In reply to Post #45
That's what I've read before they have a different way of feeding or are mainly feeding on naturals

In reply to Post #24

In reply to Post #47
I fished the river regular up until 2013 had loads out biggest was around 17/18lb but there was a mid 20 in there which got put into mans bridge rezzie,I caught that at 27 and then it got found on its side and out back in river where it belonged,also had a 22lb pike on a boilie from there to bottom of river by the canoe club.
Imo there wasn't anything over that mid 20 in there as I was doing repeat captures on the river all year round.

In reply to Post #48
There are definitely uncaught carp.
Reasons can be various .
But they are there even if we cannot or don't want to believe it.

I fish a lake where I can use a boat to get around and onto islands and I know there are uncaught carp in it.

Then there are the ones that get caught occasionally and then there are the ones that turn up regularly.

But that's what makes this sport/hobby of ours so frustrating and addictive.

Don't forget all the illegal foreign fish that got dumped into various lakes and rivers when they were gasping in vans after arriving in the uk. I'm positive some of the very big fish of the last 20years were dumped to allow more oxygen for the bigger fish in the tanks.

In reply to Post #41
There's a list of the Kent Leney stockings in the book 'Carp County'