Dux-R-Us
Fear the Duck
From my pond.
34 in Length
19 in Girth
21 lbs
My vintage 1978 Martin Lynx bow is still deadly.
Two more left to get out of the pond. Stupid fisheries biologist put six in ca. 10 years ago.
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From my pond.
34 in Length
19 in Girth
21 lbs
My vintage 1978 Martin Lynx bow is still deadly.
Two more left to get out of the pond. Stupid fisheries biologist put six in ca. 10 years ago.
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
Why did they put them in your pond?
Dux-R-Us
Fear the Duck
OGK (Only God Knows). Our pond was young and had very little vegetation, yet my fisheries neighbor decided to put 6 of those damned things in. He moved to Colorado a year later, so he's probably been busy mucking up the fishing in that state.
As a result of the introduction we have no vegetation in the pond now. But the carp muddy up the water scavenging for detritus on the bottom.
The biggest one I've caught thus far was 29 lbs in 2008. Oddly, it took a floating Rapala I was twiching on the surface.
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dennishoddy
Moderator
Its a grass carp if I'm not wrong.
I think the "old" way of thinking in pond managment reccomends putting in some grass carp to reduce vegetation when the pond is new or renewed. 10 years ago, the thinking was no vegetation so the predator fish could manage the smaller fish that could cause stunting.
I'll bet with this drought, ponds getting low, no vegetation to add oxygen to the water, and fish kills, the thinking has changed.
The latest report I got was fish, eat the middle sized fish, throw back the bigguns after a pic, to prey on the little fish. There has to be a food chain.
I have a buddy with a new pond. He added a couple after two years to help. The Dunns Fish Farm folks said when they get to be around 8-10 lbs to harvest them. If not harvested, they will do exactly what has happened to you.
I like your way of harvest!
(btw, I was at the ODW office last week at Kaw Lake. A couple of the fisheries biologist were filleting some grass carp about the size of yours. Said they were tasty)
I think the "old" way of thinking in pond managment reccomends putting in some grass carp to reduce vegetation when the pond is new or renewed. 10 years ago, the thinking was no vegetation so the predator fish could manage the smaller fish that could cause stunting.
I'll bet with this drought, ponds getting low, no vegetation to add oxygen to the water, and fish kills, the thinking has changed.
The latest report I got was fish, eat the middle sized fish, throw back the bigguns after a pic, to prey on the little fish. There has to be a food chain.
I have a buddy with a new pond. He added a couple after two years to help. The Dunns Fish Farm folks said when they get to be around 8-10 lbs to harvest them. If not harvested, they will do exactly what has happened to you.
I like your way of harvest!
(btw, I was at the ODW office last week at Kaw Lake. A couple of the fisheries biologist were filleting some grass carp about the size of yours. Said they were tasty)
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
No telling how many of them you have in there by now.
brandt9913
Well-Known Fanatic
No telling how many of them you have in there by now.
Luckily grass carp are sterile Burk.
dennishoddy
Moderator
No telling how many of them you have in there by now.
That got my interest up, as I didn't think they spawned in ponds, and didn't know why. A little google turned this up.
It is a semi-migratory fish; the mature broodstock migrate to the upper reaches of major rivers to propagate. Flowing water and changes in water level are essential environmental stimuli for natural spawning. The fish can reach sexual maturity under culture conditions, but cannot spawn naturally. Hormone injection and environmental stimuli, such as flowing water are necessary for induced spawning in tanks. Gras carp grow rapidly and reach a maximum weight of 35 kg in the wild.
brandt9913
Well-Known Fanatic
And now I know why they are sterile.
dennishoddy
Moderator
Gotta Love Google!
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
mmmmm, interesting.
Dux-R-Us
Fear the Duck
unfortunately the method to make them tetrapolids (and thus sterile) is not 100% effective. Alas, the Asian carp fiasco in the Illinois River system.
dennishoddy
Moderator
Yeah, washing out of ponds during high water periods have put them into the ecosystem where they can breed. Just another fiasco of introducing a foreign specie into another.
