How much would it cost?

[Barbz]

How much do you think it would cost to buy a 40 lb fish?

iv got a lake at home and im thinking of stocking it for my own personal use and was wondering what sort of price fish are!

[oliver reed]

Some fisheries pay around £700-£1000 for a twenty pound carp,fully scaled and linears/unique scale patterns fetch higher prices.

A 30lb carp can cost anything from £1800-£3000 again depending on condition,scale pattern,origin etc.

In a nutshell,you'd pay through the nose for a 40lb fish plus I think you'd need permission for moving it?

Oh and fishing for 'pets' is not my idea of fun! The fish in Nash's pond were put in for ornamental purposes and after being hand fed oodles of Nashbait they became too 'tame' so he decided to teach them a lesson and fish for them.

[Barbz]

wel they wouldnt quite be pets, its an old sand quarry that has now filled up, its probaby got the same surface area as Capes main lake.


just an idea im toying with, but needs costing and proper consideration.

[kermit]

The first thought that has jumped into my mind (and i'm sure this is part of your 'consideration' process Barbz) is to make sure the lake is capable of supporting the fish you stock.

Buying a stock of decent fish is expensive, but supplementing their diet to keep them up to size and in a healthy condition could be a significant and ongoing cost that needs to be considered.

Mike.

[oliver reed]

Do you own this particular sand quarry fella? Or just live near/next to it? I certainly wouldn't go throwing money at stock fish on a water that has no legal connection with yourself,for you'll be hard pushed to get 'your' fish back should a fishing club attain the rights to said quarry.

Besides,instant 40 waters are often met with sour reception and tend to attract a rather 'strange' crowd so to speak. But if you decide to follow your dream I can recommend an excellent bailff who'd be experienced at such a venue,he gos b th nme of gvin nd gos carpn....

[Barbz]

by capable, you mean, naturals, oxygen and shelter. I doubt as a pit, its is mature enough yet to support a stocking. Although it wouldnt suprise me if there is fish of some sort in there already as its about 2 years old now, and iv heard ducks can bring the eggs in on there feet.

Think im gonna give some one from the EA a ring and get them down to have a look.

[Barbz]

Originally Posted by oliver reed

Do you own this particular sand quarry fella? Or just live near/next to it? I certainly wouldn't go throwing money at stock fish on a water that has no legal connection with yourself,for you'll be hard pushed to get 'your' fish back should a fishing club attain the rights to said quarry.

Besides,instant 40 waters are often met with sour reception and tend to attract a rather 'strange' crowd so to speak. But if you decide to follow your dream I can recommend an excellent bailff who'd be experienced at such a venue,he gos b th nme of gvin nd gos carpn....

We own it with the ppl who live around it and there is only 3 of us. the only acess to it is through our land so I couldnt open it to the public as there is no infastructure! just a project im thinking of doing for fun really, be nice to see what I could achieve.

[oliver reed]

Fish introduction to such a water although appealing from your perspective would IMO be a bit risky if you were to introduce fish of any size,due to as Kermit points out factors involving fish sustainability (food etc).

Would the EA treat this as a viable use of their officers time? If a club were running the water I think they would hold some responsibilty in researching its potential but I doubt they will come and spend time weighing it up just for (in their eyes) 'someone to have a big pond in their garden' type of thought?

No harm in ringing them though,after all if you've bought a licence you can use that as leverage to get them down there!

[Barbz]

dont get me wrong, its very pie in the sky, but something id like to do eventually. Ill do some research online before I even contemplate wasting an officers time.

Cheers for the advice.

[russ]

i wouldnt personally stock a fish of that size initially , in my opinion it would be better to stock it with a few more smaller fish and see how they get on .
i would also put some other species in there as well .
whatever you do make sure that they are properly health tested first as you could end up with a nightmare on your hands !

[booth91]

like said mate, i wouldnt just stock a 40lb fish straight in, weres the fun in that!
get some small ones in and watch em grow as you feed em etc.

[Stig]

Fish it and see whats in there if it has a good head of roach or the like you could get a fish farm to come in and remove them for swaps for a few smaller carp perhaps

I think you'll find once you have introduced a fish or a number of fish to a water, and fed/reared them , you will find that you wont want to fish for them.

One example of this is my partners brother, his parents own a farm and dug him a pond of about 1/4 acre, he stocked it with 2 tench, 13 carp between 7-13lb and a couple of perch i think, however he let it mature for a a few years feeding it pellets, maggots, bread mixer etc etc..

Then one day he went to fish it (for the carp) got a pick up after 15 mins, and said whilst playing it he felt he was being cruel to his 'pet'. he unhooked it and packed the rods away.
And he has rarely fished since...

[ThunderCat]

Originally Posted by amateurblanker

I think you'll find once you have introduced a fish or a number of fish to a water, and fed/reared them , you will find that you wont want to fish for them.

One example of this is my partners brother, his parents own a farm and dug him a pond of about 1/4 acre, he stocked it with 2 tench, 13 carp between 7-13lb and a couple of perch i think, however he let it mature for a a few years feeding it pellets, maggots, bread mixer etc etc..

Then one day he went to fish it (for the carp) got a pick up after 15 mins, and said whilst playing it he felt he was being cruel to his 'pet'. he unhooked it and packed the rods away.
And he has rarely fished since...

Thats definitley true ! i also know a lad that owns his own carp lake, he lets people fish it for a price (he hand picks people) but he doesnt fish it at all, he said the fish in there are like his pets and he feels cruel. he also had a bit of a rant at how much his thirty pounders cost....£1200 so how much a 40 would cost is anyone's guess lol..
Anyway here's what i found price wise.
Prices

[Barbz]

Cheers for all the advice guys, its all usefull, especially from the PM's iv got!

im gonna net it, and treat the water and see where I am in a years time!

Regards

Chris