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Carp Venues World Wide
This list of carp venues
all over the World is only the beginning of a project, that problably never can
be completed - but to get anywhere, there has to be a start - howevwer humble it
may be. This is a kind of
work, that can't succeed without the assistance of carpanglers from all around
the globe - because it simply will be an impossible task for one man to collect
usefull key information on such a huge amount of venues.
I depend on your help in return of the help you will probalbly find in the
www.carphunters.com
pages.
Please share your information on carp venues in your country - or in foreign
parts of the World, that you have payed a visit and fished. Maybe you have
second hand informations to share as well?
- Let me know in
info@carphunters.com
- and if you can provide a few pictures of good carp and/or the water in
question - even better!
Kenth Esbensen,
Copenhagen, Denmark,
april 18. 2007
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Marocco:
Probably not many european anglers know this, but
just on the other side of the Gibraltar, carpfishing in the way we know it has
been developing during several years now. Also very big barbel closely related
to the iberian species are present in maroccan waters.
Old french angling books mention 20 kg+ carp to be present in mountain lakes.
These carp are reputed to be fighting even harder than the french carp. The last
few years have seen an increased international interrest in the waters of this country - and
several tour operators now market package tours to Marocco.
There is a closed season from 17. february to 19. of
may 2007 - and this year it will be inforced, which has never really
been the case previous years.
Aguelmame Azigza
This 45 ha. lake is
reputed to hold carp to 20 kg+ - and also big pike. >Carpe
Magazine no. 21, 1994<
Aguelmame Sidi Ali
Big carp to 15 kg+
are present in this 260 ha. lake, also reknowned for big zander and pike. >Carpe
Magazine no. 21, 1994<
Al Massira reservoir
This 4000 ha. lake is
the biggest in Marocco, and both mirror and common carp to 20 kg+ are present.
Really big black bass to 5 kg has been caught. >Carpe
Magazine no. 21, 1994<
Bin El Ouidane lake
This lake is reputed
to hold the big barbel, Barbus varicorinthus, of which a specimen of
impressive 24,3 kg has been reported from here! >Carpe
Magazine no. 21, 1994<
It's also on this huge
reservoir of 17 km in length, 4 km across at its widest part and with countless
deep bays, covering in all in the region of 3700 hectares, that carpfishing have
found a replacement of legendary Sarulesti lake.
Dutch, german and french anglers have done extremely well the past last few
years. Many impressive braces of big mirrors, linears and commons to well over
20 kg have been caught by pioneering anglers.
Lake record on the rod is a mirror of 27,5 kg - which is expected to fall every
day now, as both 35 kg+ and a 40 kg+ carp have been landed in a net and weighed
before wittnesses. No doubts, we have yet to see, what this new, still quite
virgin, top venue have to offer - and no talking about the huge barbel have been
mentioned lately - they should also end up on the unhooking mat of a lucky
carpangler some day to come!
Several tour guides
operate on the lake now. >Média
Carpe no. 75, may-june 2007<
Daourat
reservoir
>Carpe Magazine
no. 21, 1994<
Dayat El Roumi lake.
This 90 ha lake some 180 km
from Casablanca is well stocked with small carp. >Carpe
Magazine no. 21, 1994<
Dayat Ifrah lake
>Carpe Magazine
no. 21, 1994<
South-Africa:
Donaldson damm
More info: e-mail holidays@anglinglines.com
>Internet, www.anglinglinesholidays.com,
2005<
Grassmere
More info: e-mail holidays@anglinglines.com
>Internet, www.anglinglinesholidays.com,
2005<
Klasserie damm
More info: e-mail holidays@anglinglines.com
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2005<
Magalies river
Mirror carp are
present in this river in the North West province.
>www.amsbowfishing.com<
Snagmere damm
More info: e-mail holidays@anglinglines.com
>Internet, www.anglinglinesholidays.com,
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Canada:
St. Lawrence
river
More info: e-mail holidays@anglinglines.com
>Internet, www.anglinglinesholidays.com,
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USA:
Concho river,
The carp are chased with bow and
arrow here! Fish to 30 lbs+ >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Flint river,
Georgia
The carp and grasscarp are chased with bow and arrow here! Some are huge!
>www.amsbowfishing.com<
Lake Amstad,
Texas
The carp are chased with bow and
arrow here! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Lake Murray
The carp are chased with bow and
arrow here - and in huge sizes too! Big kois apparently also present. >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Lake St. Clair
The carp are chased with bow and
arrow here! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Lake Texoma,
Buffalo carp are
present here. The carp are chased with bow and arrow! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Lake Wood
River,
Texas
Very big grasscarp to 40 lbs at least present here. They are chased with bow
and arrow here! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Moses Lake,
Washington
The carp are chased with bow and arrow here! Big
ones to 40 lbs+ too .... >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Platte river,
Denver
The carp are chased with bow and arrow here! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Snake river,
Idaho
The carp are chased with bow and arrow here! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
St. Lawrence
river
More info: e-mail
holidays@anglinglines.com
>Internet, www.anglinglinesholidays.com,
2005<
Susquehanna
River
The carp are chased with bow and
arrow here! >www.amsbowfishing.com<
Town Lake, Austin, Texas
Impressive amounts of very big varp of 30 - 50 lbs
have been caught from the miles of banks available on this venue. Several
record fish caught here were rewarded
in 2004 - see this:
PRESS RELEASE
Austin Lake Produces Big Fish Awards for Carp Anglers
Bartlesville OK --- Town Lake in the heart of Austin is 2-0 when it comes
to the keenest location for huge carp in the state of Texas. The Oklahoma
based American Carp Society bestows their Big Fish Award only twice a year
- and both times, Town Lake was the location where trophy carp were landed
in 2004.
Houston resident Richard Somerville and his fishing partner Keith Melrose
headed out for a leisurely New Year's Eve fishing trip to the Colorado
River fed lake never thinking the day would end with national honors. Both
anglers are members of the American Carp Society (ACS) which makes their
catches eligible for entry in the association's bi-annual contests.
Somerville is an accomplished carp angler who hails originally from
Nottingham, England. His talents are well-known in the carp fishing
community. It came as no surprise to those who know Somerville that his
skill and knowledge of this sport would one day bring him such recognition.
According to American Carp Society director, David Moore, Somerville cut
it close with his fish being recorded on the last day of the six-month
competition.
"Richard is amazing," adds Moore. "I believe he had over
fifty 30-pound-plus carp logged in his fishing diary in 2004. To catch a
contest winning 35-pound, 2-ounce carp on the last day of eligibility was
just the best way to end the year. We're thrilled to honor him with the
Second Season Big Fish Award."
Somerville joins fellow ACS member, Tommy Robinson of Baltimore, Maryland
who won the First Season Big Fish Award for his 45-pounder-plus during the
first half of 2004. The two ACS member anglers who
exemplify the tenets of the organization and land qualifying trophy fish
are awarded $500 each.
Carp are a major sport fish in Europe, and the carp angling craze is
starting to pick up momentum in the United States and Canada. The American
Carp Society was founded to promote and provide education about catch and
release carp angling. The organization teaches ecological conservation of
the carp species and its environs.
ACS is hosting the World Carp Championship to the St. Lawrence River in
Northern New York State in June 2005. Traditionally held in Europe, this
will be the first time the competition has traveled to North America. The
championship brings world class carp anglers from around the globe to
compete for big prizes and big carp with record breaking carp prizes of up
to $1 million.
Representing the American Carp Society -
Kathleen Kelly |
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