ving Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Campbelltown catch a carp comp is on today... in 50 mins! be there of be square! http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/CatchACarp I bought a new rod when i went to pejar and havent caught a fish since. I hope today is the day i break the drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Mr swordfisherman loves his carp fishing! I'm sure he'll be the first one there this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 damn, wish i had known about this earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 shame this didn't go up earlier Reggie The Rabbit mentioned it a few months ago to me next year we should make an FR team good luck ving by the way Scratchie he did mention something about going carp fishing last night ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ving Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I only caught one... at a measly 25cm. :/ the record for the day was an absolute monster tho. looked to be 80cm or more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 What were people using to catch them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Reggie and wife caught 3 and the winner caught 18 apparently mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Fiona and I spent a great morning at the Campbelltown catch a carp day. We joined a large crowd, heaps of kids mums and dads and grand parents all doing their bit to rid Eaglevale pond of smelly carp. What a nice way to spend our Anniversary. Fishing started at 7.00am and ended at 11.00am. The first 2 hours were slow a couple of bites. Then we changed bait from corn to garden worms within 15 minutes I landed 2 carp approx. 50cm and Fiona got one the same size. The biggest fish went 63cm and lots of small fish caught. Rotary Club supplied the BBQ, council did a great job. Everybody had fun good to see so many children out in the sun having a good time. The pond is open to fish only one day a year for this event .All fish were collected by the council . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Does anyone know the story of how the carp got there in the first place? Were they stocked? Sent from my GT-I8730T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 O.k wasn't aware of that, I lived in eaglevale nearly 30 years ago and fished that that "duck pond" then with a mate when we were 10yrs old and use to get some massive carp, eels and even the odd turtle on bread baits. We let them all go as we didn't know any better. We would build rafts out of old timber and drums which we found around where the old squash courts used to be and camp out on the island. The pond was always full of dumped cars, rubbish, trolleys etc and we even managed to hook and pull up an old posties bike. Sent from my GT-I8730T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Had a crack myself couldn't raise a scale in between untangling my gear due to some wild casting from others using massive sinkers.Pulled the pin at 8.30am did see some interesting bi-catch such as nike runners,complete skateboard and a tv ariel.Good to see some raiders get amongst it though must have worked hard for the fish with so many lines in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Roosterone we must have been near you I saw the skate board and the antenna l come out of the water. As in my report we caught nil until I changed bait to garden worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 They should have the next one over at Rosemeadow.....There's more carp in there than at Eaglevale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I think they have one at Camden every year as well at the farm I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Reggie glad you did well didn't take worms as I thought it was corn only.Had some Berkley earth worms in the jars on me but got out of there as my location became impossibly crowded.Never tried these berkley worms has anyone found them any good they look very life like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Mate of mine uses the berkley worms for any natives that normally eat worms like bass perch cod ect he also gets trout and redfin on them as for carp. Mate they will eat anything spam corn bread dough cheese salami ham squid chilli semi cooked vegetables of any kind they are the best at what they do which is take rubbish items and turn it into protien Agree with this one...........Saw an old bloke near Bathurst catch them on a cigarette butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ving Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 yeah it was a good day all up. i only had corn and a bit of bread... I think i need to try something more exotic next time. Just hate spending too much money on carp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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