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Top work Andy!!! You just keep on keeping on mate, your dedication has to be admired. Two great results mean a proper red letter day! I always enjoy reading your posts, and find solace in your endeavours that keep me trudging out the door at ungodly hours to top up my spots. Nice gut on that 16 too mate, hungry bastard!! Congratulations again on your Aussie PB! Take it easy, Ben

Cracking read as always mate, sounds like you are really covering the ground down your way. I take it most of your exploration is by kayak? Love it that you are just plugging away, my kind of fishing. Keep at it mate, I'm sure the carping gods will shine on you soon! Take it easy, Ben p.s. just looking back over your posts...I am loving those tiles man...groovy!

That looks so carpy, i gotta get down to fish that!! Nice photo!

Stoke....mate.....those are some nice photos, where you been hiding all of 'em?!! That looks rather nice fishing down there, room to move! Is it bucket between the legs in that kayak when you bait up? Must make paddling a bit difficult! What kind of distance do you fish at? Great to see photos up mate, really gives a feel to your campaigning. Noice!! Love that Wellington photo. Ben

Mr Yang, As has been mentioned the signs have now been replaced at Doug Larson and 'no fishing' has been reinstated. this means no carp fishing. You'll have to find somewhere else. please do not ignore the signs as it may harm any chance we have of having fishing being reinstated. Members of this forum work hard to find spots to fish, it is not easy given the opinions of the neanderthals on carp. So be patient, there are other options. If you need any further help feel free to ask. welcome to the forum btw! Cheers, Ben

Congrats on your recent success mate!! 15 in 6hrs is good going. Effort = Reward eh?!! They may hold up in shallower areas under snags in slack water. Find a few and keep the bait trickling in over the winter maybe? They will feed but usually in small windows. Suss these times and you're in with a chance. Cheers, Ben

G'day Mate, Don't know how the Aussie fish behave in winter, would assume being mild mostly they would continue to feed. The edge of the lagoon is quite boggy and thick grass. when you get to within 3ft of the water you are bringing up water under your feet. Good snake habitat but mostly in summer. Only fished it the once but felt the small lagoon under the bridge might hold a few. Lots of lillies means heavier tackle but carp love to cruise the edge of lilly beds, just gotta find patrol routes. Big bed of stinky maize day before, few more handfuls when on the bank then fish for a bite. Cheers, Ben

That is an awesome result mate for all the QLD carpers out there. It's a pity I'm not over again till Christmas or I'd be straight up there with bells on!! I take it this is the place you are talking about? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.705131,153.19667&spn=0.017288,0.038581&z=15 I fished tygum lagoon for a bit but couldn't hack the bogans dive bombing off the bridge 10ft from where I was set-up. Plus the edge of the lagoon is really snakey. What's the edge like on the back lake? Stock? Cheers, Ben

G'day Mate, Went down for the first time this year on the weekend. Water level is up over a lot of swims. Can't get round the corner to the sandbank/ruins swims. The birch's are under water,and the wide, and rat. Few fishing Sat, but talking to Nick the bailiff he said it's been quiet all winter. Will be down there regularly this season, still chasing one of those bronzed lumps! What's the go with the incident dude? Heard rumours of trouble a while back...could've been you if two years is right. From what I've heard its not as bad anymore, and I spent 25-30 nights down there last season with no issues. Mind I am 6'3" and scary looking!! Always up for a fish if you want to head down again this year. Ask Nick/Rick(Bailiffs) if Oz(Me) is on the bank when your down. I'm there most weekends but will also be on Lockwood('Stow) this year. jquery.....yeah rough old dartford eh! Still, not as bad as Burgess Park That place scared the crap out of me Cheers, Ben

Nice one Paul!! Welcome to the world of stinky maize! A couple of things I've found with preparing it...... Salt- best to add salt after you've boiled the batch. Read somewhere that it slows the softening process ie takes longer to soften when boiling. Use rock salt too if you can....no preservatives. Sugar- once again it's good but the best sweetner I've found is Blackstrap molasses. You can get it in health food shops. It's thick stuff but gives a wonderful pungent sweetness and gorgeous golden colour to the maize. Keep checking it after a couple of days...a white bubbly scum will form. You can skim this off if wanted for aesthetic purposes. Another great stock feed option is pigeon conditioner. I've just had a quick aussie google. Looks like pigeon seed mixes are pretty basic in Oz. In europe they are amazing sacks of sweet licorice smelling goodness. Try breeders choice, crest seeds, golden cob seeds. Prepare it the same way as maize b ut you can add all sorts of goodies to it. Additives I've used include chilli flakes, hemp oil, cod liver oil, belachan, tuna flakes, garlic oil. Makes a great spod mix to fish over with fake/real maize. Phew!! Ben

By the sounds of it mate, Liliydale is a trout fishery holding some biggish fish. Found a few references to huge carp on some freshwater fishing forums though so could be promising. Hope it gives some rewarding captures Ben

Thanks All for the gracious welcome! Let the frivolity commence Ben

G'day All, So we have been granted a reprieve by the owner to try and keep the Aussie Section alive. As I've been made aware there were a lot of problems with the previous section in terms of inappropriate postings for a catch and release forum. Obviously Australia is a unique case in terms of carps' place in the natural ecology. That being the case it is important to make the rules for posting in this section clear. Do not post photo's of dead carp. No posts regarding the enjoyment of killing carp. No personal attacks regarding position of carp in the environment. This is an opportunity to share experiences and knowledge about carp fishing in the Great Southern Land. Keep it civil, acknowledge differences in opinion, but above all share the love of this great sport! Cheers, Ben.

G'day Mate, fish it abit when I can't be bothered trekking down to Brooklands(no car). Still fishes alright, mainly stockies to 10lb+. i've caught on the boilie approach with scopex squid and on popped up maize over spodded pigeon conditioner and hemp (15 fish up to 9lb in a day) Depends on Boat traffic and birds, gotta fish 30yds out at least so they don't nail your bait! Pretty much constant depth all over up to maybe 3-4ft max? Originals still there...lost one couple of weeks back...bloody swans prevented a proper strike...saw the shoulders belt off into the blue yonder def 30lb+!!! [censored]! Cheers, Ben aka citycountrycarper(youtube)