Big Carp

[cyprinid boy]

I suggest no such thing Steve. I had not heard you theory before and that is why i question it. Peoples’ concepts of the wildie/'normal' carp are odd. I suggested that they are commonly mixed up with slow growing males simply because they are small.

 

Thanks for reiterating the very same point Paul. Its all very interesting, however, does anybody have scientific proof. No proof, no believe - could just be anglers hearsay or Chinese whispers

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Mat

[Steve Burke]

Mat, it's not a theory of my own. It's well-documented in the literature. We older anglers also grew up watching these changes actually happen!

 

I agree with you though about many people mistakenly claiming that their carp are wildies. They may be slim commons, but true wildies are now very rare because so many waters have also been stocked with modern varieties which have cross-bred with them.

[Golden Phoenix]

In many other creature species males are bigger than female. But with fish, the female are mostly bigger. e.g. Pike, Jack pike are male and rarely exceed 8lb.

 

[ 04 June 2002, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: Golden Phoenix ]