Conditioning carp

[Leon Roskilly]

Hmmmmm!

 

So, carp swim around and may find your offerings, or someone elses.

 

Now if you but a buzzer in with your offerings, and carp begin to associate the buzz with freebies, they may make a beeline to where your baits are.

 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133013000695

 

(If I were to fish for carp, I'd give it a try and keep it a secret)

[Phone]

Leon,

 

I 100% agree with your link with this execption. The LONGEST I was able to show retention in a natural setting was 4 days which predictably dimminished to 7 days back to stupid. It also took about a week (plus or minus many variables) to train them. BTW I believe - just me - they are naturally conditioned and reinforced to grass carp munching on hydrilla or lilly. Also works with a blinking light however combining the two did not improve results.

 

In my case I never knew if I had the same carp so my results were not nearly as impressive.

 

Phone.

Edited August 30, 2013 by Phone

[Leon Roskilly]

Maybe something more than a simple buzzer is needed.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10276759/Goldfish-are-music-connoisseurs.html

[Phone]

Leon,

 

That's what we used - music rather than a buzzer.

 

Phone