Come join us on the banks of White Rock Lake August 15th to learn, socialize and catch some fish. You do not have to be a member of CAG to participate, it is open to everyone. We will be meeting at the Fisher Rd. parking lot at 8am till 6pm. This is not a tournament, but a social event to promote catch and release carp fishing. However I am sure there will be a side pot(s) if you desire to live dangerously Come hang out with the LSCB and CAG and lets break the lake record.

I might be able to come

So is nobody interested in a fishing social? This is a great place to hang out in a non competitive nature and learn new techniques

im not on call that weekend so ill probably be there

I'm in. Sound like fun...

I'll in in New Jersey then.

I'm definitely interested but after having to cancel at the last minute on the tournament, I don't want to commit yet.

Plus I think this is going to fall on the week where I am going to be responsible for taking my little cousin to Six Flags, a Rangers game, etc.

of course im in , i have to live up to my nick... lol to change the subject for a minute . i was talking to a fellow fisherman from there today and he mentioned a body being found there 2 days ago . i havent heard anything .. i talk to the bike cops on a daily base and they havent mentioned it . hmmm ?

Jesse cops never talk about those things when there is a investigation going on!
Being on nasty lakes more then other people ive been thru a lot of stuff like that

Jesse, Leo is right. That is not chamber of commerce stuff. Been there done that too.

Be good to fish with you Jesse. Looking forward to meeting a bunch of the guys.

cool curt looking forward to meeting you also . and you too leo when you make it to the states .lol

if you move it to the next week then maybe I can make it!!!!!!!!

the only week I can manage it Marty

Hi,

I've been reading these boards for a while now but decided to join today. I've been an amature angler for a few months but I feel that there is a lot more for me to learn and I would love to come out on the 15th.

to TFF

You know ill be there!

ill be there too, see ya there george lopez.

ok uncle fester (when he was young) !see you there hahahaha

man... wish I was still there... I missed out on the tourney, and now another awesome fish-in on the 15th! Why weren't there more of these earlier???! argh!...

have fun guys!

I think I'm headed up to Big Bear Lake for a derby there with the SoCal carp club members... we'll see how it goes~

hey danny great to hear from ya, hope all is going well up in cali.

yes danny . i wish you were still here too . i always thought you were super cool to fish with .hope annie and you are doing well over there

Cool Jeff, can't wait to meet you

Hey danny! its good to see ya snoopin around here on the forum! how was the move? hope all is well!

hey Chris and Jesse,

or shall I say young uncle fester and george lopez (hahaha)...

yeah, we got here just fine... stopped by Carlsbad Caverns in NM on the way here.. pretty awesome stuff, especially seeing some 1 million Mexican freetail bats swirling out of the cave and into the dusky sky at sundown.

anyways, I'm supposed to start work next Monday... and there's this SoCal Carp club derby this Saturday at Big Bear Lake, about 2 hrs away from here... used to go there and snowboard in the winters back when i was a teenager... nice lake, not sure about the carp action there though, but wanted to go out and meet a bunch of the carpers here...

well, have fun at the upcoming WRL fish-in, and you had a couple nice 20s there in your other post Chris... Jeff keeps getting better at hauling them in too.

see ya around! (I'm definitely gonna head back to Emma Long next spring I think... when's the best time you think Chris? late Feb or early March? I really wanna try to hook up with those 50-70 lb buffs! but I don't want it to be freezing cold there to the point where my rod tips gets frozen... geez.

(I heard the water level low is extremely low in Lake Travis due to the drought conditions... hopefully this won't affect Emma later next year in the spring)

i heard they are doing a draw down this year i think so i wont be going there, might be hard to weel around in sand in a weel chair lmao!!!. so i would say anytime between december through march. you gotta tough it out in the tent, i use ceramic heater to keep the chill out and watch dvd's to pass time while waiting for a buff run, or beeps lol.

hey danny . what s the name of the forum your posting in now ? it would be interesting to read some cali carp posts . thx man

August 15th it is, I will see you fellas there.

