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Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:19 am
by Coral Maestro
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:42 am
by Pallenpool
Lovely stuff
pictures like this should give each and everyone of us some hope of catching from lakes and pools in the depths of Winter.
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:40 am
by Coral Maestro
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:47 pm
by Trilob
Never seen that before. Lovely atmosphere there!
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:17 pm
by Dave Burr
Remarkable, French carp are renowned for their lack of surface feeding on numerous waters never mind in minus temperatures. I'd love a go at them
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:47 pm
by Liphook
Great to see
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:18 pm
by Mole-Patrol
It would be interesting to discover the water temperature where the fish were feeding compared to other areas of the lake. In some of the lakes and rivers where I fish there are springs that feed warmer water into small areas and that is where the fish (and cormorants) can be often found. I can only test the surface water temperature, but sometimes it is barely one degree C higher and that is enough to make a difference.
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:16 pm
by MaggotDrowner
Amazing to see. I wonder what is makingthem do it?
Re: Carp taking mixers in the cold
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:38 pm
by Coral Maestro
MaggotDrowner wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:16 pm
Amazing to see. I wonder what is makingthem do it?
The carp are fed every day through the year so they are used to finding food there. The lake has poor availability of natural food and the stock levels are quite high so they have to take what they can get. If the fish know that they can get food then it is worth their while staying active. If they couldn't get food then they would go into a state of torpor until food became available again.
I think that's why some lakes in the UK are good winter waters - anglers are introducing bait on a regular basis so the fish remain active.