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It's almost a shame I will have to leave to hunt in Africa with the great carp shooting right now. I was so anxious to get on the water after being away on business a few days that I went out for three hours on a local lake and shot some. Here are a couple photos of the better ones. The biggest was 19lb.10oz.

I had a very large carp in(on) the boat, likely near 30lbs. I used the net to get him in. While standing on my shooting platform I had the arrow out and the fish was a little large for the net. So while getting that slimey bugger out he slid off the deck and back into the lake.

Live and learn, no more arrow removal on the shooting platform, all get "un-stuck" on the floor of the boat now! What a shame, easily my biggest fish of the year and never able to weigh him!

See, ......even a guy like me with 1000's of big fish to my credit can be a complete idiot once in a while!



Looking behind me you can see the platform I shoot from. I also added a bow holder and a mtn bike waterbottle holder.

My foot operated trolling motor up on the platform makes this inexpensive 15 foot aluminum boat quite the functional carp hunting machine! I'll get a few photos posted of the night hunting arangement. with the little honda generator and the halogen lights.

It's almost a shame I will have to leave to hunt in Africa with the great carp shooting right now.




That is a shame. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I tell you what, Jim. You stay here and I will go in your place!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I suppose you could not see the humor in that statement?

Just a funny side note, on the way home from LA yesterday afternoon the two guys seated behind me were commenting in great detail on the things they would like to do to the flight attendant. Who by the way was a gift from God.

The amusing part about this is that they were speaking in Afrikaans. I let them go for a while and about the mid point of the flight I asked them If they wanted me to introduce them to her. I said that in English, They looked a bit perplexed as if they might have been talking in English and not realized it. Then in Afrikaans I said they should be much more careful about who they speak about in Afrikaans! You never know who might understand you!

They were freaking stunned! When the flight landed they wanted to buy me a drink and were really friendly. Turns out they were RSA dentists coming to the USA looking for work. My Afrikaans must be pretty good as they asked how long I had been living in the USA to have lost my Afrikaaner Accent!

Did I mention that the flight attendant was an angel sent from heaven?

Why am I getting visions of that blonde from one of the Lethal Weapon movies? You know, the South African...

If she looks like that, and judges "activities" by innings, y'all both stay here and I'LL go... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Never mind the carp.

Test those Fusion bullets for us!

The Fusions will be tested when I get to Africa! The priority now is sticking carp. It's a sick addiction I have to get in as much of as I can before I have to leave!

Here are a few more from Saturday