The old and the new world record common carp

Here is a twango slide show of 10 photos, 5 of the old World record common Carp caught by Christian Finkelde on 25th of October 2005 and weighing 34.65 kg (76.7lbs)
and the new World record Common Carp captured by Dieter Markus Stein on the 17th December 2006 at 38.15 (83.93) both were caught from waters in Germany. Could they be the same fish? comments appreciated.




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New World Record Common Carp at 38.15kg

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The world record common Carp was hooked and landed on December the 17th 2006 by Dieter Markus Stein, fishing a German water.




The weigh in of the fish was witnessed by 14 different people from local Carp fishing clubs.




Dieter had targeted this fish as his target for 2007 but a short trip to the water gave him this stunning common as an early Christmas present.





Dieter was fishing with the new Vpop popups in white glugged in Carptrak amino dip, both from Imperial Baits.












Thanks to carp GPS, fish madrid, carpones and imperial baits.


Would you like to see photos and videos of the World Record Mirror Carp?

What happens when you get the camera angle just right?

Thought these were worth sharing....

Thanks to Ryan Wagner for the link.

A broken resolution and photo shop antics

I had made a new year resolution to go fishing, sometime after Christmas and through the New Year, but somewhere in between all the feasting and fun a plan started to form and the fishing trip was put to the side.

I think the impetuous of the plan came from a phone call around the 29th of December. The insurance company wanted to book an appointment for the plasterer and painter to come in and fix up my cellar, flooded the month before in torrential rain, whilst I was flooded out in my Bivvy on the Ebro. Read that story here.

I had recently gutted the damp cellar and chucked out all my water ruined possessions in what turned out to be a rather depressing few days work. The cellar is accessed from my back garden patio, down a set of twisting stairs and through a door into an area of around 3 meters by 4. Perhaps seeing the cellar empty for the first time germinated the seed that grew swiftly over the next couple of days into a short idea and finally now on the 5th of January, two insurance paid workmen are plastering and painting my project into reality.

An Underground Photo Studio, or the Studio, as I hope I will fondly call it in the near future as I snap away at another batch of items ready for uploading to eBay.

For over a year now I had realized that my amateurish photo skills and almost complete ignorance in the Photoshop department were holding me back. So whilst I can hear the scrape of plaster applied to brick and the reassuring noises of workmen creating, I'm going to do a bit of surfing and see if I can learn some new photo editing tricks.

This video is inspirational.

Customer service is the driving force for Carpones

I was sitting here, in front of the computer, daydreaming about big fish... yes I know... so I decided to start the new year the way I would like it to continue - being by the water with a chance of a big fish.

"Where and when" are two questions Ive yet to answer, but I did realize that the "with what?" question needed answering pretty quick. My last trip to the Ebro had all but wiped out my bait supply, so with all the nightmares of Xmas post coupled with living in the sticks of Spain, right down here in Marbella, I knew I needed to get an order placed pretty quick.

A short email to Andy Mac, a new friend Ive made through blogging. (Andy writes the blog Fish Madrid and its a must read if your planning on fishing around the Madrid area) Andy gave me the contact details of a mate of his called Paco who had recently set up www.carpones.com so I thought Id give it a try.

Its not often that I´m truly impressed with customer service in Spain, we kind of get used to the Spanish "manana" attitude and when a really great customer service experience happens it feels all the more special for being so unique.

I placed the order on Friday night and paid by paypal on the Saturday. Every step of the order process was confirmed by email and Monday afternoon the bait arrived by courier. Cant beat that! Gracias Paco!

His shop is easy to navigate as long as you can find your way in, the "Tienda" link underneath the navigation box on the right side of the screen for non Spanish speakers. Once in, its straightforward enough for anyone to find what they want. There is a great selection of bait from all the top names and plenty of tackle.

Paco speaks English so if your thinking of coming over on a fishing holiday why not drop him an email and see if he could deliver to your holiday destination. Im sure Ill be doing that myself in the future.

Fishing book and gift store My Bivvy

With Christmas just around the corner find the perfect gift for the fisherman in your family at My Bivvy. We have some of the cheapest prices on the web and a fantastic selection for any angler. Click on the picture above to go to our shop.