Hey Jesse,

yeah, the forum is at: http://www.socalcarpclub.com/

I think you might have to simply register in order to see the posts/pictures, but I'm not sure... give it a try. You'll see a familiar face there, pictures of Dave24 who moved to Texas and I think he recently posted up some pics at Grapevine Lake.

anyways, let me know how this Saturday at the fish-in goes...

and Chris.. is the water level gonna be down all year into next spring??? or is it basically just for the summer that they're drawing the water level down, or will it be ok to go back there next spring? thanks...

no they do it just thru the winter months, and every 2 years i heard.

You're going to fish for ten hours in the daytime in the middle of August?

sure, considering the mild summer so far it should be a breeze

ok well i may or may not be going now

talked to my pops earlier this evening
and he asked if i would go to his land
out in east tx with him this weekend
and forgetting about the fish in i said yes.
Im gonna try and see if he wants to go
to the fish in, but i may end up going
with the old man to get some father son
time in.

Its in marietta 30 minutes from
Wright Patman Lake. If i end up going
with him i'm taking him fishing there.
Anyone know anything about Wright Patman?

Hi all,

I moved in DFW area about 1 year back from Europe; didn't even know carp fishing is getting popular here until I found this forum.
I'll try to make it on 15 and meet some of you guys.

Regards,
Radu

Welcome aboard Radu. Where are you from? Carp fishing has always been around over here, but obviously not like in Europe.
This forum has been great in getting like minded folks together for some fishing fun..

first of all....

Hopefully i can make it to this event! sounds like it will be a good time to learn a few things!

Thanks alot . Indeed this forum is great for getting together with folks with same hobby.

What I meant was, that I knew bass and catfish were the freshwater fishes most fished for in US, but that was just my opinion...
Anyways, I'm from Romania and back there carp fishing is considered to be "the fishing", especially when going for river varieties. Although, from what I understand, you get much larger captures here.

Be nice to meet you Radu. There are quite a few Romanians on the CAG forum.

Welcome aboard Radu, hope to do some fishing with you soon!

Thanks again guys. I hope to meet some of you on Saturday.
I somehow thought there will be some Romanians in the forum, carp fishing being such a big deal in my country

Now, stupid question: I'm not at all familiar with Whiterock Lake, could you provide more details about the meeting/fishing place? Or should I just look for guys with big rods next to the Fisher Rd parking place?

so who is all going? my decision depends on work. but i'm a maybe for sure.

Welcome Radu,

At first i thought you were the CAG member Radu that fishes the ATC every year. There are a couple of Polish teams and all great people. I always get pegged next to them at least one day.

You should see us along the shoreline. The actual address for the parking lot is 3800 W. Lawther. I will definitely have my big rods out and drive a gold toyota 4runner.

I thought the correct term was "carp-colored".

hey ben i guess mine is a grassie colored because its the sliver dodge ram p/u. look forward to meeting the new guys

Great! I'll try my best to swing by on Saturday, although no fishing for me then. Didn't bring my carp gear from back home, so I'm in the process of putting together new one.
To tell the truth, even back home my gear is pretty rusty, did a lot of pike and walleye fishing lately.. Just got back from home vacation and pike fishing in Danube Delta

fixing to go throw out some range cubes . hopefully it will bring some in for tommorrow .

Don't bother. Prebaiting is useless.

Welcome Radu! be cool to meet you...and everyone else I am dropping by to bring the NACA's and mags and fish for a little while

Jesse, I am bringing the scales and forms. It's on you to set the record on your home lake. NO PRESSURE.

SORRY YALL i totally forgot about this weekend and i planned a trip to east texas.

i might make it out there tomorrow but it wont be till later in the day. gotta go to roundrock in the morning

good luck to you anyway lol

if it isn't bigger than 24-8 than only a half azz record

hahaahahaaha / i knew you couldnt go without some input on this one scott hahahahaah

hey jesse,

good luck at fish-in tomorrow... hopefully you'll be posting a video like this on youtube tomorrow night~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys3Y5ZMtp34&feature=related

hahahaha good one danny . i cracked up as soon as i read the title lol . thx for the well wishes tho lol

How big is the one in your sig Jesse? And is that your WR PB?

my pb is 22.95 heres the picture even tho it doesnt look like it lol . the one in the sig' ,to me weighed more but i didnt have it weighed

the 22.95 was caught first week of june 09, and the sig one was caught january of 09 .

