to be. Tamer of Turkey.

Giant Siamese Carp from Thailand

Dear Jim, I believe you will love that pic of my good friend Lung Dam posing with the biggest catlocarpio ever caught with a rod and line here in Thailand.  That helluva carp was estimated at 110 kg. (~243 lbs.!) It took him some time and a lot of team work (you need to be at list 3 guys to help) before landing that fish as you can guess. I already fought a dozen of specimens I estimate being largely over 80 kg and unfortunately I lost them all. They are more than very powerful and there is nothing you can do to stop them on the first rush. The fish snagged everytime my line in the various obstacles of the lake I am fishing often. We are experts for years to save the catch.  We have to do that all the time with huge Mekong Giant Catfish. The operation is to swim, find the snagged line underwater, spool out the line from the reel, free it, cut it, tie it again, and fight the fish again. But those giant carps are much smarter than Cats. They don't snag you once, but 6 or 7 times around the pillars of a wooden bridge.  By the time you find out the last piece of snagged line, those giant fish have either broke the line or got unhooked. No worries, that is part of the game fishing, one of these days I'll land one helluva carp ! It has to happen ! Jean-Francois Helias, Thailand NOTE:  Read an article by Jean-Francois on this giant carp species here.

from Jacques, South Africa

Hi Jim, I have just recently started using U.K fishing methods and already have great results.  Here is a 8,6kg carp caught on boilie (Aug 2001) and a 10,6 mirror caught on peanuts (Aug 2001).  Both have been released. Regards, Jacques Louw, South Africa

from the Des Plaines River, IL..

Paul Pezalla above with a 23 lb. 8 oz. specimen and Rich Eldridge below with one of several caught during the Carp Anglers Group fish-in on the Sunday after the Chicago Carp Classic - Lockport, IL

from Dave - Australia

Type:  Common Carp Weight:  10 lb Where:  Barwon River, Geelong, Victoria Angler:  Dave T. Kelly Age:  15 Date:  Sept. 21 2001 Comment:  Another great catch Dave T. Kelly here again, ive been doin some more fishing and i got this beauty!  I allmost doubled the last one but not quite, she put up a good fight though.

..we caught this carp on corn at a local lake in August of 2001 we dont know the exact weight but we guess around 20 pounds..

From Dean, South Africa

Dear CarpeCarpio Myself and three friends went for a mid week break away for three days to a Nature Reserve where you actually get dropped by boat on an island to fish.  The weather was terrible from the moment that we arrived (Monday).  It rained and the wind blew the whole of Monday, Tuesday that we didn't even manage to get one bit, but things suddenly started to change early hours of Wednesday morning when the WIND suddenly disappeared. I landed a fish of 11.01pounds (5kg) just before 7 AM.  About 45 minutes later my rod went screaming off again and I landed a 23,13 pound (10,5 kg) Common.  (see picture).  That was my personal record and it made the trip all the more worth while.   PS.. thanks for such a wonderful and informative site #1 Kind Regards Dean Richter (South Africa, Cape Town)

g'day from Australia

Weight:  5lb 9oz Where:  Barwon River Geelong,Victoria(near Melbourne) Angler:  Dave T. Kelly Age:  15 Date:  Sept. 9 2001 Comment:  It was a nice finish to a nice days fishin :) Dave T. Kelly here, today I caught this common carp in the "Barwon River" in Geelong (South from Melbourne) she weighed in at 5lb 9ounces.  I was using sweet corn for bait and it worked a treet.

From the Carpist - MA

Angler:  "Carpist" Chris Labucky Location:  Troy River, NY Date:  August 01 "I always catch when I wear my Carpe Carpio t shirt and hat.  This was from the Troy , New York CAG fish in last week end."

