So you still didn't see us fishing again......

[Ketchup]

Mocarp.  Im not picking here, but a serious question.  Are any of the photos you have posted on this site of carp being caught, of you?  Just curious what a die hard carp fisherman looks like VS us die hard bass guys. 

[Blazerman]

14 hours ago, Old plug said:

They are going to fish come He-- or high water for whatever there's to fish for.  They have been driven to fish by some mysterious force ever since they were very young and  discovered water and the fish there in.                     

Old Plug, a lot of what you post is hard to understand but this sentence is 100% true.

[oneshot]

Ok first I will not denie  a Carp don't fight but they are hard to fix to eat. I fish and Hunt to eat meat so I go with the easier.

I would rather catch Suckers over anything, then Catfish, then Crappie and Bluegill. Use to go Snagging for Spoonbill but found I really don't care for eating them.

oneshot

[MoCarp]

11 hours ago, Old plug said:

   After reading the above. I got to tell you, if your for real your not going to impress anyone with your ability to handle large fish on Large rods with very heavy line. You also.should be careful about telling folks a lot of your rods get snatched away by these big powerful fish. it sort of  makes you look very amateurish. My son has caught a couple of 100 lb sharks fishing off the beach in Florida on 30 lb test. He may well had 300. yrd out before the battle was over but he worked the fish. I do not think you know what that means. I would advise you not to think for a minute your going to educate many on here in the art of Carp fishing. either. I am pretty sure most of them have been there and done that many years ago with anything you can tell them. They are what I call real fishermen. They are going to fish come He-- or high water for whatever there's to fish for.  They have been driven to fish by some mysterious force ever since they were very young and  discovered water and the fish there in. So be careful when addressing these guys.                             

1st fish I ever landed on euro gear was a 56# black drum caught in Mobile Bay (grew up there) no-one would question the power of a big common carp, I typically use 20# berkley big game line in green, sometimes 15#  growing up fishing the gulf I wouldn't call that heavy line....the carp gear used is so not what people think, the long rods are needed for the tasks they are required to do, like chunking a 3oz lead with a PVA chum stick attached at 3x the distance of your longest typical bass cast...I have landed some nice sized fish in heavy current below Truman dam on the same gear(see spoonbill below) saw a guy once have a bass reel yanked off  his rod once trashing the reel seat at Truman on a 30# buffalo (they are not as strong as a common IMHO) because he used heavy test braid and the drag was set too tight

10 hours ago, Deadstream said:

        2006.  12 years ago.       

yes it was, still the fact he landed a fish during a big tourney and won $250,000 bucks...isn't that a kick in the nads?

5 hours ago, Ketchup said:

Mocarp.  Im not picking here, but a serious question.  Are any of the photos you have posted on this site of carp being caught, of you?  Just curious what a die hard carp fisherman looks like VS us die hard bass guys. 

see if I can dredge up a few sorry I am not as photogenic as most, and wish I had more current photos, but health issues have kept me from living life as I would prefer, but I am tall/fat/ and make fish look tiny... a bass that looks 12# with Jimmy Houston looks like a 2#er with me,

I don't think its fair to label anyone on how capable they are by how they appear     at first glance Steven Hawking would not seem to be the brilliant astrophysicist that he is

.the older I get the more old sayings ring true the "never judge a book by it's cover" pops in my head.

Most anglers if they fish enough, will by chance catch a carp fishing for bass/trout/panfish/catfish and most will fight the fish for a while before they even see it, thinking MAN this has to be the record bass/trout/panfish/catfish, then after a long fight see its "just a carp"     as life clicks by, the memories of those really great fights stay with you, far more than that 5 pound bass or 3# trout, 

Once an angler gets to the point fishing isn't about dinner, or getting a pat on the back (atta boys) it becomes about the enjoyment of the experience, the challenge, the beauty of the surroundings, I read once that fishing solo all alone, no-one to be seen was a way to commune with your own soul. Oddly when I was at University,  considering my Major was biological Sciences, we still were required to take a core of classes to shape our experiences in the human condition, now decades later the classes that  effected me the most are of literature and poetry,

many fishing quotes come to mind heres a link to a few, second link is Hemingway's old man and the sea, a great read later in an angler's life than early, perhaps thats why we feel compelled to share and pass on the experience of being fishermen?

I have been blessed to have traveled and fished caught many large fish of numerous species-   for whatever reason, people feel compelled to discourage people about carp fishing, and to disparage and question my character,  yet when people do, it serves to peak peoples interests in fishing for carp and for that its worth the hassle 

Cheers

Mo

https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/2016/06/49-best-fishing-quotes-all-time#page-30 <--quotes about fishing

https://la.utexas.edu/users/jmciver/Honors/Fiction 2013/Hemmingway_The Old Man and the Sea_1952.pdf <--Hemingway's old man and the sea

 

 

[Ketchup]

Good looking fish. Just to be clear, i was not asking to give ammo to myself or anyone else. Just asking if any of those you posted were of yourself. Your correct in that the looks of an individual has no impact on my thinking of them. I could care less personally. If your an avid fisherman "any species" then we will get along. 

Your comment about hooking a carp, or any other fish for that matter that fights hard, then we get a look at it, and it isnt our species of choice, my thought is always what you said, another dang drum. I do enjoy the fight of any fish, including those junk fish.  

Thznks for showing us some of your catches. 

[fishinwrench]

Ain't no denying, the boy can catch'em.  🤳👍

[Johnsfolly]

4 hours ago, Ketchup said:

I do enjoy the fight of any fish, including those junk fish.

I don't believe that there are any junk fish. Like you I love the tug of a fish regardless of size or species.

MoCarp - thanks for posting more photos. I am envious of the buffalo. I have not caught any species of buffalo, Yet!

[BilletHead]

26 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

I don't believe that there are any junk fish. Like you I love the tug of a fish regardless of size or species.

MoCarp - thanks for posting more photos. I am envious of the buffalo. I have not caught any species of buffalo, Yet!

       Throw a tiny, tiny jig in the spring or the tail race below dams. If you really want to just catch them put on a lead slab spoon and snag then in the same tailrace,

BilletHead Been there done that and witnessed others doing the same. At the same place MoCarp has these photos taken. I am sure some of the same years MoCarp was there. i am surprised we did not cross paths, actually we may of ,

BilletHead

[Johnsfolly]

12 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

       Throw a tiny, tiny jig in the spring or the tail race below dams. If you really want to just catch them put on a lead slab spoon and snag then in the same tailrace,

BilletHead Been there done that and witnessed others doing the same. At the same place MoCarp has these photos taken. I am sure some of the same years MoCarp was there. i am surprised we did not cross paths, actually we may of ,

BilletHead

I have just not had the success that I would have liked fishing below the dams. I have fished at least one spot where MOCarp caught at least one of fish in his buffalo photos. Its hard to go and not catch fish with the limited time that I have to catch the variety of species that I like to chase all year. Maybe I need a western MO guide to give me onsite pointers .

[MoCarp]

spent a lot of time at Truman, chasing walleyes, but you catch everything, a 2 oz slab spoon drifted in the current catches everything, that spoonbill was hooked in the mouth, hook must have drifted in when its mouth was open, 1st fish I caught that day, thing jumped 3 times, had to rest after that one, and my wrist hurt all day after it,...somewhere i have some big hybrids we caught up there