I am a mad keep carper, I’m a moderator for a carp forum. Although I love my shore fishing and can become obsessive when bassing, I do enjoy the hunt after large carp. I don’t enjoy commercials that much, but I’ll take the boy as he enjoys them, for me it’s the large open pits with only a handful of old wily carp in it, or river/canal carp. They can really prove to be a challenge. I enjoy the rig tying, formulating and making the baits, hunting down a scaly leviathan and finally nailing it, waking up at dawn with the mist rising over a perfectly still estate lake. Unlocking the secrets of a particularly difficult water, it’s food for the soul. All fishing means different things to different people, I can wake up with an overwhelming urge to get the carp rods out, hit a water as much as possible, then see the surf hit the beach, know that the bass will be running the surf line and The overwhelming urge to get the beach rods out and off we go. So long as I’m fishing, I’m happy!