Wild Carp Companies, of Baldwinsville, NY, USA, promotes catch and release carp angling via educational demonstrations, angling lessons, tourism promotion, hosting fish-ins, tournaments and the Wild Carp Club

Wild Carp Texas Showdown (November 12, 2011)

Scott Ferguson with a 34 lb, 8 oz common carp
Scott Ferguson with a 34 lb, 8 oz common.
 
Scott Ferguson with a 31 lb, 12 oz common
Scott Ferguson with a 31 lb, 12 oz common.

 

 

Come join us on the banks of Lady Bird Lake (Town Lake) on Saturday November 12, 2011 for Wild Carp Club's of Texas first tournament — Wild Carp Texas Showdown.

The peg draw is at 6:00 AM under the I-35 Bridge.  The GPS coordinates are 30.251609, -97.735909.

This tournament starts at 7:00 AM and ends at 7:00 PM.Anglers will have 15 minutes to land any fish hooked just before 7:00 PM. Anglers may pre-bait up until 7:00 AM, but no lines with hooks may be casted until then.

 


Basic Rules

  • $50 per person
  • Three rods per angler, one hook per rod
  • Proper Carp care is required (including use of landing mats, catch and
    release angling, and use of holding sacks when awaiting marshals)
  • Weigh marshal must weigh your catch and record your score
  • No bait boats or boats allowed

Prize Payouts

It will be a 12 hour, peg draw style tournament with total weight winning 85% of total entrance fees received.

 

  • 1st Place = 50% of prize money
  • 2nd Place = 35% of prize money
  • 3rd Place = 15% of prize money

 

Wild Carp Texas Showdown 2011

Location:

Lady Bird Lake – Austin, TX

Duration:

7am to 7pm

No. of Anglers:

9

Date:

November 12, 2011

 

 

Overall Weight:

308 lb, 10 oz

Total Fish:

14

Avg weight

22 lb

Big Fish:

48 lb, 0 oz

 

 

1st Place:

Keith Thompson

2nd Place:

Brian Sherwood

3rd Place:

Josef Raguro

 

 

Anglers catches

Angler

Type

Weight

LB

OZ

Keith Thompson

 

 

 

 

Smallmouth Buffalo

48

0

Smallmouth Buffalo

29

4

Common

21

2

Common

16

2

Total

114

8

 

 

 

 

Brian Sherwood

 

 

 

 

Common

33

10

Common

15

3

Common

13

8

Common

13

2

Total

75

7

 

 

 

 

Josef Raguro

 

 

Common

27

0

Common

23

8

Total

50

8

 

 

 

 

Brid Caveny 

Common

17

8

 

Common

15

13

 

Total

33

5

 

 

 

 

Austin Anderson 

Common

17

14

 

 

 

 

Richard Somerville 

Common

17

0

 

 

 

Keith Thompson with a 48 lb, 0 oz smallmouth buffalo--the largest fish caught during the 2011 Wild Carp Texas Shootout on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas.
Keith Thompson with a 48 lb, 0 oz smallmouth buffalo--the largest fish caught during the 2011
Wild Carp Texas Shootout on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas.

 


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