Big Carp

[Golden Phoenix]

Hi I'm new to this forum, this may have been asked before but...

 

Are we being fair to Carp? As you may know Carp are bigger & heavier than ever before. Is this a Health risk to the fish? Do we over use Commercial, unnatural baits? Is the solution to restrict the use, the quantity, or the or the ingredients of these baits. Are we being selfish?

[chesters1]

compared to some over the channel ours are small and some of the foreign ones havent seen a boily, ritchard walker suggested that catching them slowed their growth whether this was true i have no idea?

[SAMTENCH]

im not a carp angler myself and i wound not know if they were getting bigger but I blame the fishery owners. they can restrict fatty bait ofr sell specially made low fat baits to there customers.

[cyprinid boy]

I have currently been working on a reservoir catching large carp for commercial fisheries. The largest so far is 53lbs and there are bigger still. They are all natural, English and never seen a bait other than an artificial fly. There are bigger English carp in this water than in any commercial fishery in this country so i would be dubious as to whether commercial fisheries are to blame for the escalating size of the species. Maybe the anglers are to blame for using the baits? Do you really think trout pellets are designed for carp? Cyprinids = carbohydrate diet, Salmonids = protein diet!! They are not, but this doesn't stop people putting in tonnes - education is the answer. Who is greedier – the carp or the angler?

 

Cyp.

[miasma]

chesters1..that continental carp are bigger than

our native stocks has as much to do with ambient

temperature as it has to available food.

samtench...most modern carp baits have a fairly

small Lipid content..those that dont,e.g.Peanuts

and Trout Pellets are being banned on an ever

increasing number of waters.

Be Lucky!...miasma..

[Golden Phoenix]

The world record Carp is held on a british water

I believe it's 61lb 2oz. So we can be proud about being record holders but not so about the healthiest.

[miasma]

Sorry GP....the world record is not held on a

British water..The British record is....

Be Lucky!....miasma..

[Chris Plumb]

Big carp you want big carp - have a litle lookie here...

 

http://www.carp-uk.net/carprecords.htm

 

Chris

[Newt]

The UK record carp is large but by no means a world's record

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1987 from Lac de St. Cassien, France, 75 pounds 11 ounces.

 

Then there is the 82+ from the link Chris provided.

 

Carp 74.0 lbs.

Curtis Wade Pelahatchie, MS

Pelahatchie Lake 13-Jun-1963

[davidP]

A lot of carp in this country are better fed than the anglers families! Sadly in some instances this isn't actually a joke