kind of like we feel about the carp.

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11-28-2007, 09:40 AM
SteveJ

kind of like we feel about the carp.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/stor...217425,00.html
11-28-2007, 10:52 AM
zappaf19

I need to go there and fish!
Bill
11-28-2007, 11:22 AM
deathb4disco

Don't knock carp! Some of us LOVE them!
11-28-2007, 11:26 AM
bluegilln

This could present an excellent career opportunity. If the japanese government would supply food, bait, beer and ice I would do every thing I could to bail them out of the horrific situation they are in. If these were all bluegills and not green sunfish we could be talking some bulls. How long is the growing season over there? Hmmmmmm
11-28-2007, 11:28 AM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by bluegilln

This could present an excellent career opportunity. If the japanese government would supply food, bait, beer and ice I would do every thing I could to bail them out of the horrific situation they are in. If these were all bluegills and not green sunfish we could be talking some bulls. How long is the growing season over there? Hmmmmmm

Count me in! Gills and carp rule! :)
11-28-2007, 11:35 AM
Team_Flopeye

Fishing with goldfish is going to kill us here,but noone wants to hear that.

I think they should be outlawed!

Japs dont like bluegills? WOW
11-28-2007, 11:40 AM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by Team_Flopeye

Japs dont like bluegills? WOW

I still remember an old Outdoor Life article about how some people hated fish that others loved. The article started out with a guy who hated smallmouth and trout cause they crowded out his beloved redhorse suckers!

It takes all kinds...:)
11-28-2007, 11:51 AM
SteveJ

deathb4disco, sorry about that, how SOME feel about carp!!!!!!!!!!!!
11-28-2007, 11:56 AM
deathb4disco

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveJ

deathb4disco, sorry about that, how SOME feel about carp!!!!!!!!!!!!

No problem! I'm used to it. :)
11-28-2007, 12:29 PM
Team_Flopeye

I love them for Cut bait for big blues.Caught 4 big blues with on 6 inch carp.Weighed 101lbs for the Wateree tourny win,So carp isnt all bad,and alot of fun to catch on rod and reel.I know where there is a great hoole on wateree for them.
11-28-2007, 02:14 PM
deathb4disco

Check out the results from this carp tourney. The winning team (2 men) had 3,018 pounds (yep -- 1.5 tons) of carp in 50 hours of fishing. And they didn't even weigh fish under 10 pounds!

http://www.acstournaments.com/acs_us...theast_lb.html
11-28-2007, 07:51 PM
panfishing4fun

Beware _____ bearing gifts. You fill in the blank.:rolleyes:
11-28-2007, 09:41 PM
SIMPLEMAN

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Don't knock carp! Some of us LOVE them!

I'M WITH YOU FRIEND, I'VE WON A BUNCH OF MONEY CATCHING OLD BUGLE MOUTH.
11-28-2007, 10:18 PM
john h

carp are for people who cant really fish.. i mean how hard is it to sit there and catch fish with canned corn..we need to trade the carp here for the japanese bluegills
11-29-2007, 11:58 AM
deathb4disco

Quote:

Originally Posted by panfishing4fun

Beware _____ bearing gifts. You fill in the blank.:rolleyes:

Greeks? Relatives?
11-29-2007, 12:14 PM
Illinoisgiller

Interesting post

I have a friend whose son is married to a girl from Japan. He went over to Japan to visit her folks and told me there were small Koi (sp) carp ponds at many of the homes. He said that almost all of them have some bluegill in them and they don't eat them. He said it would be no problem getting permissinn to fish all you wanted. He also said those most of those gills are huge from nibbling on reminates of the feed they give the Koi.
He also reflected that the general feeling there was that gills are trash fish. lol
11-29-2007, 12:14 PM
deathb4disco

Quote:

Originally Posted by john h

carp are for people who cant really fish.. i mean how hard is it to sit there and catch fish with canned corn..

John, I think you're just trying to yank my chain on this, but you obviously don't know what you're talking about (again.)

Since you're in Illinois, you should check out these carp guys. There is nothing unsophisticated about what they do:

http://www.geocities.com/fishcba/

You could watch one of their matches or, better yet, actually fish against them in a match. If you choose the latter, you will finish dead last. I guarantee it.

You could also check out the tackle and tactics of the Illinois CAG. They are planning their 2008 fish-in's as I type:

http://www.carpanglersgroup.com/foru...0&#entry350088

BTW, if you fish against those guys, you will also finish dead last.
11-29-2007, 02:13 PM
deathb4disco

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIMPLEMAN

I'M WITH YOU FRIEND, I'VE WON A BUNCH OF MONEY CATCHING OLD BUGLE MOUTH.

Are you a paylaker?
11-29-2007, 03:11 PM
SteveJ

Now some don't want bass.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...0/ai_n13778800
11-30-2007, 04:41 PM
john h

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

John, I think you're just trying to yank my chain on this, but you obviously don't know what you're talking about (again.)

Since you're in Illinois, you should check out these carp guys. There is nothing unsophisticated about what they do:

http://www.geocities.com/fishcba/

You could watch one of their matches or, better yet, actually fish against them in a match. If you choose the latter, you will finish dead last. I guarantee it.

You could also check out the tackle and tactics of the Illinois CAG. They are planning their 2008 fish-in's as I type:

http://www.carpanglersgroup.com/foru...0&#entry350088

BTW, if you fish against those guys, you will also finish dead last.

lol yeah im just messing, figured id stirr the pot a little and see who bites , but of course site been down 2 days for me...
11-30-2007, 05:17 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by john h

lol yeah im just messing, figured id stirr the pot a little and see who bites

I figured as much, but yesterday was a slow day.;)

And I'm always ready to defend my beloved carp.
11-30-2007, 06:15 PM
ShellQuacker

Couldn't the Japanese just net up the bluegill and sell them to the Chinese? Then they could make something out of it, add lead to it and sell it in the U.S.
Really though, anytime an animal/plant is introduced out of it's native habitat, you run the risk of disaster. One example is the white perch. Eagerly sought after on the East coast, but in the midwest and great lakes, they're considered an exotic invasive pest. Flathead catfish get the same designation in North Carolina.
11-30-2007, 07:58 PM
Jeff213

Yeah we have that problem here in California with Northern Pike. Some idiot put northern pike into a trout lake here which feeds into the California delta. They have spent millions trying to kill the pike and I still don't think they are all dead.
11-30-2007, 08:20 PM
SIMPLEMAN

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Are you a paylaker?

USED TO BE. NOT SO MUCH NOW. COST AROUND $160.00 TO FISH A DAY FOR THE BIG MONEY. THATS MY CRAPPIE BUDGET FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
11-30-2007, 09:33 PM
john h

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

I figured as much, but yesterday was a slow day.;)

And I'm always ready to defend my beloved carp.

i have my main species i like fishing for such as stripers and muskys but many a day carp or buffalos or panfish have saved the day and made a trip worth it
11-30-2007, 11:49 PM
gabowman

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Originally Posted by Team_Flopeye

I love them for Cut bait for big blues.Caught 4 big blues with on 6 inch carp.Weighed 101lbs for the Wateree tourny win,So carp isnt all bad,and alot of fun to catch on rod and reel.I know where there is a great hoole on wateree for them.

Russell is full of carp. I've shot thousands over the years on Russell at night from the boat before I quit shooting fish (too old to really enjoy it anymore).