Fishing Open House in DC

[fish-aholic]

Came across this on another site....sounds interesting.... http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/o...ports-outdoors I know that most people frown on carp, however if you've never caught one before you should give it a try. Sure you're not going to keep it to eat (at least I'm not) but man those things get big and are a STRONG fighter....

[Sam]

Carp open house


If you've never seen the elaborate setups used by avid carp fishermen to reel in 20- and 30-pound critters or never seen one of the massive beasts (the carp, not the anglers) up close, the affable if somewhat wacky members of the local Carp Anglers Group will be having a sun-up-to-sundown open house this weekend. And it's not your typical open house, either. The boys are setting up shop Saturday and next Sunday along the Potomac River in D.C. at Hains Point. Just find the giant sculpture reaching out of the ground - it's called "The Awakening" - and you're there.
Each May, the CAG has a fish-in at the Tidal Basin, which draws more attention from camera-toting tourists than the nearby Jefferson Memorial.
Tommy Robinson of Baltimore and Mark Metzger of Silver Spring, who represented Maryland at last year's World Carp Fishing Championship, will be there spreading the gospel according to carp and giving tutorials next Sunday at 9 a.m.


candy.thomson@baltsun.com