[Guest]

Did you guys see someone just broke the state record for common carp on the s. platte near henderson. The thing was hudge I saw a picture of it at the tackle shop on wads and 58th I think it was somewhere around 45 lbs. the guy at the shop said it had scales the size of half dollars!

 

[fishingkats]

i thought the state record was at 50 #

 

[Guest]

No the record was 35lbs 5 oz according to the DOW
http://wildlife.state.co.us/fishing/Awards_and_Records/weight_records.asp
Another guy in Arvad caught a 35 lb grass carp at apond up there somewhere and he do nated it to a resturant where the chef said it was some of the best tasting fish he has eaten? He must not of tried crappie or walleye before.

 

[Guest]

Another guy in Arvad caught a 35 lb grass carp at apond up there somewhere and he do nated it to a resturant where the chef said it was some of the best tasting fish he has eaten? He must not of tried  crappie or walleye before.

Hahaha. He probably didn't!

 

[Guest]

No really I read the story in the Arvada community news paper they show him holding the thing like a king salmon.

 

[Mattsabasser]

Holy cow check this out!

http://www.jeffconews.com/

August 04, 2005
Royal "Puddin" Weddingfeld isn't the only Arvada resident with a fish story.

For Arvada resident Adam Lamkin, it was a tough battle ? 45 minutes of pulling and fighting.

But in the end, Lamkin got his fish. And what a fish it was.

While fishing July 14 on the South Platte River near Henderson, Lamkin landed a carp that is the largest recorded in the state.

 

[Mattsabasser]

Guess I shoulda proofed the link before hitting the "post" button.

You have to put the word "carp" in the search field at the top right of their homepage to get to the story.

Weighting in at 42 pounds, measuring 39 and 1/8 inches long, Lamkin's common carp beats out the current common carp Colorado record of 35 pounds, 38.75 inches set by Adam Wickham in 2001 at Glenmere Park in Weld County.

Lamkin submitted the paper work with the Division of Wildlife to make his catch official and get in the record books.

 

[Guest]

 

[epic]

I wonder how many times he thought it was a snagged log. =P

 

[Guest]

i think carp fight like crazy but it doesnt look like a common carp to me

 

[Red Sox Rock]

Kinda looks like a tarpon.But jeez that had to be a fun fight.

 

[fishingkats]

we need to see who on this site can catch the biggest carp
and they need to put a pic and where and what they caught it on and what size of string