over stocking

[thornabyangler]

I was fishing a pond on sunday which was dug out last year.It cant be more than 3/4 of an acre,probably less.It has just been stocked with 10000 carp to half a pound.

Is this over stocked?It may be ok for now,but surely as the carp grow its gona get pretty crowded.

[Peter Waller]

But will the carp grow? They will be in constant competition for anglers bait as their sole source of food. Good for the image of angling? I don't think so

[northern mark]

I seem to remember some knowledgeable person telling me the maximum an acre of water could support is 6000lbs of fish.

 

I don't suppose this is taking into account the amount of bait anglers are going to put in.

 

Mark

[BoozleBear]

I also guess that they aren't taking into account the average fish weight. 10000lbs of 5lbers is a lot different to 10000lbs of 0.5lbers!

[RUDD]

Is it owned by a canny fishery who are growing the carp on to sell?

 

It is a cheap option for them.

Why feed the fish when anglers will pay to do it?

 

This is a tactic used by a certain fishery in Suffolk who own alot of waters they use as stock ponds but also issue day tickets for them!!!!!!!

 

PS its not Framlingham fisheries but another one who have a big fishery with several pools near Ipswich and the A14

[Ian FG]

Bibury Trout Farm sells paper cups full of trout pellets at 2 quid a go to tourists. So the tourists pay to feed the fish. How stupid can people be?

[Leon Roskilly]

Carp need space to grow, otherwise (like many fish) they remain stunted, however good the food supply.

 

It's the job of predators to stop that happening and allow the development of good healthy specimen fish.

 

The club to which I belong took over a small water, full of perfect miniatures of 30lbers, 15 years old or so, and the size of a 50p piece!

 

Bonzai carp!!

 

Tight Lines - leon

[mdhome]

From what I have read, a natural fertile and aged estate lake should hold up to 650lbs of fish per acre. Rivers hold about a 3rd of this. Some commercials have been known to hold several 1000lbs of fish per acre. In my opinion, anything above a ton of fish per acre is nothing more than a fish farm.

 

Regards MD

[Peter Waller]

Interesting article in Anglers Mail this week about BW reducing stock levels at Makins. Makes interesting reading. BW don't always get it right, but I think they have this time.

 

[ 17. September 2004, 08:59 PM: Message edited by: Peter Waller ]