Britains favourite carp MURDERED?
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Tony from bluebell has posted, loads of nuts have been found around the banks lately and nut bags found in the skip on the way out we use them a lot for carp fishing but they have to be cooked or they can kill the fish. if you don't allow particles to swell to the maximum before use then they can swell in a fishes gut and cause a blockage/discomfort. (so they say)
Bluebell(the lake) has lost there 2 biggest residents this year not good for the owner
Benson
and
the creature
Bluebell(the lake) has lost there 2 biggest residents this year not good for the owner
Benson
and
the creature
stotty;3372925; said:Tony from bluebell has posted, loads of nuts have been found around the banks lately and nut bags found in the skip on the way out we use them a lot for carp fishing but they have to be cooked or they can kill the fish. if you don't allow particles to swell to the maximum before use then they can swell in a fishes gut and cause a blockage/discomfort. (so they say)
Bluebell(the lake) has lost there 2 biggest residents this year not good for the owner
Benson
and
the creature
WOW LOOK AT THAT!!!!!!!
How long do you expect an obese fish to survive? Maybe these fish should be allowed to find their own food. There was a carp in Japan(koi) that lived over one hundred years. I doubt this fish was overfed every day of its life. Catching a giant fat fish that was fed heavily no doubt is no angling accomplishment. You people ought to lower your heads in shame. This is cruel behavior.
Schneider;3378905; said:
Animal-rights group PETA took the opportunity to tack a moral onto this like your self ..........
"Will anglers now relate to that fillet on their plate, or is all this 'mourning' for Benson a lot of crocodile tears?" the group said in an e-mail statement.
"No one should be hooked on fishing, and fish shouldn't be hooked at all."
well all i can say is
Benson had been caught and released more than 60 times over the course of her 25 years, if it was such a mug then how comes it was not caught every day
stotty;3382102; said:
I am not aligned with PETA in any way shape or form. I love fishing. We have carp all over the place here in the states. They are not nearly as deep as they are long like the pictured fish. PLease don't try to trivialize my statements by comparing me to PETA. This fish did not get super fat because of the 63 times it was caught and released. I wasn't referring to the fishing part as cruel behavior. I just believe that if humans intervene to try to make the fish they angle for larger by feeding them, things are getting out of hand. No one can deny that the pictured fishes were in an unnatural state that was detrimental to their health. Most fishes will eat everything that is available for them to eat at any given moment. They do this because there is no certainty as to when their next meal is available. Fish don't seem to have the ability to deny this impulse. I love fishing. If PETA got its way nobody would ever eat anything that didn't originate from a plant. Comparing me to PETA is the easy way out. Maybe you could have adressed my stated concerns rather than trying to discredit me by comparing me to PETA.
P.S.-this is a fishkeeping site. Most of its members try to raise fish that are not overfed and grotesque. Next time you wish to post a news story about a 25 year old carp, maybe you should leave the photos out.