Theo van Daele
July 11th 03, 07:58 PM
Lee, funny you mention this ...
When I was at the store where I buy my fish, a month or 2 ago, we got into
a conversation about growth, people not having the right sized ponds etc...
The store guy told me quite a few people dump their big kois into the nearby
canal. Or the "uglier" ones.
"That's cruel ! Do they survive ? :eek:"
"Yup, they do".
"How do you know ?"
"Well, I have a few friends who fish there, and they were quite amazed at
first to pull out a full sized Shusui or Yamabuki. Not exactly native fish
are they.".
:eek:
Ho hum... :-)
As a side lesson I learned from this: if they can survive in a canal where
people dump oil/poop/stuff/other stuff/even uglier stuff, they must be
really strong critters. Which puts some of us to shame in a way. It may
also be a strong point for "volume" ?
Food for thought.
Theo
"Lee Brouillet" > schreef in bericht
...
> . . . just reported that someone caught a 52", 78 lb. carp in the Flint
> River. Imagine the fishies you could get it was bred with a jumbo koi!
<GBG>
>
> --
> Lee B.
> See my Zone 9 a/b ponds at:
> http://community.webshots.com/user/dragnp
>
>
When I was at the store where I buy my fish, a month or 2 ago, we got into
a conversation about growth, people not having the right sized ponds etc...
The store guy told me quite a few people dump their big kois into the nearby
canal. Or the "uglier" ones.
"That's cruel ! Do they survive ? :eek:"
"Yup, they do".
"How do you know ?"
"Well, I have a few friends who fish there, and they were quite amazed at
first to pull out a full sized Shusui or Yamabuki. Not exactly native fish
are they.".
:eek:
Ho hum... :-)
As a side lesson I learned from this: if they can survive in a canal where
people dump oil/poop/stuff/other stuff/even uglier stuff, they must be
really strong critters. Which puts some of us to shame in a way. It may
also be a strong point for "volume" ?
Food for thought.
Theo
"Lee Brouillet" > schreef in bericht
...
> . . . just reported that someone caught a 52", 78 lb. carp in the Flint
> River. Imagine the fishies you could get it was bred with a jumbo koi!
<GBG>
>
> --
> Lee B.
> See my Zone 9 a/b ponds at:
> http://community.webshots.com/user/dragnp
>
>