The Sport of Carp Fishing

Harold wrote:

Don't you just love mother nature....she'll be right....given time.
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YEP.....and us humans better take better care in understanding that...or
we won't be around to wittness her awesome power!

John K

Harold wrote:
"E." wrote in message
...

Carp do not belong in our waters. They do no good whatsoever, and should
be eradicated. Full eradication is unfortunately next to impossible.
This is why it is a crime here to return a carp to the water once caught.
E.



counterpoint:
Carp in Australia do not have the reputation that they do in Europe. In fact
they are positively hated in many areas. A lot of misinformation has created
this situation.

A lot of accurate information has created this situation.

The Carp has become a scape goat, bad farming and irrigation
practises have increased salt levels and nutrient levels poisoning the land
and subsequently the waterways.

In some areas this is true.

The Carp is blamed for...Muddying the
water...
They do cause this.

undermining the banks.... killing all the weed....

Are you making this up?

killing the native species....

Carp aren't really a predator in the classic sense. They do eat native
fish eggs. The young (billions of them) hatch before natives, and eat
all the tiny aquatic food that baby native fish require.

causing trees to fall in the waterways.

Ok you *are* making this up.

The list of its
diabolical actions is legion but at the end of the day man is to blame for
the problem.

Yes. Man introduced carp and a lot of other exotic species which bacame
pests.

That said...it must be pointed out that there were and still are areas that
suffer from what amounts to be infestation. Huge numbers of Carp have at
times congregated in waterways that do not have a hope of supporting the
biomass.

English perch are the same.

Unfortunately these gatherings have been interpreted as breeding,
the chances are that the majority of these fish perished in a fight for
survival. Native species like Murray Cod are in some areas making a come
back.

They are coming back mainly to maintaining minimum river flows for
ecologocal sustainability, removal of pests such as carp, restocking,
replanting river banks with approprait, removing pest plants such as
willows, bag and size limits, CnR fishing and education.

They are using the Carp as a food source.......Don't you just love
mother nature.....she'll be right....given time!!!!

....and man fixing his mistakes by killing the carp.
E.

QUIT CROSS_POSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"E." wrote in message
...
Harold wrote:
"E." wrote in message
...

Carp do not belong in our waters. They do no good whatsoever, and should
be eradicated. Full eradication is unfortunately next to impossible.
This is why it is a crime here to return a carp to the water once caught.
E.



counterpoint:
Carp in Australia do not have the reputation that they do in Europe. In
fact
they are positively hated in many areas. A lot of misinformation has
created
this situation.

A lot of accurate information has created this situation.

The Carp has become a scape goat, bad farming and irrigation
practises have increased salt levels and nutrient levels poisoning the
land
and subsequently the waterways.

In some areas this is true.

The Carp is blamed for...Muddying the
water...
They do cause this.

undermining the banks.... killing all the weed....

Are you making this up?

killing the native species....

Carp aren't really a predator in the classic sense. They do eat native
fish eggs. The young (billions of them) hatch before natives, and eat all
the tiny aquatic food that baby native fish require.

causing trees to fall in the waterways.

Ok you *are* making this up.

The list of its
diabolical actions is legion but at the end of the day man is to blame
for
the problem.

Yes. Man introduced carp and a lot of other exotic species which bacame
pests.

That said...it must be pointed out that there were and still are areas
that
suffer from what amounts to be infestation. Huge numbers of Carp have at
times congregated in waterways that do not have a hope of supporting the
biomass.

English perch are the same.

Unfortunately these gatherings have been interpreted as breeding,
the chances are that the majority of these fish perished in a fight for
survival. Native species like Murray Cod are in some areas making a come
back.

They are coming back mainly to maintaining minimum river flows for
ecologocal sustainability, removal of pests such as carp, restocking,
replanting river banks with approprait, removing pest plants such as
willows, bag and size limits, CnR fishing and education.

They are using the Carp as a food source.......Don't you just love
mother nature.....she'll be right....given time!!!!

...and man fixing his mistakes by killing the carp.
E.

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:06:03 +1100, "E." sent into
the ether:

Harold wrote:
"E." wrote in message
...

Carp do not belong in our waters. They do no good whatsoever, and should
be eradicated. Full eradication is unfortunately next to impossible.
This is why it is a crime here to return a carp to the water once caught.
E.
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