Thanks for the welcome. I live in Austin and fish Town Lake and Lake Austin regularly for big carp. I took one of my friends last night who is an avid bass fisherman and he has never really fished for carp. Well we had a good night and I let him reel in the big one of the evening and after it was all said and done he was telling me that his shoulder was feeling sore from the fight... Enough said.
I am posting a pic and story in the carp fishing news if you are interested.