Yeah the sig looks maybe a little shorter, but definitely more stout. Nice fish both of em!

I wish I could make one of these, but there is no way, since I work from 11-8 every Saturday.

See you guys out there tomorrow, i whipped up a batch of some experimental boilies to try out.

Creamsicle


Coffee

Won't be able to make it, but good luck all!

Good luck

i take it they r all still out there huh?

im back chad , the first 20 minutes i got a run and it turned out to be a catfish about 13 inches ,a little later i got a good run when i set the hook it felt really solid but lost him a couple of seconds into the fight kept getting constant single beeps first 2 hours but things never got better . aroung noon i broke to go to 7/11 for ice cold drink and while i was gone a buff was landed on my pole . lol around 130 or so i got a run from the farthest away rod ( i moved to let rick and his kids have a sopot to fish ) i ran and saw the reel running madly . turn out to be a carp about 4 lbs . let see scott got him a buff , kc got him a couple of buffs and a nice soft shell turtle . it was nice meeting grant , and radu .and nice sharing the bank with the others

kool i got stuck in roundrock until about 1:30 so i figured id wait and go to the cliffs tonight since ive never been there and my son and i r gonna try to catch our pb's on buffs and carp

can u fish there all night or do they run u off at a certain time

no problem if fishing but if you go there to do the wild thing you will get a big ticket ..curfew is lifted for fisherman

that tree that was just to the left of where you won in july is now gone tree rot

man that was a big tree

yeah unfortunately now we have lost 2 nice trees on that bank in the last 2 years .one was tore down when they did all the work on the bike path and parking lot

It was good meeting you guys out there Saturday. I came away with a bad case of tackle envy. Already hitting the BFS website getting ideas. What do you guys think of the basic BFS GSP alarm? Not too expensive and looks functional..

the alarm works great. I know a few people who like them. I'd stay away from the reels though, they fall apart way too easy.

It was good to meet everyone yesterday as well. I had a great time and we even got graced by Zach who came bearing magazines for all. Pics to come........

I had a good time it & it was nice to meet everyone. Jesse forgot to mention the cans & clams that got landed. lol good times & great views.

we had a good time yesterday.my kids ares till talking about the buffs that were caught.they want some of those big poles like them pro guys had(in their words).i hope they didnt bother anyone

no pics guys?!

glad to see everyone had a good time
sorry i couldn't make it

i managed to catch 1 carp over the weekend with my dad
we had a Good time as well

Ricky, your kids were great. no worries

cool

It was cool meeting some of you fellas for the first time, we will have to do it again soon.

I had such a case of tackle envy that I hit up the BFS web site and called John. Ordered a rod pod setup with alarms and all the trimmings and got out for a $100 bill. A little better than the $700 offer I got from K.C. lol

lol, it is contagious . You truly have drank the kool-aid now Curt. there is no going back

sounds good Curt not a bad price at all

Check the BFS website under rod stands and click on the 1097 tripod. That will show you the setup. If interested call John (owner)personally. He has a summer special going on this set-up. 79.95. I got a three pack of line tension swingers to go with the setup. Talking to John will save you a bundle on shipping as he will package everything in one box.

way to go curt , now we are in trouble on the next gettogether !

curt are you still going to use the baitcasters with the new set up / ?

Yep. For a while. Will have to spend money gradually. Still not convinced on spinning tackle. I know it works great, but I had bad experiences with it early in my formative years of fishing. Of course back then we were using sharpened bones as hooks.lol

hehe . if you get a birds nest on your reels you may want to go ahead and get the runners

Yes sir, I am a pro at bird nest removal. Will probably go with some King Kats rods as next purchase. I hear that they are pretty reliable..

No need. Just get some baitcasters with bait clickers. It's basically the same thing as a bait feeder.

i use bait clicker reels, and they work grrrreat

lol. I told you I'd give it ALL to you for $700 I'd unpack my truck & drive off. Packing it up and reeling the lines up would have been up to you. lol

There was well over $700 worth of [censored] packed off in there.

you think that cop will remember me next time?

You can ask Scott how against spinning reels vs a baitcaster I was, but after 1 outing and not having To stand over my gear made it worthwhile in my book. Now learning to cast those things is still a nightmare. lol