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I'll mail them to ya to help you pay for your gas!!!

yeah keep em coming!
then i can post pics of my big new house by my own lake!!!

I was searching for a poem....
and came acrossed this...
Thought it was cute!

I recieved this as an email ,,,it is amazing! never know what your'e going to see near lakes and ponds.

A resident living near a pond noticed a red ball floating rather in an awkward 'bounce' upon further investigating he saw a flathead catfish appearently had tried to swallow a child's red basketball. The fish obviously was exhausted from trying to dive down but couldn't because of the ball. After several attempts to grab the ball and pull it out he realized the suction was too great . His wife punctured the ball with a knife, which deflated the ball, and released the fish Hard to believe with out pics so here you go...






"Be Kinder than Necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle"

i thought dogs liked chasing balls, not cats!

WOW!

well i did it again!
i went out for 3 nights last week on a new lake. i had a target this year, to catch a big common carp that lives there!
i get there to find most of the places already taken.
so on the way back to the car i find the only real option is to fish a big bay right near the car park.
suits me,, not so far to walk!
still took four trips to get all my kit to where i was going to fish.
i had a quick chat with the owner to find out whats been caught!
he said one of the 40s had been out two days ago, at 37lb a bit down in weight.
so i set up all my gear,got the rods chucked out and the kettle on!!
well before the kettle boiled my right hand rod was away!
great start a fish on and i aint had my first cuppa.
well did that fish have the hump with me? it was taking line like a steam train!
after 5 mins or so it was about 20 yds out and coming to the surface!
it didnt like that so off it went again, then a boil on the water about 4 feet across appeared, wow some fish to do that!
every time i got it closer and tried to get its head up off it went.
after 10 mins or so i had a few people watching me (great an audiance) dont fall off now!!!
then i got sight of it, a big common.
now how many commons over 30lb in here???
no idea i just knew it was big!
every time i got its head up it off it went again, it didnt like the surface for sure.
i called one of the crowd when it was closer to the bank to help with the net, in went the net off went the fish.
this time it didnt take much line, so i pumped it back in and over the net it went. YESSSSS
there she was, a fish i had seen in the photo's before, SWIRLY a known 40.
so up on the scales and 38lb
good luck bad luck ?
didnt get that tea, had to drink beer instead!

Here is a fish my Grandson got over the week end,
here at our Lake
he was so happy

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Wow that's a big fish....

There are a lot of funny fish stories and cool fish pictures on this thread!

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this one didnt get away!

HOLY COW!!
That's one BIG FISH...

What kind is it??

How long did it take to reel that puppy in???

Now that is ONE BIG FISH!!!!!

WOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!! Marker!!! I opened your picture and the face of that fish looks like a seal's face Almost!!

What Kind of fish is THAT????? Was it caught in a lake or river>>

Come on tell the story!! PLZZZZZZ

Yeah..we want the story!

A carp? Really?? DAAAANNNNNGGGG!! What in the heck do the fish eat in those waters any way.??

ive done the story of that one on pg 4.
that was my first trip, last week was my 6th trip and what a trip that was!
i caught the biggest brace ive ever had, the first was called braveheart at 39.8 and on my last night i caught singlescale at 38.4.
ive given it a rest this week because i think they will be spawning, and ive caught the three biggest fish already

Those carps fight like runaway dunp trucks! Just when you think there tired they go for another drag stripping run! Def a nice fish, did you catch them on "Boilies" as they call it in the UK? I found the best bait for them here is a vanilla dough, thats hard to find, but works great, and stays together in the water.

vanilla dough?
yes i used boilies over a bed of trout pellets.
the last time i went i used beds of hemp which they seemed to like, it was the first time using it on that water.
already got me next bucket cooked up and waiting to go!

DeepCreekLake that's one fine catch you have in your picture.
markr a very nich catch you have also in yout picture.

Vanilla dough-(like a paste) its made with cornmeal, and vanilla extract, sometimes has cotton mixed in to keep it together. It smells very good, but more importantly it works great. They have doughs that are scented like strawberry which also works. Some peopme make there onw using cornflakes, and strawberry soda.

ive not tried vanilla extract yet, but ive used lots of paste, but mine is made up using eggs.
it doesnt last long thats why we use boilies most of the time.
also when we cast 80yds+ it comes off!!!

What bait do you use to those that fish in the Surf have any favourites?

By surf you mean ocean surf? Always had good luck using cut squid.