queensland Carping the Albert

[loomis]

Spent last Monday afternoon in the yak chasing some Bass...With a front coming in, thunder off in the distance and the odd patch of drizzle things were not looking good, however it sure beats working!

It didnt take long for the first Bass to come aboard suprisingly. A fat and feisty model in the mid 30s'...hit hard...played dirty! What more could a man ask for?

But as it turned out that was it for the Bass...so I started targetting Carp...on lure! Throughout the time I have discovered what leads to a good carp hideout. So I went looking. By the end of the day I had caught 5 of the buggers, all on lure. A TN50 actually, but dont tell Lake Police that else I will be shot as I dont think jerkbaits were invented for Carp.

The smallest was about 30cm, but the largest went 68cm and pulled like a train...for a noxious pest, they are a barrel of fun!

Heres another loomis production...No Bass this time, its all carp!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CgzYOGKlak

Enjoy!

[brisfisher]

yeh the alberts full of em,good on you 4 doin ur bit n on lures too...congrats mate.thought of producing a dvd?

[fishyman]

holy .......

lol love it mate

[ellicat]

Some fun action there loomis. Good one.

[rayke1938]

Thanks great footage.

Cheers

Ray

[Shrimpo]

U should pour petrol on the carp and light on fire.... They love it

Seriously thats cool footage their, Whats ure setup for the camera?

[Cowfish13]

Awesome video:cheer: and love the commentry:lol:

Great work:)

[Bommie]

great stuff Loomis, and the other vids

[Plastic Man]

top video mate and i was looking at your others awesome mate just awesome

[Brian D]

I'm still watching but how cool - love the method of disposal and the burial.

[Brian D]

I bet the one that broke your net copped a floggin :S hhaha great stuff.

[pinkey]

thats sweet man. I love how they were grabbing your lures a second after it hit the water, Ther must of been shag loads.

[Dazzamcgee]

Carp :laugh: well done mate well done!!

Cool vid mate!

[Cowfish13]

Just watched it again. That's awesome. Gonna have to give the Albert a go some time:)

Also noticed that you're a really accurate caster

[Angus]

Mate have you considered coming on the AFO Kayak camp?

That footage is awesome!

Angus

[EMP]

Great stuff, Loomis.

It's so good I'll watch it again.

EMP

[Terry H]

Top stuff loomis.

Who's keen to show me the albert? Looks like a pretty hot fishing spot.

[Mack_attack]

great video loved it

What weight line/leader do u use?

[loomis]

Angus: Whats the AFO kayak camp? I will look around the site as I am sure there are detials somewhere.

Mack: I use 6lb mainline and 10lb leader on all of my gear...I used to use heavier but I really dont see the need. I have used this gear in the Clarence River, Somerset Dam, Lake MacDonald (before the flood) and all the other big Bass haunts without a problem.

Sure I may get stitched up every now and again, but thats all part of fishing...have to give the Bass a fighting chance at least.

[Angus]

Loomis: Hey mate check the section of the forum called "Fishing Events": there is an thread about it in there.

Alternatively there is a press release on the front page of the site It has a link the thread anyway.

Cheers mate.

Angus

[MentallyUnsound]

Well done Loomis, great video and some awsome big carp you pulled up. How far up the Albert was that, of course i understand if its a spot 'X'

Cheers Dave

[loomis]

Theres carp throughout the entire Albert system...these ones were pulled from above the Weir. But the giants are right up in the headwaters.

[Do$tylz]

HAhaha.. love the method of termination. The landing net company should use that in their advertising as a "feature" of their product.

[werewolf]

Wow finally watched the video. Sweet as!

[STU]

Loomis very impressed with the footage and your fish just checked them all out

[TONYMONTANA0]

wow!!!

I just showed this video to the forum of my friends- fishermen in Poland. They were surprised you treated carp like this

Everybody knows the reason why. But you know- in Poland there are different clubs and many people who only fishing the carps. 10-20 kilos each one and next release so when they saw you killing small carp with your net and put in the ground- they were disguisted ))

in Poland we have got only 4 real warm months thats why it is not enough for carp to increase population in the wild lakes and we haven't got so many. people even buy carps and put them to the lakes. here is opposite- nobody wants it for free and take out of lakes

[TONYMONTANA0]

and can u show me exactly where 'the Albert' is?

any map or sth???

I like fishing carps but never used lures

[werewolf]

Tony, its certainly a different story on the other side of the world! Its actually ILLEGAL to not kill them over here as they are a declared introduced noxious pest.

[Brian D]

TONYMONTANA0 wrote:

wow!!!

so when they saw you killing small carp with your net and put in the ground- they were disguisted ))

I laughed my guts out, thought it was sooo funny. I let a bass go with the tender loving care of my first born but the carp get the knife [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P3240019_AFO.jpg

[loomis]

A picture that says a thousand words...

die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die...I am sure you guys get the idea.

[flatty_catcher]

good fooatage, very entertaining..

damm shame though, that those carp have moved in to that river like that.

they take over the river and push the natives out real quick

Dan

[mangler]

Bloody carp, they're everywhere, ruining our waterways.

Just gotta convince everyone to go out and buy some Charlie Carp for their gardens! http://www.charliecarp.com/