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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:38 am

I was told by my fishfarmer friend Paul....they are a very good indicator for the quality of the water ..... Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:12 pm

Big Al, I think you may have your wires crossed here buddy. King carp are a strain of carp we all fish for in most waters.

Do you mean the "Big Mouth Carp" of which two were introduced to give a good indicator of water quality?

kind regards Jeff

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:58 pm

sorry, yes those weird big mouth things.

never heard the water quality thing, they're still wierd things.

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:58 am

Think of canaries down the mines.... the big mouth carp are sensitive to water quality etc and the theory is that they'll be the first to show signs of distress if there's a problem. (Poor things... Crying or Very sad

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They are weird looking though aren't they?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:04 am

Just like the person holding them Laughing

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:24 pm

the big mouth carp...are they the same as the monsters on the volga delta in russia and alot of the bigger eastern european waters?? they grow huge near the big hydro-powers plant dams in russia.

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:46 pm

Have you ever caught one jondinspain ?

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:45 pm

never caught one but saw andy little get a few in a video of his in bulgaria, awsome fighting fish by the looks of it. to catch a fish that size off the top must be amazing, you can tell by looking at them where they prefer to feed.

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:46 pm

yes it was amazing as they are planton feeders Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:21 pm

Goodness me, anybody ever caught a big mouth carp ? That 70+ looks like the girl my mate was trying to chat up last night Laughing