In reply to Post #8
Fair Dinkum mate! You're are right. A quick check on Google confirmed it is in fact Centennial park. It was 10 years since I was there, I remember there are quite a few sizeable lakes at the park. I can recall seeing a massive owl flying around, then my mate told me it was a bat!! It was huge! Lol.

Me and my expat mate did some under the radar carp fishing in Sydney, I think it is called Central Park. It was at night and we had to hide Every Time a car went past! We did catch a few though, nothing massive, but they do go to over 40lb in those lakes in the park.

Jim shelly was talking about this on a Instagram video the other day. Clear as mud, perhaps he will reveal the WhatsApp messages he was talking about?

I agree, this series has not been that good. It was particularly rubbish on episode 3, looks like it has been setup for a big finale on the last episode this week. I think that fishing on TV needs to be entertaining, watching people in a bivvy watching their rigs on cameras is boring to me.

The first series was miles better than this, fishing for sharks, catching plenty of big fish from Grenville, etc. It was varied and entertaining so I found it much easier to watch in my opinion.

Ali is a marmite character, sometimes he is funny but other times he is complete muppet with a massive ego. I presume he is acting to try and make the show interesting as he is executive producer, but I found Monster carp less interesting when he was no longer in it.

Loved his stories about Horton back in the day in Carpworld, I remember he had a brilliant season one year catching many of the great history fish of the 90s........ A feat even more impressive with his outrageously bright clothes! Ha ha. His articles in Carpworld always used to raise a smile with his humour and capture of big carp with him and his friends. Thanks for the great memories Keith!

******* chops!
From a secret southern water

Mine came with free king size rizlas...... Silver too.... A nice touch!

Sad news about Steve, I used to like reading about his exploits at yateley back in the day.

Uncle John got into fishing with his programs on Channel 4 back in the day, brilliant learning from the man by watching him and using his methods. I still watch go fishing on YouTube now, still brilliant.

I met a very high profile angler years ago at holiday venue in Devon, he was a friendly man, very well known in match circles and then specimen fishing. He told me about when he went to visit JW at his fishing shop in Norwich one day when he was in the area. He went and introduced himself to JW and was shocked when JW said he had never heard of him and was quite rude to the man!

Anglers should remember that we all do shocking fish care by hooking fish with a sharp piece of metal in its mouth, then reeling in a distressed animal which is suffering and confused, then lifted onto land where fish can't breathe! Then it is weighed to see how fat it is, as we feed them bait to make them more obese. Then pictures are taken before it is returned back to its watery home! A lot of ego in carp fishing!