Category: Carp
Why are koi carp so valuable?
April 19, 2022, 03:26, asked: 釣魚人生
Since the quality Koi are the ones that make it to the market, they become expensive due to the low supply and high demand principle. According to Cool Fish Network, Koi lays a million eggs. Out of the million eggs, only 60% hatch and that is not a reason for a fish farmer to celebrate....
Are koi and grass carp the same?
April 17, 2022, 07:29, asked: Berube Julien
Koi belong to only one species, whereas carps are of many different species. Koi lives in freshwater, but there is one genera (few species) of carps found in the sea. Koi are raised and maintained in rather artificial tanks than in wild, which is highly comparable with wild carp species....
Does koi mean carp?
April 17, 2022, 00:35, asked: Mario Belanger
koi fish are renowned symbols in Japanese and Chinese culture. One popular traditional Japanese tattoo motif is the form of koi carp....
How did carp become koi?
April 16, 2022, 17:57, asked: Josh
Koi fish are colorful, ornamental versions of the common carp. Modern Japanese koi are believed to date back to early 19th-century Japan where wild, colorful carp were caught, kept and bred by rice farmers. The word “koi” comes from the Japanese word for “carp.”...
Are carp fish bad for the environment?
April 15, 2022, 23:29, asked: Robert Ahrens
Why are carp a problem? Asian carp cause serious damage to the native fish populations in the lakes and rivers that they infest because they out-compete other fish (video, 1 min) for food and space. Carp are also thought to lower water quality, which can kill off sensitive organisms like native freshwater mussels....
Do carp destroy ecosystems?
April 14, 2022, 07:49, asked: Tyler Nalevanko
Asian carp can destroy ecosystems very quickly by introducing foreign diseases to the lakes, destroying native breeding grounds, and demolishing the food supply. These invasive fish will eat plankton, which native mussels and fish depend on, and even plants which changes the river flow and shoreline vegetation....
Why are carp so bad for the environment?
April 12, 2022, 12:59, asked: Florian Berger
Common carp degrade water quality and destroy habitat for waterfowl, fish and amphibians. ... While searching for food, carp burrow into lake sediments and in the process they uproot aquatic vegetation, increasing water turbidity and releasing large quantities of sediment-bound nutrients, which stimulate algal blooms....
Does carp feed better at night?
April 12, 2022, 08:29, asked: Thomas Le Gresley
Yes, carp do feed and can be caught at night. In certain areas, they feed even more at night than during the day. Carp have a keen sense of taste and have no problem feeding in the dark. I tend to have greater success fishing at night since carp feel safer feeding due to less fishing pressure....
What is the best floating bait for carp?
April 10, 2022, 18:13, asked: Off_Shore_96
CHUM MIXERS, FLOATERS AND FLOATING BAITS FOR CARP FISHING. Floaters are a general term used to describe those baits that can be used to take carp off the surface. There are many different types of bait that could be classed as floaters, but the one No1 choice is Pedigree Chum Mixer....
What is the best thing to catch carp with?
April 9, 2022, 10:58, asked: Flyfishing Business Class
Fortunately, there is a cheaper and easier bait that carp always strike at: sweet corn. Canned sweet corn has the right combination of salty and sweet flavors that carp find irresistible, and corn kernels are easy to thread directly onto your hook, so you don't need to mess around with a hair rig....