This morning in search of a little peace and quiet I decided I would fish an old village pond, somewhere I haven't fished since my early teens. It's a lovely little place and I have many fond memories of my first carp captures from their. There used to be a finicky little group of tench in there too, I never caught one larger than a pound but they were beautiful - sadly I think they have perished over the years. Aswell as the tench, the pond is home to a number of carp, both commons and pretty little mirrors.
Being a village pond it even has a few goldfish which I guess have been released there over the years, I like to think from the village fayres of years past. My largest carp from there was around six pounds, and I regard it as a true wildie; but sadly I didn't take a picture as this was many moons ago. But today I was delighted to have a few wild(?) carp to the two pound mark grace my net. I am by no means a traditional fisherman (tradisherman lol?) but I must say it was a lovely way to spend the morning, gazing at an active float - it certainly beats the motionless bobbins that I have become accustomed to watching these days.
But I digress, what do ya reckon... Wildies, or not?
I can't understand how pretty little mirrors such as this one got in there though http://imgur.com/ug8iIBm, it makes me doubt the 'wild carp strain' and think perhaps they're just feral carp? They sure look wild enough though...
