koi carp in uk

[stewie 3,387]

i dont why but was thinking earlier about seeing a stunning koi carp in my local canal back home around 5 years ago and that it must of bred by now??? so theres maybe a good population on x bred koi now in the stretch!!! have many on here seen/caught koi in the wild :hmm:

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

My mate caught 1 in a pond

 

 

Just tried to inbox you there mate but your messages are full

[stewie 3,387]

My mate caught 1 in a pond

 

 

Just tried to inbox you there mate but your messages are full

how heavy was it mate???? pm box empty now

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

Not sure the proper weight of it mate but seen a couple that made that one look tiny, so they are next on the list to catch

[trigger2 3,146]

i was talking to a lad the other day and he reckons there has been koi and common carp caught in the local stretch of river in the last 12 months.

[gnipper 6,509]

There's a pond I fish that's got plenty in mixed with some big commons, a pure white one that's got to be over ten easy but its a crafty b*****d and keeps its distance from the baits.

[suffolkpoacher 219]

All are carp are ghosts round this way cause the polish have eaten the lot

[RubyTex 1,957]

The local pond i used to fish had a few koi and goldfish in, some whoppers an all. You could see them feeding but no matter what bait you tried they'd never bite had a 12ftx8ft pond at home i wanted filling!

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

That took a nice freelined earth worm RubyTex, the 2 big ones have got to be at least 20lb+ so we are hoping to get them rather than the little ones when we next visit it

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

All are carp are ghosts round this way cause the polish have eaten the lot

 

Eat the polish people then

[Ratreeper 441]

I used to fly fish the cub on retford canal all the time and there is pretty much everything in there including koi and goldfish. I would be surprised if there aren't breeding populations all over, but the bright ones would probably be easy targets for pike and other predators so I don't predict them thriving too long.

[The one 8,493]

There was a pit that had a fountain full of them and when they bred the eggs, young fish got flushed into a burn but any we caught where black ?.

Edited May 2, 2012 by The one

[billybaltic 308]

Plenty of koi knocking about, canal's have plenty of koi and goldfish, it's where people dump them when they decide to get rid of them, usually get picked off by pike and perch, but if they get to be big they are really good fish, you see them easy, but not easy to catch, anyone know the biggest caught in u.k. must be 20lb plus, like to see it.

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

Plenty of koi knocking about, canal's have plenty of koi and goldfish, it's where people dump them when they decide to get rid of them, usually get picked off by pike and perch, but if they get to be big they are really good fish, you see them easy, but not easy to catch, anyone know the biggest caught in u.k. must be 20lb plus, like to see it.

 

45lb the trent ghostie

[stewie 3,387]

this ones caused uproar on the net as most people think its fake!!!

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309880/Fisherman-Raphael-Biagini-catches-massive-30lbs-goldfish.html