Fishing [fish-ing]

Fishing: n.
  1. The act of catching fish.
  2. The technique or occupation of catching fish.
  3. A place or facility for catching fish.

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Types of Carp - Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Grass Carp at Exclusive Lakes:

Carp

-Common Carp Cyprinus carpio

-Mirror Carp Cyprinus carpio

-Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon Idella

Originating from China, the Carp has since been introduced into environments worldwide and are probably the most popular target species amongst modern day anglers. Carp were originally imported into lakes and ponds at monasteries and farmed by the monks for food.

-Common Carp Cyprinus carpio

The Common Carp is a freshwater fish and a distant relative of the common goldfish.

The wild, non-domesticated carp known as "wildies" tend to be much less stocky and grow to just a fraction of the size of other strains of carp. The Common carp is similar in appearance but not in shape, to the wild carp. It has a fully-scaled body and a golden/silver colour.

Although they are very tolerant of most conditions and water quality, the common carp prefer large bodies of slow or standing water and soft, vegetative sediments. Carp are schooling fish and they prefer to be in groups of 5 or more.

Carp will eat a wide variety of bait presented to them ranging from, maggots, bread, worms, etc. through to well prepared particles, top quality boilies, and artificial baits like plastic corn/maize.

Although carp will potentially eat most baits a good quality boilie remains the favored choice amongst the majority of modern carp anglers today. The common carp is a strong fighting fish and arguably commons often provide a more powerful fight than any other carp.

-Mirror Carp Cyprinus carpio

The current British Carp record is a stunning mirror affectionately named "Two-Tone", caught from the now famous Conningbrook in Kent.

Two-Tone has been caught a number of times weighing over 60lbs. Gary Bayes was the first man to break the 60lb barrier setting the british record with Two-Tone. Followed by top rods like Lee Jackson, Jonathan Pack, and Simon Bater.

Most recently Two-Tone weighed in at a massive 64lb 14oz, when captured by current record holder Simon Bater in October 2005.

-Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon Idella

The Grass Carp is a freshwater fish cultivated in China for food but introduced in the United States and then throughout Europe mainly for aquatic weed control. Despite their name Grass Carp don't live off of a diet of grass! As well as eating their fair share of weed and other soft pond plants their diet is similar to that of other strains of carp.

Grass Carp are long and torpedo like in shape, and look similar in appearance to another of the Cyprinidae family, the Chub. Their large fully scaled bodies are dark olive on top, a brownish-yellow shade on the sides with a white belly.

The current British Record Grass Carp is a cracking, 44lbs 8oz fish caught by Phillip Kingsbury in July 2006, at the Cemex Angling Horton Church Lake.