Introduction To Carp Fishing As A Sport

By Ronald Jassephilld


The popularity of carp as a game fish is increasing in Europe, particularly in the UK. Carp is the general term for a group of fish types in the minnow family that are native to bodies of freshwater in Europe and Asia Throughout history, they have been bred as pets and for some, as sources of food. Some have even introduced them to bodies of water to control the abundance of aquatic plants.

Due to their popularity, they have been exported from the rivers of Europe and Asia to bodies of freshwater all over the world. And because of lack of proper knowledge of the carps' survival capabilities, and probably negligence of some, carps have been carelessly introduced to rivers and lakes where they had no natural predators. This is the reason why in these bodies of water, carps' breeding have become harmful to the native fish species. In these places, carp has been labeled as an invasive species because they are depleting the supply of aquatic plants in riverbeds. If not controlled, they could make the water permanently murky.

Due to the lack of natural predators in the lakes and rivers where they have been introduced, carps grow to become giants. Their size and their fighting spirit while they are on a hook are the reasons why anglers like them They are best sought after in sport fishing UK, where carp fishing is the fastest growing market for anglers They have even developed a special type of carp bait that will last longer in the water than regular bait such as bread and other food items. They named this bait boilies.

Among the members of the carp family, the common carp is the one anglers are after This is because many other varieties such as the silver and bighead carps are filter feeders which are harder to hook. Anglers employ a different method to hook these types of carp called the suspension method

A smaller variety of the carp is the crucian carp. They also captured as sport fish even though they hardly ever grow past one and a half kilograms. They have been known to produce hybrids with their relative the common goldfish. These hybrids grow larger than the pure crucian carps because they have been thought of having better survival skills than their parents.




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