‘The American Carp League’ is a National year round tournament for Carp fishing held in the USA.
The purpose of ‘The American Carp League’ is to bring attention to the many anglers fishing for Carp across the United States and provide a place where the everyday angler can obtain exposure for legitimate sponsorship opportunities while building recognition for their catches throughout the year. In 2006, the inaugural year for the ACL, we saw a total of seven US anglers picking up sponsorship.
Every US carp angler can participate and everyone is eligible to participate. The ACS tournament will be based upon a point’s system, 1 point per pound. The ‘American Carp League Champion’ will be announced once a year every January, to clarify January 2008 will be the month that the 2007 American Carp League Champion will be announced.
The leader board on the ACS website is visible for people across the globe to visit to see the poundage and number of fish caught and safely released per angler, here in the USA. This leader board will be updated on a regular basis for people to see the results of the participants. You can also view the anglers biographies and see our featured sponsors and prizes for the year.
’The American Carp League’ is the first step to creating a legitimate National Carp League here in the USA. The points system levels the playing field, as an angler who is catching 10lb fish all day has just as much chance of winning the event as the angler fortunate enough to be fishing a lake containing very large fish. This gives the everyday carp angler committed to the sport a chance to get exposure for legitimate sponsorship from both here in the USA and abroad. The leader board will have a photo & short bio page on each angler that participates and an opportunity for their personal sponsor(s) to display logos and links to their individual web sites etc.
’The American Carp league’ will be based on an honor system as there is no physical ACS Marshal present at the time of weighing the fish, if your fish weighs 15lb and 12oz then that’s the exact weight that we need you to submit, not an ounce more or less. The ounces will be carried for you until they make a full pound etc. Each Angler participating shall have a folder denoted to them at “ACS” with documentation of their fish captures and submissions. Each fish that you wish to be counted to your total weight has to be submitted to ACS with a clear photograph of the fish preferably with captor, but not mandatory. Though it isn’t compulsory in the American Carp league to wear your ACS member T shirt (Unlike the Big Fish Competition) we do encourage ACS members to do so.
It is our intention to make ‘The American Carp League’ known throughout the angling community both within the USA and around the globe and appreciate all of the support and confidence that you show in us by your participation.
The Seasons
In 2007 the American Carp League will be split into four seasons:
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January – March. (First Quarter / Season)
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April – June. (Second Quarter / Season)
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July – September. (Third Quarter / Season)
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October – December. (Fourth Quarter / Season)
The reasoning behind this is to give every US Carp Angler an opportunity of placing within the League be it sectional, seasonal or as the overall American Carp League Champion.
Each Season will have an overall winner for ‘total weight’ as well as winners for the individual sections that will be based upon the highest ‘number’ of fish caught; for example ‘28’ 30lb+ carp in one season would win that section for the ‘30lb+’ category if the next runner up had ‘24’ etc. The individual sections are based upon numbers and not weight.
This gives those anglers that have limited time throughout the year to fish the opportunity to participate for a concentrated amount of time if they wish to do so and still have the opportunity of winning an individual section for that season as well as qualifying for the American Carp League Champion.
All sections within the League, within each season will be recognized:
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Highest number of 10lb+ Carp
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Highest number of 20lb+ Carp
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Highest number of 30lb+ Carp
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Highest number of 40lb+ Carp
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Highest number of Mirror Carp
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Highest number of Koi Carp
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Overall Total Weight – This will denominate the season’s winner.
‘The American Carp League Champion’ title goes to the angler that has the highest total weight at the end of the calendar year. To qualify for ‘The American Carp League Champion’ you must enter all four seasons of the league, though in theory all fish could be caught in one season only.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Parties interested in sponsoring ‘The American Carp League’ should contact ACS Director Sean Manning at the following e-mail address:
Application Form
If you would like to participate in ‘The American Carp League’ please download the application form below and either e-mail (after filling out and scanning) to:
events@americancarpsociety.com
Or hard mail to:
American Carp Society
Attn: Wayne Boon
960 East Glenoaks Blvd,
Glendale, CA 91207
ACL 2007 Application Form (downloadable, PDF)
Entrance Fees + Payment
All anglers residing in the USA are eligible to participate.
