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foxfish said:
Nice fat catch but, but such an odd shape fish!
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dw1305 said:
Hi all,

Too much good living on all the sweet corn and boilies that the carp fisherpeople have thrown in?

cheers Darrel
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Pretty standard body shape for a large aging mirror carp, they always tend to get the hunch back and big belly.

foxfish said:
Yep, a far cry from 1930 stocking of Redmire.
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A similar look to Chris Yates British record Mirror at 51lb 8oz - caught in 1980 from Redmire and thought to be one of the original stock fish.
 
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Indeed nice fish... Remembers me of my old fishing days... I was the proud owner of a House of Hardy glass fibre rod 11f - 1.5 lbs with a Sheakspeare Ambidex. If I'm correctly the rod was named after Clarissa a British record size Carp at that time (1970s). The nicest rod I ever had and unfortunately no longer have or else I likely still would be fishing. 🙂
foxfish said:
Nice fat catch but, but such an odd shape fish!
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Wookii said:
Pretty standard body shape for a large aging mirror carp, they always ten to get the hunch back and big belly.
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That's the whole purpose behind it, the Mirror Carp and the Leather Carp are descendants of cultivated and selective-bred stock for meat production. Most of these fat sweet water piglets end up in nature as popular game fish via restocking from breeding farms. In Germany and Eastern Europe Carp is still on the menu as a delicacy available from the freezer in the supermarket and is always Mirror Carp. In 100% natural waters, you'll never catch one it only has the gold-coloured torpedo shape Wild Carp that rarely grows bigger than 40 pounds.
 
A few pix from Lisbon,
This giant cat was spotted on the cable car over the Oceanario de Lisboa, so had to go find it and take pix. It's made from bins lids and hard hats and other plastics.


And this was one of my favourite buildings I spotted at Sintra Palace, very gothic vibes in contrast to the area and other buildings nearby.
 

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Don't want to dwell on the Mirror Carp too much except to say the Fisheries that look after the lakes have strict rules for guests and members, what can be brought in and what baits to be used etc and have all environmental agency registration Water quality and Fish health are top priority , anyone not adhering is banned. Like the rule about a caught fish out of water _ weighed if needed, photographed then back in after a short set time. Interesting some the larger fish have names because of recognisable scale markings
 
Yes the daisy is locally known as St Peter Port Daisy, it was introduced in the 1830s and first recorded in the wild, in Guernsey, in 1860.
By 1880s it had spread all over our Town (st peter port) it is very abundant and noticeable at this time of year.
The Cork Oak is the only one I know of on public display and is said to be 160 years old but has never looked particularly strong.
 
PARAGUAY said:
Guessing the tree is a rare one,, and the age😯of it,
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Rare in the UK as cork bark oak seems to favor warmer climates, it lives in Candie Gardens.
The gardens were at one time part a privateers private home, the owner a Mr Priaulx, was exceptionally wealthy and imported many rare trees and plants.
Unfortunately many of the rare plants and specimen trees are reaching the end of their lives being planted some 150-200 years ago.
‘Note’ a Privateer was basically a legalised pirate. Guernsey had many such Privateers to he extend of being a world wide threat and even a potential threat to the British navy!
There are some very accurate records of the taxes paid during this time, although I cant remember the exact details, some of the privateers and their decedents were paying 60k or more income tax @ 20% 200 years ago.
 
Hi all,
foxfish said:
Rare in the UK as cork bark oak seems to favor warmer climates,
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I've seen a big Cork Oak (Q. suber) near Sidmouth, and apparently there are <"even bigger ones"> in Devon and Cornwall. You more usually see the hybrid between Turkey (Q. cerris) and Cork Oak , the "Lucombe Oak" (Q. x hispanica). We have one on the Campus (a Lucombe Oak)_ and it sheds its leaves about now.

cheers Darrel
 
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We were back to our summer man cave at the Terrace, so nice to be back in the sun, eating Thai food and listening to the weekly bands.
The best thing is the bands have a sound check at 530pm (we love sound checks and banter) and go live at 7.
So no late nights and at my age that is a huge bonus!
PS saw this crazy £2 million 250mph car on the way in to town, we have a max speed limit of 35mph but that does not seem to bother the folk who can afford such luxuries! IMG_1027.jpegIMG_1028.jpegIMG_9421.jpeg
 
foxfish said:
PS saw this crazy £2 million 250mph car on the way in to town, we have a max speed limit of 35mph but that does not seem to bother the folk who can afford such luxuries!
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That's mad, I bet it doesn't get out of 1st gear
 
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