Carp with a tuma

[WesJones1984]

Originally Posted by chris.oldgit

we had a case of worm in one of our waters, i was informed that its untreatable, the worm can be transferred to humans, so be careful of what you do, always wash well after handleing such infections, our lake was drained, all stocks culled, then a deep clay layer cap to seal off any trace off old water levels, then thick plastic membrane laid over the clay, before they where allowed to restock, took a while to re-establish the water.

That's shockin, sorry to hear that. The bailiff had already been round that day so I didn't get to see him after that. I'll make sure I tell him next time i'm there.

[ZED MAN DAN]

Could just be spawn bound, ie it hasn't spawned for a few seasons. I have seen this a few times on many waters, also the weather we had this year was very strange and I know of some waters where we believe the fish did not spawn this summer.

[WesJones1984]

You learn things every day, I had no idea Carp could hold spawn.

Through to another season I mean...

[ZED MAN DAN]

Hi,
Yes it is actually quite common (uuhhumm theres a pun there, sorry). Where I live on the Isle of wight the record carp was in fact spawn bound at time of capture. This is not a good thing though as it often results in the end of the fishes life. You can extract the spawn although I wouldn't recomend it if you are unfamiliar with the process.

[chazyboi]

zed F1 carp dont breed so couldnt be spawn they are man made and actualy all females they have to be produced in a farm

[WesJones1984]

Ahh yes, in this case it was a F1 carp. Never the less i've learned something new.

I've seen on one of Kev Green's fishing programmes them showing you carp farms and the guys squeezing out the spawn. Wouldn't be giving it a go though.

[ZED MAN DAN]

Originally Posted by chazyboi

zed F1 carp dont breed so couldnt be spawn they are man made and actualy all females they have to be produced in a farm

So are you saying they don't produce eggs? and I am pretty sure that they rarely breed not never.

[chazyboi]

hi dan only going on what ive been told and read apparently they are all female fish i thought only barramundy did that have a look on the net it took me a bit but when i phoned some one he reckons carp species dont x breed somthing i didnt know in 30 years of carp fishing ,these are common carp crucian x they defo wouldnt breed together in the wild ,,i guess they collect the eggs from either common or crusian and milk the male of opposit species bit of genetic jiggery pokery u have an f1, f1 stands for first of the species so it is a whole new man made fish ,,i know they feed prolificly even in winter and are modified so the are virus resistant ,,have a read its intresting frankenstien fish is thier nick name and they dont grow big either