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Asian Carp Invasion

February 28th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Links

Eak, at first I thought this was a spoof……it is very scary though

[tags]flying fish,asian carp [/tags]

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  • 1 Charlie dunn // Feb 28, 2007 at 11:47 am

    Check out the moldy chum link on this same species-this is shit hot !

  • 2 Alistair // Feb 28, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    Yegads, I have been beaten to the punch !

    Have you been out after Salmon yet Charlie or do you prefer a more sedate attack once you know Salmon are in the river ?

  • 3 James // Feb 28, 2007 at 3:21 pm

    I think those are Asian grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) which come from northern China ans Siberia. They’re more than capable of surviving at Scottish temperatures. I don’t know how well they’d do in the Kelvin, but I think they’d be happy enough in the canal. You used to be be able to buy them as pond fish, but I think the EU has banned them now.

  • 4 Alistair // Feb 28, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    Scary, very scary !

  • 5 Charlie dunn // Feb 28, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    I have not been out yet,and i probably wont be until about mid-march,which is the earliest i have ever seen a springer in the kelvin.

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