Pic from the Carp Slayer:  Dan - UT

Angler:  Kirill Kocheshkov Type:  fully-scaled mirror Location:  somewhere in UT Method:  On the fly Date:  ~ May 12, 2001

From Shaun - Ontario

Angler:  Shaun Rickard Type:  Mirror Weight:  33 lbs. 9 oz. Location:  Pickering Power plant, Ontario CAN Bait:  Jigging spoon Date:  May 15, 2001

Jim, ... took her on a small jigging spoon at Pickering power plant out-flow in Ontario. They are stacked up in there right now feeding on all the bait that is getting sucked in the intake and blown out the outflow in chunks. I had about 20 Carp from there this week to about 25lbs. They seem to hit anything in there right now in the current. They'll even take power grubs on jig heads. We don't get too many Mirrors around here so I was very happy getting one this size. All the best,

Shaun
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From the Carp Slayer:  Dan - UT

Hello Jim, my name is Dan, I live in Utah and I fish almost exclusively for Carp.  They are my favorite species.  I also fish for stripers, catfish, tarpon, bonefish, sturgeon, largemouth, smallmouth, sunfish, northern, trout, and basically any thing that swims.  About 90 percent of my fishing is with a fly rod, especially for Carp.  I live where there is some very good Carp fishing. There is a giant lake with water the color of the caribbean and endless white sand flats.  The carp are all fully scaled mirror carp with the giant scales.  I have fished the Keys, Sea of Cortez, and the Yucatan and those carp flats on that lake are as much fun as any of them.  The fish average about 8 lbs., but some get up around 20.  There are also many other lakes such as Lake Powell that are excellent for carp - we have even caught many on the surface. There is a spot about 20 min. from my house that is a warm spring with carp that I fish in the winter - it is all mud flats so a canoe is best.  Last spring I gave my self a flats skiff and had the best summer of fishing yet.  I am getting cabin fever bad, can't wait for spring.  Well it's good to know there are other carp lovers out there.  I like the hats and shirts I should order something.  Long live the CARP - the bigger the better. GOOD FISHING, DAN THE CARPSLAYER.

From Rudy, CHICAGO

Rudy's 36 lb'er

Rudy Jr.'s 19 lb'er

Rudy's 4 foot Grass carp

Hey carpio,how's it going?  I was checking out your site and joined your mailing list and I'm sending you a few pics of me and my son - these are a few of the fish we catch here in Marquette Park lagoon.  My son is now a true carpsman for life.  Someday I hope to see him win the Classic on the river.  I hope you remember me - I talked to you at the Tinley Park show, and well I see you around a lot.  I'm a member of CAG.  Well I hope you post up the pictures I've sent you.  The one I'm holding is a grass carp - this thing must have been like 4 feet long - a real beauty - my personal best to date!  See you and keep in touch Grasser

Brian from WI, USA

Angler:  Brian Reinhardt Type:  Common Weight:  ~ 30 lbs. Location:  Heated canal off of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI Bait:  Doughball

from Den in Belgium

Cassien Mirror - 44 pounds

"Jumbo" - 45.6 lbs.

Nancy's 20 pound dark common

from France - 29 pound mirror

Hey Jim,  My name is Den Anzegemsen, I live in Belgium and my favourite way of spending my vacation is carp fishing in foreign countries.  Here's a Cassien mirror carp weight 44 pounds caught in December 2000.  Jumbo is a legend in Belgium - 45.6 pounds.  I also sent you a picture from my wife who fishes too, he is not that big but it is a beautiful one. And the last one is a mirror I caught in France in Liez - weight of 29 pounds Many regard from Den Anzegemsen

From the River Thames...

Top right 30lb 14oz,  top left 31lb 8oz, bottom 30lb 44oz, all from the River Thames last year - lots more pics at www.coolcarp.com Hope you like them. Scott Morton all caught on Ritchworth tuttifruitti boilies.

Rudi from Belgium...

Hey Jim, My name is Bru Rudi, I live in Belgium and my favourite way of spending my vacation is carp fishing in foreign countries.  Here's a big European mirror carp weight 23.2 Kg (50lb 11 oz). Caught in May 2000 in perfect condition.  I also want to mention that the fish was returned in his natural environment, this is really important to me - the NO KILL fishing.  This way we can become some really big specimens. Anyway love your site. Fishfull greetings, Rudi

Adrian from South Africa...

Location:  Hartbeesport Dam, South Africa Weight:  18lb Bait:  Sweetcorn Angler:  Adrian Allen from Gaborone, Botswana Date:  11 Nov 2000 Hi Jim, I noticed my mate Richard got his photo up on your site, so I thought I'd send one of me!  I know it's not as big as Richie's but it was my first big carp since I've been in Africa, over 2 years now! Tight lines - Ade

Richard from Wales, UK..

Location: Etang de Rouge in France Weight: 28.5 lb. Bait: Ready-made boilie Angler:  Richard Fisher, Wales UK

Jose from Portugal...

