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Thanks guys some great comments....that fall into the general consensus of the majority of people I have spoken to....even native the fisherman are starting to be a bit concerned too...cheers Take care Paul

Thanks guys....some great valid comments that fall in line with the general consensus with the brethren down here....one in particular..from a Victorian carper.... They seem to believe that the killing of 95% of carp will bring their waterways back to a pristine condition, ignoring the fact that most of the damage is done by humans. Remove the industrial pollution, urban and farming run off, bank erosion from cattle and ski boats, habitat removal, redirection of waterways and reduction of natural flows and then you can blame the carp. Take care Paul

Disastrous times ahead...imagine if this got a foothold world wide.....scary stuff...:eek::eek:......Cheers http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-13/murray-darling-carp-plague-release-fish-virus-farmers-scientists/7084586 Take care Nails

Disastrous times ahead...imagine if this got a foothold world wide.....scary stuff...:eek::eek:......Cheers http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-13/murray-darling-carp-plague-release-fish-virus-farmers-scientists/7084586 Take care Nails

It,s only a matter of time Andy before you nail a big one...You know the bigger ones there it,s just a matter of time..do these fish take off the top??..if so you could be just a matter of targeting the bigger ones..at least you can get to see what your chasing and target the fish accordingly instead of just fishing in hope..worth a try...Cheers ATB Paul

Nice one Andy...a little cracker of a Mirror hey...and congratulations on the doubles as well...So they are in there hey..With the bio-mass being so big you will allways have the same problem of trying to winkle out the bigger fish...your having a great time so keep at it I say...Cheers ATB Paul

Nice piece of water there hey Andy....With all those small singles about I would suspect that there is a lot of competition for food. For the biomass there for arguments sake there is 5000 singles 50 doubles 10 20,s and so on. The singles would stay singles for a long time taken years to reach any size. I think you,ll be hunting a long time to find larger ones amongst the masses of smaller ones but its still fun catching them hey, you could probably step your gear right down to lighter rods and line to suit the conditions and still have a bit of fun. Tight Lines. ATB Nails

Thought so the backend of the summer high water temps, you would expect the fish to be out deep in the cooler water I would of imagined. When we lived in Victoria I found the april onwards till about now and end of September through until the first of the northerly winds come was the most productive time of the year, you can still get fish through winter thou not so much on the river systems as water levels are extreemly high and flow rates to go with it, I seem to target still waters that time of the year. A week after the first good rains after summer and then as the water temps reach 17 degrees or so getting ready for the breeding season later on is prime time for our whiskered frends.

Looks very carpy....looks to be quite low..was it a summer seesion?..may be reason that the fish where not on the chew, low oxygen levels and other things on thier mind, like the rump pumpy breeding time....

That is a possibility I have concidered, I would have to do the full monty urban commando style of fishing. I,ll be back......

Quality mate quality... Got some nice colored Koi,s here but sadly can not fish for them as they are in a residential area and guarded by the neigbourhood nazis. We guessimate the larger ones to be low twenties, I believe there was one in there a possible thirty but it has not been seen for some time now I suppose its a good thing really as they will not be preyed upon by the local redneck white bucket brigade. Its just nice enjoying seeing them swimming around a not getting hasseled.

Like ya work Stoke....top effort man. Great pictures, there is some great potenial there for sure for some productive dangling.

A bit of food for thought Stoke, with the influx of water recently and the level being up there is a posibility that the fish are having a good old nosh on the naturals that are available, worms, yabbies, bugs and the like that have been washed down, may be it could be worth going down stream instead as the fish will certainly congregating if river is in flood, also may be worth leaving the river for a week or two until things settle down and a bit of clarity comes back in the water[try a lake or two] instead. Recently got some of those Hiviz[lumo] extra large pop up maize that seem to be doing the bizzo over here in the west on the Koi. I,ve been soaking them in a maple syrup glug and using them with a single grain of maize. Not blanked on them yet. Same with the maize, once cooked and still hot, pour in the maple syrup, as they cool they take on the flavor. We had a shocker of a summer, could,nt even buy a fish when it was stinking hot, I think they go right off the feed when its like that. We are the opposite over here, when the rains come it seems to fire up the koi into feeding, higher oxygen levels and cooler temperatures especially after a long hot summer this year, its going to be a good season for us, I hope. Tight lines Nails

Its a crying shame of the same old story that things are spoilt by a few for the majority.We may have a winge..... now and then but I dont think for one minute that we as carp fishermen go out on purpose to harm any kind of animal in quest of our chosen type of fishing methods. Good luck lads in search for a venue. All the best from the west. Nails

Me and Andy aka "Niblet" from WA certainly fit into that category. http://www.carpfishingblog.com/fishing-for-koi-carp/koi-capers Sadly there are no Commons, Mirrors or Leathers over hear but the Koi keep us both entertained for the time being. Hopefully later on this year if all goes to plan we shall be visting Melbourne, me on work duties[2 & 2 roster in Bass Strait] and both of us together for a visit to get a bend in a rod or two. I was based in Melbourne for 13 1/2 years until we defected to the west 5 years ago and dangled a hair in a few places. So keeps those swims warmed up lads and if the timing is right would be nice to catch up for a session or two. Let your runs be screamers and your fish be whackers. Tight lines Nails & Niblet