Should F1s be considered as silvers? - Keith Arthur

I have never hidden the fact that I don’t like F1s.

I think fishery owners were conned when the original crucian x goldfish hybrid was subtly switched to a goldfish x king carp strain.

The originals, which don’t grow over 4lb, would be fine in silver fish matches but how can a fish that has reached well into double figures and average 6lb-plus in some waters be considered not to be a carp?

It’s bonkers. If they must count (probably to keep the weights up) why not give them a nominal weights say a maximum 2lb?

F1s can grow to an impressive size - bigger than most silver fish

Skill, not brute force, is required to land big fish - Keith Arthur

Catching a fish over 80lb on carp tackle is a brilliant feat. 

No matter how strong the tackle, exerting pressure on a fish using a long rod is not easy. 

I once challenged a good carp angler to make a drag set at exactly the test curve of the rod work. It was an original Daiwa Emblem and a 2.75lb Kevin Nash Amorphous 12ft. He couldn’t do it without putting the butt on the floor, bracing it against his knee and pulling with both hands.

I was only holding the reel, not walking away – that would have flat-rodded him and set the drag off, as a fish would do. 

Anyway, hats off to Jacqueline Horvath, who landed an 86lb carp from monster carp water Euro Aqua. There’s a degree of skill in getting the fish to take the bait, but that is nothing like the skill (strength barely comes into it, by the way) required to put a fish of that size over a landing net.

TO READ THE FULL STORY ON JACQUELINE’S CATCH VISIT: https://www.carpfeed.com/fishing-news/article/is-this-the-first-90-pounder-banked-by-a-woman-video

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Have you seen this spooky ghost carp?

A VIDEO of a ghost carp with a ‘human face’ on its head has gone viral – leaving thousands of people unsettled by its spooky appearance.

The short clip was taken by tourists in Kunming, China who were shocked when the carp emerged from a local lake and ‘looked at them’ with what appeared to be human eyes.

Confused viewers took to Twitter to portray their thoughts of the sighting, with one person stating: “Are You Serious? This Fish Is Demonic!”

To watch the video please visit www.digg.com/video/fish-with-human-face