This sounds like it would be pretty tasty with anything other than carpCornacarpio wrote:
Then pour upon your carp as much claret wine as will only cover him, and season your claret well with salt, cloves, and mace, and the rinds of oranges and lemons; that done, cover your pot and set it on a quick fire till it be sufficiently boiled; then take out the carp and lay it with the broth onto the dish; and pour upon it a quarter of a pound of the best fresh butter, melted and beaten with half a dozen spoonfuls of the broth, the yokes of two or three eggs, and some of the herbs shred; garnish your dish with lemons, and so serve it up, and much good do you.
From The Compleat Angler (1996 edn), p.201
Cornacarpio's Cumulative Carp Culling Caper
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2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Good thread cc took me ages to read it you got some good catches there I did notice towards the end of the thread u don't have as many carp piles maybe your starting to put a dint in there population :thumbsup:
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He is doing a good job that's for sure :thumbsup:Fishomicko wrote:Good thread cc took me ages to read it you got some good catches there I did notice towards the end of the thread u don't have as many carp piles maybe your starting to put a dint in there population :thumbsup:
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There's a couple of reasons for my decline in numbers:
1) The drainage of TNA, which accounted for a lot of my 'mega hauls', and perhaps artificially inflated my carp numbers
2) I don't have as much spare time as I used to, and as a consequence I don't get out for a fish nearly as much as I'd like...
The reason I started 'totalling' the number of Carp I have caught is to show just how prolific they are. As flattering as it is to suggest I have put a dent in their numbers, the reality is I have made no impact. Even if I make a temporary impact, say in TNA, in only takes one big fat Carp to drop a belly full of eggs and the process starts all over again. The only real way to reduce the number of carp is through science - not a rod and reel - such as this new carp virus which has purportedly been trialled.
Anyway, thanks for reading my thread. I try to make it both informing and entertaining
1) The drainage of TNA, which accounted for a lot of my 'mega hauls', and perhaps artificially inflated my carp numbers
2) I don't have as much spare time as I used to, and as a consequence I don't get out for a fish nearly as much as I'd like...
The reason I started 'totalling' the number of Carp I have caught is to show just how prolific they are. As flattering as it is to suggest I have put a dent in their numbers, the reality is I have made no impact. Even if I make a temporary impact, say in TNA, in only takes one big fat Carp to drop a belly full of eggs and the process starts all over again. The only real way to reduce the number of carp is through science - not a rod and reel - such as this new carp virus which has purportedly been trialled.
Anyway, thanks for reading my thread. I try to make it both informing and entertaining
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Like this one cc
Caught in the Nicholson river a few weeks ago. We didn't measure it as we didn't want it stinking out the boat. Was a monster. Taking on a plastic with 3lb braid 4lb leader-
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That's a stonker mate :thumbsup:Keenfisho wrote:Like this one ccCaught in the Nicholson river a few weeks ago. We didn't measure it as we didn't want it stinking out the boat. Was a monster. Taking on a plastic with 3lb braid 4lb leader
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Cornacarpio has moved west side (the west side is the best side, or so I am told).
I began my first westside fishing adventure yesterday at Cherry Lake (Altona) in picture perfect conditions. I was getting bites straight away, but couldn't manage to hook anything. Just about every time I decided to leave I would get a really good bite and end up staying for 'just 10 more minutes'. I managed to hook two and lost a 1/2 pounder right on the bank...but failed to land a single one. I didn't know whether to be disappointed or encouraged when I left - encouraged because I was getting bites and should have caught two fish or disappointed because I didn't catch any.
Today I was determined to make amends and headed back out to the exact same spot I was yesterday. It was a few degrees warmer than the day before, but unfortunately it was blowing a gale and made it difficult to determine if I was getting bites or not. I didn't have to wait long before my rod bent over with gusto. On the end of it was a nice little carp of around 40cm, and unlike yesterday, I managed to successfully bring this one to shore. Just like yesterday as well, when I decided to leave I got another really good bite. On the end of this was something a little more substantial - a very pallid looking carp pushing the 60cm mark.
I was very happy getting two today after doughnutting yesterday on debut at Cherry Lake. And with that I'm declaring the 2016/17 carp season officially open!
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2016/17 Total: 2 (Cumulative Total: 1438)
I began my first westside fishing adventure yesterday at Cherry Lake (Altona) in picture perfect conditions. I was getting bites straight away, but couldn't manage to hook anything. Just about every time I decided to leave I would get a really good bite and end up staying for 'just 10 more minutes'. I managed to hook two and lost a 1/2 pounder right on the bank...but failed to land a single one. I didn't know whether to be disappointed or encouraged when I left - encouraged because I was getting bites and should have caught two fish or disappointed because I didn't catch any.
Today I was determined to make amends and headed back out to the exact same spot I was yesterday. It was a few degrees warmer than the day before, but unfortunately it was blowing a gale and made it difficult to determine if I was getting bites or not. I didn't have to wait long before my rod bent over with gusto. On the end of it was a nice little carp of around 40cm, and unlike yesterday, I managed to successfully bring this one to shore. Just like yesterday as well, when I decided to leave I got another really good bite. On the end of this was something a little more substantial - a very pallid looking carp pushing the 60cm mark.
I was very happy getting two today after doughnutting yesterday on debut at Cherry Lake. And with that I'm declaring the 2016/17 carp season officially open!
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2016/17 Total: 2 (Cumulative Total: 1438)
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Great report mate & good to see another couple of mudsuckers gone. :thumbsup:
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Love your work CC, cheers davo :thumbsup:
It's an exhilarating feeling catching a fish
But it's an even better feeling releasing them
But it's an even better feeling releasing them