Pond thieves

[Newt]

rabbit:

Come to think of it, has anyone on this forum been ice fishing?

Severus, regularly.

Nightwing, (hasn't posted in a while) quite a bit.

Newt once (brrrrrr).

Jan O, almost certainly.

Nodin, (also hasn't posted in a while) more than Severus.

Probably others.

 

From Here

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There are five species of freshwater fish in Iceland. Three of these belong to the salmon family (Salmonidae); the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), the Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus L.) and the brown trout (Salmo trutta L.).

 

The other species are the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) and the eel (Anguilla anguilla). All these species require to or are able to live in the sea for part of their life cycle, which explains how they originally arrived on this Atlantic island.

 

The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) has been introduced to Iceland by fish farmers, and the occasional humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is also found here, presumably originating from Russia or the eastern seaboard of Canada. However, these two species are not known to breed in Iceland, though they are sometimes caught here.

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[ 01. October 2005, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: Newt ]

[Guest rabbit]

I read the link on ice fishing. I admit there is not a mention of pike anywhwere. When you think about it not terribly surprising given that Iceland is the most recent land mass to emerge from the sea, and pike are prehistoric creatures! I wonder if they (pike) would thrive if introduced there? What is the most northerly point pike are found Newt? Also the most southerly?

[Isaac]

Can't see the point theiving ponds. Waters cheap enough and it's quite easy to dig a small hole in your garden.

Some people will nick anything.