[Tom H]

Cliff, They always said, "where there's a will, there's a way" Of course you do know that you've got half the carvers on this board jealous.

Tom H

[Colin_Partridge]

Where's my rod heck I know its around here somewhere. Now if the wife would just let me out for a few hours. I agree Cliff lot of fun to catch and you and I think alike remove the hook and release. I do that even with the rainbow I catch. Nice fish sir thanks for sharing.
Colin

[Iowa Carver]

Hey looks good there Cliff. I am no stranger to those carp. I put one back about 6 years ago that was 40 some inches long and forget what the girth was. We took the measurements to the DNR at the time and it was close to a state record at the time. I have a photo somewhere around here. Talk about a stinking mess. If it hadn't been in the early spring and the water was cold I would never have gotten him to the shore.. he would have taken the reel to then end and then been gone. It was fun!
Nice job bud! Now get back to carving!
Corey

[tucker1931]

Hey Mark, man, them's some big 'uns for sure. I.ve seen pix of them but ain't nothin that big around here. Bigest catfish I've caught was only 13 lbs and that was like hookin up to somebody's rear bumper. Hey Colin, come on down, carve me up a tree and catch some fish as well, deal or no deal.
Cliff

[gene messer]

Cliff ... great catch .. not much to eat .. but nice prize ..

Gene

[Jim-Iowa]

Funny it's almost a secret society "those of us who fish for Carp".
I have never understood why some folks would spend big money to go to Florida and fish for Tarpon and Bonefish for sport, but won't go a few miles down to the nearest mudhole and fish for Carp for sport?
Carpin & Carving sounds like a perfect day!
Nice Going Cliff.

[Mike_B-NY]

Congrats on the catch Cliff.

I heard of a great Scandinavian recipe for carp... something about hanging it in the sun for a week tacked to a shingle. Then you throw away the fish and eat the shingle!

Great way to combine the hobbies.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

LOL Mike.............ha ha ha

[sccarnes]

cliff,
and i thought i would get a picture of me next to my pool and carving, can't beat your back yard, used to have one like that , nice fish, alto we didn't call them fish where i grew up,
mike is that shingle with or with out tarter sauce, when the sun shines carvers will play.
SAM

[Mike_B-NY]

SAM,

Probably just a nice fondu

-Mike B.->