More photos from Ricki's carping season 2009
4 Carp over 13kg!!!
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Name?
Rickard "Ricki" Blomquist

Age?
25

Where do you live?
In the dark part of Värmland

Nationality?
Swedish

What do you do for a living? (Your job)
I work as a chef at karlstads hospital

Do you have a website? If so, what is the address?
You can check out the team i´m in at www.Retardoz.se

What year did you start carp fishing?
Hmmm I don´t know exakt but I guess for 5 years ago when i met my fishing partner and we started together.

What is your PB carp in Sweden?
Mirror: 14.54kg
Common: 7.40kg

What is your PB carp outside Sweden?
Mirror: 17.6kg (lac Du curton)
Common:17.7kg (Ebro)

What is you favourite venue in Sweden?
Kroppkärssjön and härlanda tjärn.

What is your favourite venue outside Sweden?
Lac du curton!

Who do you fish with the most? Or do you fish alone?
With my loyal friend Jon Sköld that always has a good eye with big carp.

What rods do you use at the moment?
Greys Prodigy Plus 3lbs 12ft

What brand of bait do you use?
energy,nutrabaits and solar

Do you use Homemades or Shelf life baits?
I use both but my hookbaits are most often homerolled and big ;)

If you could only use one flavour, which flavour would it be?
Squid and octopus with extra anchovy liquid

What are your favourite particles?
Crushed tigers and fish a single tiger with a popup corn on it

Are you a member of ‘Svenska Karp Klubben’?
Hell yeaa

What is the best piece of carp fishing equipment you have ever bought?
My bedchair and my sleeping bag. (I hate to freeze!)

Do you fish for other species apart from carp?
Tench and some crucian carp

If you could change something in Swedish carp fishing, what would it be?
More waters with carp in them and more people in Svenska karpklubben ;)

What is your most memorable moment in carp fishing?.
When I caught my biggest common in Spain and when I caught my first carp in kroppkärssjön

What is your worst moment in carp fishing?
Just before a caught my first carp in kroppkärrssjön. (It´s a long story but it ended well)

What is your funniest moment in carp fishing?
All the trips to rio ebro with my good friends Fredrik palm and Jon sköld and many other times at the lake.

Which carp fishing magazines do you read?
Advanced carpfishing and of course Svenskt karpfiske

 

Take care // Ricki