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Mill Creek Cup 2019
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10/15/19 02:15 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
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TXMulti-Species
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Dad and I went to the American Carp Society's annual Mill Creek Cup this year for a chance to catch some gold and potentially win some gold. Fished for 47 hours from 12:00 noon on Friday to 11:00AM Sunday through brutal conditions. Rain and a huge cold front dropped air temps to 38 degrees, water was nice and warm but that didn't stop the fish from hunkering down and shutting off for the cold weather. Still managed to eek out a few bites, albeit mostly from Channel and Bullhead Catfish. With the fishing being so slow I had plenty of time to hang out with the anglers in the pegs adjacent to ours, which just so happened to be people I knew quite well! Had tons of fun, I'll definitely try to be back for the next year. Hopefully conditions are a bit more favorable then! A totem to the "Carp Gods" Our swim for the event in the photos above, as you can see from the "before" photo (#3) there was definitely a bit of machete action involved The only Carp I caught during the whole event! 15lbs 14oz, my first ever from Mill Creek. There were only 21 Carp caught among 17 teams during the 3 day event so I count myself lucky to have caught one of 'em! Catfish came in droves. Bullheads and Channels both. I'll share my biggest. This guy was obviously enjoying all of the chum I put out for the Carp Nice Yellow Bullhead! This guy behaved himself so well until I went to release him, flopped something fierce and drove his poisonous fins right into my hand. First time I've ever been finned by a catfish! And the largest Brown Bullhead I managed - strangely enough I had more Channel Catfish than Bullheads, which is unusual for this lake. Typically it's 10-1 in favor of the Bullheads!
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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10/15/19 02:24 AM
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banker-always fishing
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Pumpkin Head
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Great post and some solid fish. Those are some FAT Bullheads and Channel Cats. Carp,Bullheads,and Channels. Nice variety!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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#13311994
10/15/19 02:50 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
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TXMulti-Species
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Great post and some solid fish. Those are some FAT Bullheads and Channel Cats. Carp,Bullheads,and Channels. Nice variety! Thanks Banker! I'm a huge fan of the variety, I even kayaked about for a bit to see if I could tempt any Redears to bite but they weren't interested in anything I had to offer
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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#13312085
10/15/19 10:14 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,759
banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Pumpkin Head
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Great post and some solid fish. Those are some FAT Bullheads and Channel Cats. Carp,Bullheads,and Channels. Nice variety! Thanks Banker! I'm a huge fan of the variety, I even kayaked about for a bit to see if I could tempt any Redears to bite but they weren't interested in anything I had to offer I can truly see now who you got your forum name! Keep posting those GREAT catches!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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#13312453
10/15/19 04:44 PM
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Joined: Sep 2017
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pop r
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Great post! Nice fish and its looks like everyone had a blast!
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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#13319906
10/23/19 12:59 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
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Laker One
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As always a TOTALLY AWESOME post! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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#13325107
10/28/19 07:36 PM
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Pot licker
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Great post and pics!
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Re: Mill Creek Cup 2019
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#13325143
10/28/19 08:11 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
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MinMirny
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Tnxsss for great report!
Light tackle carp fishing vet. PB carp: common 27lb - mirror 27.5lb - grassy 42lb - ghost 14lb
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