Carp in the news

A British angler has caught what is believed to be a world record carp.

The giant fish tipped the scales at 99lbs – just 1lb short to the 'holy grail' 100lb weight that every carp angler across the world dreams of catching.

LINK (Via: The Daily Mail)

Meanwhile Britain mourns the loss of yet another famous, albeit not to bright, carp.

British fishing enthusiasts are mourning the death of a 52-pound leather carp that was caught and set free an estimated 1,000 times during its lifetime.

She was the Dame Judi Dench of the fish world," said Ben Weir of Angler's Mail magazine.

LINK (Via: Field and Stream)

Sacrecarp!

French photographer and biologist Laurent Ballesta captures the hour- long battle between a 15kg (33lb) carp and his brother at a small lake near Montpellier in southern France.

LINK (Via: The Guardian Weekly)

Sept Slab of the Month Entry: European Carp

Our words couldn't possibly do this justice, so I'm just gonna copy and paste the email we received:

Hello, this big carp did I catch on the fly in shallow water in the Netherlands. The fly was a salmon egg imitation. The fish was very strong on my 7 wt TFO rod.
 
Greetings,

Sjoerd Siemensma