Conventional Angling An Fish Care

Conventional Angling And Fish Care

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Conventional Angling has been around since I can remember in Southern Africa, with millions of people partaking in this facet be it social or competitive. In recent years we as South African Anglers have started practicing CAR ( Catch and Release) and fish care and every day anglers realize that this is the way to go. Now don't get me wrong, when we say CAR it is not meant to release every single fish you catch, but lets be reasonable. Don't take out what you are not going to use. Lets take a Carp as an example here. We all know that our local waters are heavily stocked with this introduced species, and a lot of them are over stocked for that matter. Rule of thumb says that the average Carp grows at a rate of 1Kg per year, and under favorable conditions could gain up to 1.5-2Kg's per year. Now we know that with our water being so heavily stocked the average growth rate is only around 1Kg, so a Carp caught with a weight of 10Kg's is around 10Years old. Please login or register to see the full article.