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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

Dave I think this was taken form the upper Maribyrnong...they are in there...Avondale heights area would be a good starting point...

Dave you could,nt of picked a better place to start ya campaign...be sure to let us know about your exploits....good luck...which you,ll probably not need.. ...lol...have you got any places targeted for a bit of dangling..???

Common carp have upper and lower barbules [whiskers] that one seems to be missing them...unless he has had a shave.. ....

Welcome Danish...you may want to try the Barwon...river that is...you,d be suprised what turns up there...Keep us posted on your piscatorial adventures....Cheers Nails

Cheers matey...away at the moment...will be home at the end of the month....Check ya email...?????

Gents got some feed back from the guys in SA......they had mentioned that a maximum of 6 anglers per party is advised to get the most benefit from the adventure.... So I,ve asked a few more questions and awaiting answers...Following... So could you put together a costing brake down for 10% deposit and balance to be payed late on arrival for us for 10 days anywhere between September and October 2012.....5 days at The Tzaneen Dam and 5 days at the Klaserie Dam if possible....Cheers Kindest regards Paul

Gents, I,am awaiting a reply from SA regarding dates that are available for Sept-Oct 2012.. Anyone dead serious about jumping on board send a reply to this email nails171@gmail.com so I can compile a mailing list of names for updates on any developments for the trip....Got five definites at the moment...if the party grows to ten or so I,ll be suggesting splitting up into two groups over two venues fishing seven days at each one to vary the experience that the adventure has to offer...ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!!... :o http://www.africangold.info/ Happy hippo hunting and croc dodging Paul

Gents, I,am awaiting a reply from SA regarding dates that are available for Sept-Oct 2012.. Anyone dead serious about jumping on board send a reply to this email nails171@gmail.com so I can compile a mailing list of names for updates on any developments for the trip....Got five definites at the moment...if the party grows to ten or so I,ll be suggesting splitting up into two groups over two venues fishing seven days at each one to vary the experience that the adventure has to offer...ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!!... :o http://www.africangold.info/ Happy hippo hunting and croc dodging Paul

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Gents Who,s up for a trip to South Africa.....in 2012 or 2013....very impressive set up...professionally run carp fishing adventure of a lifetime...you only live once lads.... Have two with the thumbs up from her in-doors......No dates have been set as just an availablity exercise on numbers and also it will give everyone a chance to get the monies together.. http://www.africangold.info/ Paul

Thomas I am really disapointed, I was just looking at fishvictoria and have found you posting some of these pics in a thread called carp cullathon. any explanation? I think young Tom has gone into hiding...he was somewhat active on the AFA also...not been on there for a while....tut, tut to the cullathon..

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

Very quiet at the moment over here in the west....our whiskered frends are up to other things with this spaight of warmer weather that has graced us recently...even the fish in my pond are not interested in getting on the chew...anyone over east finding the same........new noon comming mid/late this week so things may change.......... ATB Nails

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Like ya work Tom, I generally use a fake rubber hi-viz maize behind the boilie as it helps keeping it up and semi-bouyant and can be easily sucked in with hardly any resistance. Nice one Paul

Nice little session there Tom...good on ya...ripper of a Mirror ya got to be happy with your first one hey..... They look to be around the 7-8lb bracket with the last one getting close to a double...boilie and maize hey..what did you catch them mostly on? This kio went 8lb 11oz if that gives you an idea.....it got a bit of a belly so thats where most of the weight is carried on a fish.

The lads must be really down at this point with only one fish coming from their section and that was very early in the comp, 8 hrs in and not a single fish therefore after, it,s unreal how one section of 26 anglers with 52 rods over 5 days spread over 1.5 klms with all that attraction could,nt draw the fish in to that area. Admittedly the lake is big, but you would think that they would of seen some action over that period of time. Nails

3 mins 26 secs....Ben Cooke, Andy Wallis and Roland Wallis representing Australia in the WCC Madine France......Ozzie,Ozzie,Ozzie.....

With spring not far away I thought I would start a new thread for anybody wanting to share any winter sessions. This time of the year with the regular influx of fresh water fires alot of places in to action. Low water levels in most Australian waterways have a tendency to put our whiskered frends off the chew, depleted oxygen levels and food availability contributing factors. A venue that I fish through the winter is a classic example with fish few and far between in summer. Recently I fished with instant success on a fishmeal based boilie for the first time this year. Fishmeal you say in "winter", I have measured water temps especially here in Perth and they are a constant 12 degrees at depths, with only the surface temps flucuating through out the winter months. Far from the icy cold conditions of the UK and Europe. The success of the recent session with a fully scaled Koi carp fell to a RR base fishmeal boilie, the first time I have used them at the venue, I have heard of boilies used once or twice with no success there, maize being the main stay of bait with a little liquidized bread as an attractant. The session started off a little slow before first light with the resident morehens dive bombing my dozen or so boilies[brooklands]..... big thanks again for the RR recipe.... I had catapulted out at distance. A couple of smallish goldies decided to show their presence by rolling in the next swim that I had pre-baited ealier the day before so things were looking good for a lively session. The first rod went out at 7am ish at distance to the boilie spot and the second a marginal under arm lob to the next swim loaded with a single maize popped up with a hi-viz lumo fake chod-rig to critically balance it above the detris covered lake bed. After the first hour of no action I decided to rebait and recast both rods, a re-rig of the boilie rod with the addition of a pva bag made bankside with crushed boilie and a few added pellets was sent packing. Once the bag had dissolved, which I knew as the coots homed in like a couple of exorcets missiles on a battleship, twiching bites as they made contact with the rig, even had it nailed down with a flying back lead, did,nt stop them. After 10 mins or so of getting out of the chair to reset my hangers the second rod went off at lightening speed, a flat-liner screamer mono tone butt-ringing run, a bow wave broke the surface, I thought this was the double figure one that has eluded me from this venue would finally be in the net. After the intitial run the fist decided to kite across to the left, in anticipation of my first double had had to put a little extra pressure on the fish as it was heading straight for a snag that we knew was there from the summer months when the water was at it,s lowest. Finally I managed to subdue it after a tug of war at close quarters around the reed beds. A fiesty 7lb 8oz graced the net, not a 20 or even a double you might say but it gave a great account of it,s self, if anyone has caught these pure Koi you would know the fighting spirit that lies within them. Thinking how a high double or even a twenty would go is what keeps me chasing these beautiful and elusive fish. Let yours runs be screamers and your fish be whackers. ATB Nails

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