http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/readers-query-catching-carp-at-spawning-time/ News from all our French carp lakes plus general info useful to carpers everywhere Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/readers-query-catching-carp-at-spawning-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Welsh-80 Sun, 31 May 2009 08:33:47 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=340#comment-1055 they are spawning on my sindicate lake at the moment, still plenty getting caught, infact its probably fishing better than usual!! they are spawning on my sindicate lake at the moment, still plenty getting caught, infact its probably fishing better than usual!!

]]> http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/readers-query-catching-carp-at-spawning-time/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Andrew Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:51:06 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=340#comment-936 why would anybody want to catch a carp in spawn, a true pb would be when the fish is spawned out and at its true weight, people should leave spawning alone and give the carp some respect, i am a three season carper so still learning but i know that carp in spawn should be left alone and not stressed out by ego men as the carps weight shouldnt be classed at that time. why would anybody want to catch a carp in spawn, a true pb would be when the fish is spawned out and at its true weight, people should leave spawning alone and give the carp some respect, i am a three season carper so still learning but i know that carp in spawn should be left alone and not stressed out by ego men as the carps weight shouldnt be classed at that time.

]]> http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/readers-query-catching-carp-at-spawning-time/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Jon Perkins Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:21:30 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=340#comment-794 It really depends on the lake in question, some lakes fish badly around spawning time, others fish well. On Horseshoe Lake in the UK after spawning it was always hard, the females always went off and sulked for two weeks, whilst the males remained in the weed - no doubt hoping for more action , and they were catchable. On my lake in France, the fish spawn two or three times every year, or should I say there are 2 or three spawning events, as Gareth says not all the fish spawn at the same time, I believe that the bigger females need to spawn more than once to get rid of all their eggs. Spawning has not had a detrimental effect on the fishing here, because not all the fish are "at it" together, and the week before spawning normally produces great catches, this is because the carp have a big feed to provide them with energy for the spawning event. Afterwards it can go quiet for a couple of days, and the carp can be seen resting up. After this they often resume feeding heavily, in order to regain their condition. The weights of female fish are all over the place during the spring and early summer, it is normal for a female carp to carry around 20% of her body weight in eggs before spawning, and obviously the big females lose a lot of weight after they have shed their eggs. It really depends on the lake in question, some lakes fish badly around spawning time, others fish well. On Horseshoe Lake in the UK after spawning it was always hard, the females always went off and sulked for two weeks, whilst the males remained in the weed – no doubt hoping for more action , and they were catchable. On my lake in France, the fish spawn two or three times every year, or should I say there are 2 or three spawning events, as Gareth says not all the fish spawn at the same time, I believe that the bigger females need to spawn more than once to get rid of all their eggs. Spawning has not had a detrimental effect on the fishing here, because not all the fish are “at it” together, and the week before spawning normally produces great catches, this is because the carp have a big feed to provide them with energy for the spawning event. Afterwards it can go quiet for a couple of days, and the carp can be seen resting up. After this they often resume feeding heavily, in order to regain their condition. The weights of female fish are all over the place during the spring and early summer, it is normal for a female carp to carry around 20% of her body weight in eggs before spawning, and obviously the big females lose a lot of weight after they have shed their eggs.

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