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Fish Supplies
Following
the successful rearing of small carp in 2004, I have been involved in
joint,carp-rearing exercises with several clients.
The carp are stocked as young individuals that are born in late January in the state-of-the-art coldwater fish hatchery at Rodbaston College, near Stafford. The parents are carp from Orchid Lakes, near Abingdon, and the Carp Society’s Horseshoe Lake, near Lechlade – both venues known for specimen fish to 40lb+.
The fish are 50:50 commons and mirrors, with a high percentage of fully-scaled mirrors. They are characterised by the red tinge to the edges of the lower fins, a coloration which becomes more pronounced with age. The carp look fantastic and are as fat as butter.
They have the capability for extremely fast growth: some of the 2004 fish weighed over 20lb at just four years of age (see picture), and they have the potential to grow to 30lb+ within 6-7 years!
The carp are fed during the spring and summer on a complete, specialist carp pellet diet in ponds protected by anti-predators nets and overhead wires.
Autumn
2009 Update
Some of these clients now have fish for sale, with harvesting between November 2009 and early 2010.
Small Carp
The purchaser of some of my original fish (some five years ago) - Chris Manifold at Lana Springs in Devon - has since bred from these fish are is selling the excess as he builds up his stocks ahead of offering the full range of sizes for sale. The fish are the first-generation offspring of Rodbaston College fish (themselves crosses between carp from Horseshoe Lake and Orchid Lakes). I know them well and they are superb.
Moreover, Chris has hand-reared the carp, which have not been mixed with ANY other carp or, indeed, other coarse fish, and they are health-checked regularly. He has for sale:-
- 2,000-3,000 x 8oz-12oz carp (summer 2008 offspring) at £4.50/lb
- 300 x 2-3lb carp (summer 2007 offspring) at £5.50/lb
VAT is applicable to these prices. Delivery charges are 50p/mile for the one-way journey between his fish farm and the delivery site; for orders worth more than £2,000 (ex VAT), delivery is free.
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Another client (Rob Stephens at Sion Farm, Worcestershire) has been growing on a group of the same Rodbaston carp, obtained as small individuals in late spring 2007. The fish have been held in a dedicated growing-on pond containing no other fish, under anti-predator netting. Again, they have been fed by hand and not subject to any angling.
The fish for sale – preferably in one batch - comprise:-
- 400 carp x 1.5-2lbs each (spring 2007 offspring) at £5.50/lb
Delivery arrangements are the same as those above.
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Other Coarse Fish
Another client is organising the cropping of non-carp species from a 60-acre, syndicated carp fishery which contains large numbers of other coarse fish species. The fish have not been subject to angling and have grown naturally – and quickly - in the rich environment, so they are fin-perfect. They are about to be health checked prior to their cropping by seine netting.
The fish should be available during November 2009. Estimated numbers and sizes are shown below, together with the sale prices (to which VAT must be added):-
- Roach, 3oz-12oz– any quantity in batches of 500lb+ at £5.50/lb
- Bream & roach/bream hybrids, 12oz-3lbs– any quantity in batches of 500lb+ at £5.80/lb
- Rudd, 3oz-12oz – estimated 300lbs for sale at £5.80/lb
- Perch, 2oz-1lb – estimated 500lbs available at £5.25/lb
There will be a small delivery charge for small orders, but this will be waived for larger orders.
The fish are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and the order book will be closed once all the fish have been allocated. Please contact Bruno or use the email enquiry form
