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absolute hippo you mention old girl, does make you wonder just how old ..being a naturally fed carp ( apart from the odd particles and bread that might happen to pop by ) also the other thing that makes this such a great capture chris is the fact that 99% of australian carp caught do meet with a rather nasty end as we are all aware so im pretty much guessing that it is possible that this particular fish has never seen the bank before..atleast no in the last 35 pounds or so! many questions, and a fish of a lifetime ! congrats once again mate john edit= cant get over the rudder !!!!

Australian carping as it should be. 2 words ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !

hello all long time reader of these forums and first time poster. let me start by saying i wasnt born in australia but i did come out to our great land at a very young age ( 7 ) luckily for me. i unlike steve never fished for carp.. properly anyway untill a few years ago and before then had always fished from jetty or boat for salt water species having lived in NSW and now SA i have been pretty lucky in catching some great fish over the years from the sea. i cant really pinpoint what got me so much into fishing and for that matter completely enjoying chasing our beloved carp ! but i have well and truely got the bug and i cant see it going away anytime in the not to distant future, being a carp fisherman in australia and probably as bad,if not worse than other states south australia.. is the complete disgust and distain the general public hold towards the carp it is like a deepdown hatred in most case's sad to say but it is TRUE everywhere i go and fish and unfortunatly our venues here are quite numbered at least for legal access anyway ! someone has to stick there 2cents ( pence ) in about how destructive the carp is how they kill other fish how they make the water the colour it is.. and heaven forbid if someone actually sees you land a fish ! out comes the torches and pitch forks.... my mates at work and most are good mates think im a right weirdo for my hobbie and just cant see the great sport and adventure these fish hold everytime you go to the bank so to answer steves question at least from my side of the pond is.. it is going to take a long long long time to sway the average aussie fisho to respecting anysize carp no offence ment to anyone with this post if they feel things are different then please post away love to hear others points of view as to locations of carp waters i would be very hesitant of giving away any info at this stage! cheers and for those of us who love and repect the carp and their great fighting qualitys here in OZ tight lines and goodluck on finding them aussie monsters Edit= on re-reading i havn't given any awnser to steves question on ways forward in aussie carp fishing.. as i have no awnser for now at least.. we are few and in the trenches.. hopefully 1 day we can hold our catches and release's high ! (( making sure not to drop them of course )) john