Hi everyone,
We hope to encourage anglers
in Northern California to join us in the pursuit of the very
powerful, exciting but underrated "Golden Sportfish"
otherwise known as the common carp. We are referring to catching them
with rod and reel only and catch & release. There are no dues,
fees or meetings, just monthly derbies. To become a member just
register on the forum. If you're a registered member of the forum,
you're a full member of the Nor Cal Carp Club.
There is an active carp club
in Southern California, the So
Cal Carp Club
, that was founded sometime last year, I believe it was either July
or August of 2004. A friend of mine, Steve Gibbons, who moved to
Rocklin Ca. from Southern Ca. last year just before their club was
founded, suggested that we should have a carp club in Northern Ca. so
I created this website and Steve and I founded the club.
We had our first derby on
March 5, 2005 at Ellis Lake in Marysville and have had a derby every
month since then until December when we cancelled due to very cold
water temperatures. We were having our derbies on the same day and
roughly the same time as the So Cal Carp Club has theirs to make it a
friendly competition but due to their Carp Classic held on May 28th,
their schedule has changed to where it's no longer practical for us.