I bought a textual content final weekend with an image of a fish hooked up. It appears this woman lives on one of many clear water ponds in our space and she or he has seen this fish for no less than two years. The fish seemed to be a gold coloration and she or he requested if it may very well be a golden carp.
I informed her I used to be positive this fish was a Koi, a fish that some folks put of their ponds that they’ve at their properties. A Koi is a coloured model of the Amur carp and are saved for ornamental functions in ponds. A Koi isn’t a goldfish however the two advanced from sorts of Asian carp and developed into two totally different species.
I took care of a Koi pond for about 20 years, so, after I noticed the image of this fish, I knew it was a Koi. The pelvic and pectoral fins of a Koi lay flat and parallel to the underside of the pond and, together with their good colours, this makes them straightforward to establish.
You may marvel how a Koi may get into certainly one of our clear space ponds. That is usually attributable to somebody who buys a fish or fish and later decides they don’t need them. This occurs! Simply consider all of the cats and canines taken to shelters; it’s the identical with fish solely they’re simply launched.
Homeowners don’t have the center to kill or flush the fish so that they take them to an space pond or lake, flip them unfastened, and hope for the perfect!
The Koi within the pond I took care of survived the winters for all these years. The goldfish I’ve in my yard pond survive the winters as properly. Being nothing greater than a “glorified carp” one may purpose that these fish may survive the chilly water.
These brilliantly coloured fish are straightforward to identify in clear water ponds and once in a while one will get noticed.
It’s unlawful in Illinois to switch a fish from one physique of water to a different, however many individuals do it. The stocker trout that get put into Clear Pond at Kickapoo State Park twice a yr are many occasions caught in different ponds as a result of they’ve been relocated by different anglers. A few of these fish develop and, when they’re caught, weigh within the three to search out pound vary.
Whereas fishing an Illini Bass Membership match on Lake Vermilion again within the 70s we noticed an alligator laying alongside a log. It was greater than seemingly a Dwarf Caiman bought in pet shops again then. After all, no one believed it! Later an ice fisherman discovered it frozen within the lake whereas on a fishing journey and it confirmed up in our newspaper.
Every so often a piranha is taken from Illinois waters. You had higher take that fish off your hook very rigorously!
If you happen to get a pet equivalent to a canine, a cat, a hamster, or a fish please make it a lifetime dedication for that animal; be accountable!
Sam Van Camp writes concerning the open air on Saturdays. Fax: 446-6648. E-mail: pamnsam70@aol.com
