The not so big carp.
As u may hav read from the western australian, the carp from the margaret river is now long gone. :)
we ended up wacking it with a 120mm gun after hours of intensive searching...
i regret to admit that it's not as big i thought before. i spose i thought it would have grown a bit more. genuinely sorry guys :( it weighed a 6.6 kilos and measured only 72cm
anyway. heres a bit of a recount: After we spotted it, Luke bailed over the side flooding our canoe full of gear. i told him to go quickly and ill get the gear back. i looked over to see him staking the fish with the loaded gun and just as he was in range it turned and began to run, hence the crappy gut shot, haha (i gave him so much crap for that), which is better than spending hours looking for it after it had been spooked. the fish but up a short but tough fight, going ballistic on the water surface. by now i had the gear and canoe ready and it was chucked in as we paddled back feeling stoked...
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carnarvonite
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Mission
Read the newspaper report and heard a bit on the ABC , its been quite a mission to finally get it.
scotto
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cool.
how did it taste?
Man Overboard
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Slightly bony, but was
Slightly bony, but was washed down with a nice bottle of Chianti and some Fava beans.
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sp4lyf
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no way, was it on abc
no way, was it on abc aswell..radio?
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carnarvonite
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End
Just got the end of it around 3.30 =4.00 on the afternoon show.
sp4lyf
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i aint eating anything out
i aint eating anything out of margaret river. even the bream...
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Markie
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Bloody ratz whoever put that
Bloody ratz whoever put that in.
Faulkner Family
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good to see that thing gone.
good to see that thing gone. pests of the waterways
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Dreamtime
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wierd
looks like a lil fat bitch in the second pic, nice work on finally getting it!
sp4lyf
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yeah that's all the hairy
yeah that's all the hairy marron it been eating lol
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flangies
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That is one big orange
That is one big orange crap.
Well done guys on exterminating it, I'm sure there would be more there too though, perhaps you guys have seen a bigger one.
flangies
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That is one big orange
carp ;)
carnarvonite
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Thanks
Many thanks for putting the effort in at other locations mentioned in the radio report getting rid of many other smaller carp over the last four years. That winning the carp catching competition must have been the spark that got you going.
sp4lyf
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um not sure what that comp
um not sure what that comp was, ill ask my mate..hes the one that's been doing it for a few years now, although the day before we netted a dam in cowowamup and scored some nice big fat goldfish...luke is signing up tonight i think...
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soupster51
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Top Work
Great stuff lads. Voluntary community service at its best.
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sp4lyf
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haha there was a bit of
haha there was a bit of incentive in the way of a reward.... but that hasnt arrived yet lol
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Berin
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nailed
Great job guys, get the filthy bloody thing out of there. Did you have a look at its stomach ? Was there any roe ? You should be given a freshwater ticket for life after that.
sp4lyf
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yeah the thing was loaded
yeah the thing was loaded with something that looked like roe but like much bigger eggs...its either that or its been feasting on other native species's eggs..
agreed on the freshwater ticket side of things...
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Well done! What a whoppa
Well done! What a whoppa
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Toby Roe
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I didn’t think that you
I didn’t think that you were allowed to spear in rivers? Did you get special permission or just cross fingers and hope they wouldn’t care for a carp?
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sp4lyf
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yeah guy from the catchment
yeah guy from the catchment group let us do it...u see some interesting stuff on the bottom of the river though
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BlowieMasta
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Legends
So cool.
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onya
Onya fellas, I remember a few weeks ago when you wanted tips to catch it and now you've accomplished it - top work!
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PattyT
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Well done guys!! Doin your
Well done guys!! Doin your bit for the environment :)
lukethom101
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it was hard but it was werth
it was hard but it was werth it in the end.we made the news the paper and the radio