Factoids & Contact Us
MISSION: The American Carp Society was founded by David Moore, Wayne Boon and Sean Manning with the purpose to educate, support and provide wide-ranging angling services to both the American and international carp anglers relating to carp fishing within the United States. ACS is committed to sanctioning and promoting professional tournament circuits for the catch-and-release carp angler throughout the U.S. and North America in the coming years.
BACKGROUND & HISTORY: It is agreed upon within the European angling community that the U.S. has the greatest undeveloped potential of any of the countries regarding venues for world-class carp tournaments and competitions along with complementing leisure vacations and guiding.
Carp angling in Europe is a multi-billion dollar industry. With continuing promotion of this 'specialized' sport to European youngsters, retail tackle sales in Europe have increased every year for the past 15 years...and the market continues to grow.
An estimated 20,000 people from the United Kingdom and Europe will take an annual 'carp angling' holiday to far reaching global destinations like the United States, Asia and Africa seeking prize size carp. These numbers will expand on a yearly basis as the venues within Europe become increasingly saturated and the international carper angler looks for alternative locations for trophy sized carp on a worldwide scale.
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR:
David Moore is co-founder of the American Carp Society (ACS) and serves as tournament dir ector for the ACS Tournaments, LLC. Moore is a world-class carp angler representing Team USA at the World Carp Championship in Romania in 1999 and 2002. He represented the USA at the European World Carp Classic, L’Orient, France in the fall of 2006. He has been fishing since childhood - focusing on carp angling for the past fifteen years. Moore served as technical advisor for the St. Lawrence (NY) International Junior Carp Tournament™ which is the largest carp angling competition for youth in the world.
He is past-president of the Carp Anglers Group (CAG) a North American based organization which is dedicated to the amateur sport of carp angling. While CAG President, Moore was the founder and tournament director of the Austin Team Championship 2002 and Carp Anglers Group Invitational 2003, and both tournaments continue to be maintained by CAG volunteers today. In 2004 CAG honored Moore with the Bud Yancy Champion of the Queen Award at their annual Chicago Carp Classic tournament. This lifetime achievement award credits his passion for promoting the sport and for exemplifying good sportsmanship and conservation of the species.
Moore is the U.S. representative and serves on the executive committee for the England-based ICFA (International Carp Fishing Association) which sanctions world-class carp angling tournaments around the globe.
Moore is a pioneer in carp-angling as having the vision to foresee the growth and acceptance of the sport in United States. He is considered the foremost American authority on carp angling.
The American Carp Society launched the first-ever website and e-store fully dedicated to carp angling tackle and equipment in the United States in the summer of 2004. The e-store is now owned and operated by Moore and Big Carp Tackle, LLC.
He has lived in Oklahoma his entire life and is married with two young children.
2005 WORLD CARP CHAMPIONSHIP: The World Carp Championship is the largest and most prestigious carp sporting event in the world. In 1999 the first WCC was held in Romania and has continued to gain in popularity and stature across Europe. The competition travels around the globe and is sanctioned by the International Carp Fishing Association (ICFA).
The American Carp Society hosted the World Carp Championship on the St. Lawrence River in June 2005 in the U.S.A. This is the first time that a professional carp tournament of this magnitude has ever been held in North America.
It is estimated that 400-600 competitors, media, volunteers, spectators and staff attended the St. Lawrence River competition in 2005 which made it the largest carp angling event yet to be held in the United States. According to an economic impact study commissioned by ACS, the competitors alone spent one-half million dollars in tourism revenues in the region over ten days.
Over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including two American-made pick-up trucks were awarded to contest winners. First place was won by previous-world-champion Tim Paisley and his team partner Steve Briggs of England.
2006 TEXAS CARP CHAMPIONSHIP: In March 2006, the American Carp Society awarded an unprecedented $250,000 cash prize to one angler – Al St. Cyr of Austin – for establishing the new Texas state record for common carp during the contest. This prize was the first-time-ever in the world that a prize of this magnitude was paid out in a carp angling catch-and-release event. Massachusetts-based Scott Osmond took home the Big Four prize of $25,000 in the contest. In March 2007, the Inland Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife awarded ACS a commendation in appreciation for their efforts promoting the sport of catch-and-release carp angling and bringing international media attention to the State of Texas.
U.S. REGIONALS and TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: ACS announced the 2007-8 U.S. Regionals circuit which will be held in five locations throughout the United States, the first held in Baldwinsville NY in the spring of 2007 where an unparalleled 28,000 lbs. (over 14 ton) of carp was caught and released over a fifty-hour span by thirty-four two-person teams from four countries and fourteen States. The Northeast Regionals will return to Baldwinsville in May 2008. The Regionals will culminate with the annual Tournament of Champions (TOC).
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