Carnage in the keepnet!

[Pangolin]

Went fishing, recently, without my daughter, who usually accompanies me. At her request, I set up a keepnet to save everything I caught that day, so that when her mum drove her to meet me at the end of the day, she'd be able to see the fish. It wasn't a bad day: a couple of roach, a bream and three gudgeon all went into the net. Just as the light started to fade I hooked into the fish of the day, which fought like mad, and turned out to be a two-and-a-half pound perch. Knowing how pleased my daughter would be to see that one, I popped it into the net as well. Only a half hour later, I was lifting the net out, to display the catch. Yes, you've guessed, where were the gudgeon? Inside the perch, I think! I found it remarkable that the perch would eat three gudgeon in half an hour, and so soon after being caught. The gudgeon were all of a similar size, around four inches long, and couldn't have got out of the net any other way.

[Del_R]

Few more gudgeon and you could have had yourself a three pound perch!

 

Del

[wunnus]

I can remember the time that happened to me. I really though I had a hole in the net.

[Gaz51]

Are you absolutely sure you didn't have a hole in your net?

 

You'd be surprised how small a hole a gudgeon could wriggle through. Check your net. I think it very unusual that a perch would feed in the keepnet over such a short period of time. I may be wrong, could anyone enlighten us? :confused:

[CHRIS R]

perch are predators with a very large apatite

[The Diamond Geezer]

Putting a big perch in a net with its most favourite prey fish species bar none

 

It's like putting a lion in a cage with some gazelles

 

Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?

 

Is live-baiting permitted?! If yes ...hmmmmm ..tempting. Must be some very big perch in there

 

DG

 

[ 30. January 2004, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[The Diamond Geezer]

quote:

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Originally posted by CHRIS R:

perch are predators with a very large apatite

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Chris

 

Why on earth would perch swim around with large pieces of apatite? :confused:

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DG

 

P.S. I do plenty of typos meeself

[The Diamond Geezer]

quote:

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Originally posted by Pangolin:

I found it remarkable that the perch would eat three gudgeon in half an hour, and so soon after being caught.

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I believe top lure-angler Prof Barrie Rickards once caught a big pike with a spoon and as he was getting it into the net, realised that there were a pair of moorhen's legs sticking out of its mouth. That is remarkable, no?!

 

DG

 

[ 30. January 2004, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[Gaz51]

It certainly is remarkable Diamond, a bird eating BIKE. Whatever next? A sheep eating tractor!!!

[The Diamond Geezer]

Townlad:

It certainly is remarkable Diamond, a bird eating BIKE. Whatever next? A sheep eating tractor!!!

Ooops! Yet another pecking typo! You're right. I should have said supermarket trolley

 

DG