| The arguments roll on about the importation of carp | | | | even just 5! By utter contrast the new instant carp |
| and catfish of any size, whether legally certified or | | | | anglers of today can immediately fish waters where |
| not, and the pressure to provide big fish for carp | | | | this can easily be achieved in a week. But the small |
| anglers willing to pay exorbitant sums is a growing | | | | average carp sizes caught by the very top anglers of |
| phenomenon of the modern carp fishing scene. But | | | | the past is due to the fact that big fish well over |
| they belittle the catches of extremely hard-earned | | | | twenty pounds were exceptionally rare fish in the UK. |
| smaller fish of both today and in the past! Read on | | | | This is why someone who has been carp fishing for |
| to find out why this subject is so explosive and its | | | | over thirty years now with multiple UK personal best |
| big implications for you! | | | | fish over 45 pounds from the last 10 years would |
| The growth rates and sizes of carp and catfish in the | | | | have had what was considered an exceptional |
| UK and in other countries has sky-rocketed in | | | | personal best of 35 pounds during the Eighties. But |
| response to many multiple factors. In the | | | | now a fish of 35 pounds is a relatively small fish in |
| 1970âs and early 1980âs the | | | | quite a few UK carp waters today. This is quite a |
| average UK carp angler would very often have been | | | | paradigm shift for the much more experienced carp |
| ecstatic to catch 20 twenty pound carp in a year or | | | | anglers around I can tell you! |