carp-guru
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Carp sizeWhat do you feel makes carp in some waters the size they are. Is an abundance of natural food , induced food ( i.e angler ) or just a generic make up?
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activecarper
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its got to be a bit of all three cg, every little helps... 
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carp-guru
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There has got to be a generic aspect to it. Why would two strains of fish have a diffrent growth rate. Is it hormonal?
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Big Ron
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Must addmit .....to me the biggest % is down to food sorce 
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trevfish61
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I dunno much about carp,but when I was Bass fishing its a known fact that the warmer the climate the faster the growth rate
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carp-guru
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I think that is a cotributing factor Trevor as well.
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kipper
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I think it's much to do with all those factors mentioned, plenty of natural food in a water will produce larger carp, heavily fished waters with plenty of high protein foods going in year in and year out will make for the porkers we see today. Longer warmer seasons will add to fish growth with fish feeding well into winter where they wouldn't have done a decade or two ago. As Carp Guru mentioned, generics, some strains of carp are designed to grow to large proportions, but we will still see for years to come the older strains that are nearer to natural designs still around in many lakes, but will not grow to the prortions of the newer strains, so we will still see a mixture of different sizes at maturity. I hope it stays that way, i wouldn't like to catch monster sized fish every day, not that i do now lol.
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Big Ron
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Good post Kipper
and yes it would totaly destroy what us as anglers are serching for if every lake was just full of monsters  as part of the buzz in fishing is woundering whats on the other end once you have had a take ......will it be a doudle a twenty ?? or if we are lucky a 30 or a 40 or very lucky even bigger ..its what gets you hart pumping once you get that take ......the unknown anticipation of what you might have hooked in too
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Hodster
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not small, not huge but one that i was very glad to have caught even at 2am in minus 4 degrees of frost. After 3 months away from the bank it wouldnt have mattered if it was 8 pound
Very distinctive the horseshoe fish.
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activecarper
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lovely condition hodster weldone..
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carp-guru
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Fantastic fish there well done
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Big Ron
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Cracking fish and shows it does not have to be a monster
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kipper
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Nice winter fish there Hodster, and an unusual one, you could almost call it a common, and also a fully scaled mirror, beautiful colour too. Certainly a prize to have this time of year, well done mate, worth putting up with the cold weather i'm sure, big thumbs up mate.
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trevfish61
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Cracking fish Hodster,well done mate.
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Hodster
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thanks for the comments fella's
was well pleased with that fish, it was my first time down on Horseshoe and I went with my gut feelign on the swim choice given i know very little about the lake
cant wait to get another couple of nights down there
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Trish
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Gorgeous fish with fantastic colouring..... I think I'm in lurve! I know what you mean too... some fish are extra special cos of the circumstances, aren't they?
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Big Ron
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| Quote: | | some fish are extra special cos of the circumstances, aren't they? |
Yes thats right ....there will always be some fish that mean a lot more to you than others
Sounds like the begining of a new thread
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Hodster
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i still remember my first carp, i guess most of us do... over twenty years ago but the memory of that day and the circumstanes in which i caught it are crystal clear and full of colour
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carp-guru
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You never forget the first carp you catch no matter how small / big.
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Big Al
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I think there are 3 main factors to fish growth, natural food source is the most important but you also need the water quality and the weather.
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Big Ron
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| Big Al wrote: | | I think there are 3 main factors to fish growth, natural food source is the most important but you also need the water quality and the weather. |
I would add to that Al ........anglers bait
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