Entrance fees are as follows:
ACS Members - $5.00 per season
Non-ACS Members - $15.00 per season
1. January – March. (First Quarter / Season)
2. April – June. (Second Quarter / Season)
3. July – September. (Third Quarter / Season)
4. October – December. (Fourth Quarter / Season)
Paypal
www.paypal.com
Please send payment to "sales@americancarpsociety.com"
Mail payments
If you would like to mail a check or money order for payment please send to:
Wayne Boon,
960 East Glenoaks Blvd,
Glendale, CA 91207.Wayne Boon
Fish Submissions
To submit a fish towards your American Carp League total please e-mail a clear picture to the following address with documentation of weight in pounds and ounces.
events@americancarpsociety.com
Please make sure that all pictures submitted electronically are in Jpeg format and under 500 kb in size.
We strongly encourage you to download and use the ACS Excel submission format below for submissions to the American Carp League. It is very simple to use:
ACS League Captures Excel Template (downloadable, ZIP)
Simply enter your name and ACS member number, if you have one.
Enter the number 1 (One separate submission per row per fish, so if you are entering 10 fish you will fill out 10 separate submission rows with the same date and the submissions 1 through 10) in each row in the appropriate column 10, 20, 30 etc) the date, the state caught and whether the fish is a Common, Mirror or Koi and then add the weight. This must be done in the denomination for ounces as sixteenths of a pound.
For example a common carp that weighs12 pounds and 08 ounces would be entered 12 8/16 as follows:
1
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01/01/07
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Texas
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12 8/16
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common
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2
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01/01/07
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Texas
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18 4/16
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common
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3
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01/01/07
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Texas
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28
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mirror
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4
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01/01/07
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Texas
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15 2/16
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koi
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Then add your next fish caught on that session. You will see that the spreadsheet automatically adds the cumulative weight and number of fish per category (common, mirror, Koi) for you.
You can then save this spreadsheet and submit it along with your photographs. For the next submission simply add the new date following on from the last and carry on as before, save and resend etc.
There is also a section where you can add the name of the corresponding Jpeg file to the spreadsheet.
We highly encourage all electronic submissions to follow the above format. Both parties will then have an accurate total of weight.
Unfortunately ACS Directors cannot be responsible for human error if other formats are used.
If you wish to submit hard copy photographs or many fish captures on a CD via the US post please send to the following:
American Carp League
Attn Wayne Boon,
960 East Glenoaks Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91207
Rules
1. To be eligible for the title ‘American Carp League Champion’ all 4 seasons must be entered however individual season titles may still be won without the participation of the entire year.
2. The State that the Angler resides in shall be the State he/she officially represents.
3. Fish from all States, not just the Anglers ‘home’ State shall count.
4. Only Carp caught in the USA shall count.
5. The minimum weight of a Carp to be accepted is 10lb.
6. Only Cyprinus Carpio species will count: Common, Mirror, Leather & Koi Carp.
7. 1 point = 1 pound. Ounces will be carried and accrued until 16oz are reached which will then add a pound to the overall weight.
8. All fish that the angler wishes to be included in the competition must be photographed and submitted with Anglers name, State of residence and weight of each individual fish clearly marked to ACS as outlined in ‘Fish Submissions’.
9. Although we encourage anglers to take trophy shots with all their fish we understand that this is not always practical so a clear shot of the fish on a mat will be acceptable. 2 Fish maximum per photograph only please.
10. As per all ACS tournaments we encourage the use of soft mesh nets and unhooking mats.
11. Single hook use only.
12. Snagged and foul hooked fish will not be accepted.
13. Fish must be returned alive and in healthy condition.
14. All fish need to be weighed on a scale for weight verification and not ‘eyeballed’. The use of weighing sling/net is encouraged.
15. The laws and rules of the State being fished by the Angler should at all times be obeyed.
16. In the event of a tie all Anglers shall be recognized. The Prizes available will be split equally between the winning parties.
17. The ACS Directors decision is final.
18. The American Carp League is open to all Anglers across the United States.
19. As this competition is non-marshaled the ACS directors and sponsors reserve the right to request a lie detector test from the winners.
One last thought... Lets all have a lot of fun with this while bearing in mind that as ‘The American Carp League’ evolves over the coming years it’ll surely help prove to the other popular U.S. fishing communities and the Carp Angling fraternities worldwide that Carp fishing in the USA is not only a fun, ecologically sound sport but one that will lead the way in the 21st century!
