A couple buddies and I fished the shallows near Moses Lake, Washington a few days ago and bagged 44 common carp in a four hour trip. Most were in the 8-12 pound range, but we took a couple pics of our biggest.
Here's an 18 pounder I took with a 52# Shakespeare Super Necedah and AMS reel.
This is Don's best, a 15 pounder taken with a Samick 50# takedown using AMS reel.
Hawaii archer George Cho with his first carp ever taken, an 8 pound brute. It took a while, but George finally figured out the "shooting low" tactic. He used a 50# Darton recurve and 808 reel.