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sallers
15-02-2001, 00:20
I was reading Carp-talk today and read about Rob Hales buying two 40+ carp for his fishery at Weston park, it has been "guesstimated" that these cost £12,000 between them!! Just wondered what you guys thought about this

Symon
scorpio
15-02-2001, 07:47
I didn't realise you could buy 40lb British Carp unless they were from another water? Is there a market for 40lb British Carp?

Tony
Crispy
15-02-2001, 16:24
Do fish of this size come with certificates of authenticity to prove origin, or any fish come to think of it?
scorpio
15-02-2001, 18:31
Only the people stocking them will know that !!!!

Tony
sallers
15-02-2001, 19:43
All it say's in the write up was " the two fish already resisded in a U.K fishery"

Symon
Smarts
15-02-2001, 22:37
I've got a couple of forties you can have.......say £500?......they come with a free dustbin.........oh,alright and some baguettes for at least a weeks feed.

Oh dear...ignore this mail lads...let's not start that again!

Smarts
Crispy
16-02-2001, 07:55
Don't tell me they like garlic boilies, ooops sorry no more!
DanTheMan
16-02-2001, 09:34
just wondering lads - what are peoples general opinions on the stocking of large carp from *foreign * waters into british waters ????/images/forum/icons/smile.gif
noooooooooo dont go there!!!!!
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bolton
16-02-2001, 16:21
i,m told by a reliable source they were bought from a certain northants fishery ! a good mate of his ,very famous to!
Sim0n
16-02-2001, 16:23
...You can buy them a lot cheaper.....in Tesco's....
Lofte
16-02-2001, 16:24
In Iceland i fyou buy one you get one free.
Lofte
LOL
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scorpio
16-02-2001, 20:53
As long as the Northants water has had 40's out of there then that's no problem, what water are we talking about here?

Tony
bolton
16-02-2001, 21:09
i cant be to specific it begins with R
scorpio
16-02-2001, 21:12
Come on Bolton...... if the fish have been removed does it matter? Are they portraid as English strain carp? I am surprised that any water would give up 2 40lb carp I know I wouldn't.

Tony
bolton
16-02-2001, 21:19
it dont matter to me were he has got them from or if there english i was just saying they came from a famous northants fishery thats all,no judgements or comment
scorpio
16-02-2001, 21:25
Okay Bolton, point taken but with all the "Import Thing" going about at the moment I think the majority of anglers on this forum would like to know where the fish they fish for are coming from... I will drop the subject there mate.

Tony
Paulm
17-02-2001, 00:08
I think we all know were they came from 'R##GST##D'
But were did they get stocked into - perhapes another of his waters? the pool maybe?

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Snake
17-02-2001, 16:16
The Man has to make up for his mistakes, which have been costly, so in order to keep the wedge rolling in he has to make some moves.
bolton
17-02-2001, 19:49
weston park is were they went
Snake
19-02-2001, 18:06
What was their weight, 44 and 47?
DanTheMan
20-02-2001, 20:53
hear hear!! backing u guys all the way on this one still.
keeping it british
dan the man
Crispy
21-02-2001, 08:56
Me too, keep it real!
Snake
21-02-2001, 12:04
Off course money would have changed hands, there is no such thing as friends in buisness.
Snake
22-02-2001, 16:31
Carp fishing Utopia for the chosen ones.
Crispy
23-02-2001, 13:39
I think the one positive thing to come out of this si that the concerned anglers are making their voices heard and it seems to me that as time progresses that voice can only get louder, at least I hope it does.

Whatever laws are implemeted, people who don't really care will always try and find an alternative route round a problem, but by doing so, especially with the Carp scenario, they will only be exposing themselves further.

If you think about it a lot of people could name certain fish just by looking at pictures, if these people really think that we won't realise certain unknown fish have come from abroad then they are more stupid than we already think, wait until a prolific water is wiped out and said people loose tens of thousands of pounds, I'm sure attitudes will change then.

As long as we keep our end, up as it were, we are some way forward to stopping the threats that are invloved in illegal fish imports.

Keeping it real in England.
scorpio
23-02-2001, 14:05
They are calling them English fish because people want to catch English fish over imports, if they can persued the lesser informed Carp anglers they will, if the fish were imported originally then they are imports. A Yamaha don't become a Triumph when sold second hand so why should a fish.

Obviously the owner if he knows they are imported and then declares them as British is committing an offence of fraud for personal gain.

Tony
Crispy
23-02-2001, 16:40
Here Here!