HOLY CARP THAT'S ONE BIG FISH!
The carp moved in to shore this past weekend to spawn. It made for a fascinating fish show right off the dock.
These fish are all about 2 ft long (no "fish tale" here.. they're really that big), and easily as big around as the Princess's leg. Probably bigger, actually. She has pretty skinny legs.
There were probably 20 of them cruising back and forth along the shoreline. Periodically a "carp fight!" would occur (that's what the kids called it, and I didn't have the heart to correct them), and the fish would thrash and splash in the shallows.
The captain even managed to pet one of them as it passed under our dock and the darned thing didn't even flinch!
If they had nasty fangs, you would never catch me back in the lake again. Fortunately they're scum-sucking bottom feeders and once spawning season is over, we likely won't see them again. Unless they appear as
Bob did last year.
Here's what the wee
FISHES book at the cottage had to say about carp.
(click the photo to view close up)
The carp moved in to shore this past weekend to spawn. It made for a fascinating fish show right off the dock.
There were probably 20 of them cruising back and forth along the shoreline. Periodically a "carp fight!" would occur (that's what the kids called it, and I didn't have the heart to correct them), and the fish would thrash and splash in the shallows.
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