Angler: José Alves Country: Portugal Type:  Common Weight: 8.5 Kg (~18.7 lbs.) Location: Monte da Rocha - Portugal Date:  June 2000 Best Regards, José A. da Silva Alves Albufeira, Portugal josealves@email.com

Laurent from France...

Laurent Amarge with an 8 kg (~17.6 lbs.) mirror	....with a 9.5 kg (20.2 lbs.) mirror
...finally a 10 kg (22 lbs.) fish	A fine August outing for Laurent Amarge, with a trio of bulky mirror carp, all on Monster Crab Boilies - France

Laurent Amarge with a 16 kg mirror

Laurent with a 10 kg "bowling ball" mirror

Hi, it's Laurent from France Here's two more carp I caught this weekend (June 10-11, 2000), of course released after the photo.  The location is one lake near Paris (45 km to the south).  Since March, I have caught 18 carp as follows (in kg): 3, 3, 4, 5.6, 6, 6.6, 7, 7.5, 7.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5 and 16 (~ 6.6 - 35.2 lbs)

The bait were boilies made with components of an English recipe I've used for 10 years: 1 kg fish mix 1 tsp appetite stimulator-fish 10 eggs 10 ml Rod Hutchinson Monster Crab flavour 20 ml salmon oil 20 ml amino acid - Ambio Feeding Trigger 10 ml fresh salmon 5 ml sweetener

Tommy from Chicago, USA...

Type:  Common Weight:  25.2 lbs. Date:  May 2000 Bait:  Feed Corn Location:  Lake Michigan-Chicago Angler:  Tommy Riley Jim- here is a 25 pound 2 ounce little pig.  It has the head of a fifteen pounder, but it was a real eating machine.  I caught it on a hair with eleven kernels of feed corn. The hair was over three inches long.  Come on down to the Lake -plenty of room. Tommy Tommy Riley is the Midwest editor for the North American Carp Angler

Big Dog from IN, USA...

Type:  Common Weight:  22.4 lbs. Date:  Sep. 1999 Bait:  Corn Location:  Chicago River (Peg #102) John "Big Dog" Goepper with the largest fish of the 1999 Chicago Carp Classic, earning him the title of Chicago Carp King.  Read about John's day at the Classic in the North American Carp Angler, a newsletter put out by the Carp Anglers Group.

Laurent Amarge from France...

striking evening shot of an 18 kg (~40 lb.) mirror carp

11.5 kg (~25 lb.) common carp in the day

Ian from UK...

Type:  Mirror Carp Weight:  28 lb., 10 oz. Date:  Feb. 1998 Bait:  Boilie Location:  club lake in Harefield (UK) Angler:  Ian Kempster It was a bitterly cold morning (we had actually fished through the night) and it had been light for about half an hour when I saw a fish stick its head out in front of me, about 30 yards away.  As I had a bait positioned halfway between myself and the fish I decided to wait for an hour and not re-cast as the fish in this lake are notoriously spooky.  20 minutes later this beauty picked up my bait (a home made milk protein boilie flavoured with John Baker's excellent Plum, brilliant winter attractor for cold weather conditions).  After a short scrap of 5 minutes or so it was in the net and one happy angler let the rest of the lake know about it by screaming like a banshee!!  The fish weighed 28lb 10oz and remains my best winter caught fish.

Morten from Denmark

Type:  Carp - mirror Weight:  54 pounds Fate:  Released Location:  Lac Casien in France Angler:  Morten H. Petersen Home:  Denmark Hi, Jim.  I thought you would like to se how a real european biggie looks!!!  The fish is 54 lbs and from Lac Casien in France, where it still lives.  I'm from Denmark.  Love your products.  Regards, Morten H. Petersen.

Toby from UK...

Type:  Carp - mirror Fate:  Released Date:  August 1999 Location:  lake in France, via A&J Euro Carp Sessions (see below) Angler:  Toby

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Andy from UK...

Type:  Carp - mirror Weight:  36+ pounds Fate:  Released Location:  Gravel pit - UK Bait:  Fish meal boilie Angler:  Andy Longfellow Home:  UK

Chris from MA, USA...

Type:  Common Weight:  35 pounds Fate:  Released Location:  Connecticut River Angler:  Chris Labucki Home:  Massachusetts

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