lol, mystery weight. Just so happens to be the exact weight of the fish that Jo Blogs catches who really wants the boat and is best mates with the guy running the comp.
Except that the boat is a raffle.
According to the website, the boat is the prize for a mystery weight carp. The raffle is for a kayak.
I’m surprised they don’t have a prize for biggest haul of carp. Considering the aim of the competition is to rid the lake of them….
Probably because someone would bring carp they’d caught weeks ago down and claim the prize. Pretty easy to keep live carp in a pond.
Damn, now what am I going to do with the Carp in my breeding program?
Actually, someone told me that a previous winner for the heaviest carp was some bloke who had caught a whopper a few weeks before, kept it in his freezer til comp day and handed it in for judging. Sneaky!
lol, mystery weight. Just so happens to be the exact weight of the fish that Jo Blogs catches who really wants the boat and is best mates with the guy running the comp.
lol, mystery weight. Just so happens to be the exact weight of the fish that Jo Blogs catches who really wants the boat and is best mates with the guy running the comp.
I’ll be there on the weekend, I was going into the competition with high hopes for the boat but now you’ve dashed these :-p
I’m surprised they don’t have a prize for biggest haul of carp. Considering the aim of the competition is to rid the lake of them….
Probably because someone would bring carp they’d caught weeks ago down and claim the prize. Pretty easy to keep live carp in a pond.
lol, mystery weight. Just so happens to be the exact weight of the fish that Jo Blogs catches who really wants the boat and is best mates with the guy running the comp.
I’ll be there on the weekend, I was going into the competition with high hopes for the boat but now you’ve dashed these :-p
I’m surprised they don’t have a prize for biggest haul of carp. Considering the aim of the competition is to rid the lake of them….
Yeah, but because of the whole global warming thing, nobody has to believe anything ‘sciencey’ anymore and we can go back to urban myths and ingrained prejudice as the primary source of information about the world.
Are’nt fish meant to have bad memories ? – was that ever proven, or was it just something people said – i remember hearing it as a child though…
No. That’s just one of those stupid “facts” that are paraded without any proof, like “Daddy longlegs have the most toxic venom, but their fangs are too small to do any damage”.
Anyone who has fish will know that they eventually associate certain things with food.
A few years ago, some schoolkid in Adelaide proved that goldfish can remember that a flashing light meant food up to three months later.
Awesome – learn a new thing everyday 😀
I looked up the daddy longlegs thing recently, to show mum that the “fact” was in fact false – Turns out they do have a venom, but its not super deadly – it will kill other spiders not becasue the venom is strong, but becasue the daddy longlegs is a super fast spider and can fight a bit better, and get a few more bites in than its enemy. – I thought that info was pretty interestig – they’re like Bruce Lee in spiders lol
lol, mystery weight. Just so happens to be the exact weight of the fish that Jo Blogs catches who really wants the boat and is best mates with the guy running the comp.
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Disinformation said :
According to the website, the boat is the prize for a mystery weight carp. The raffle is for a kayak.
bigfeet said :
I guess that sounds more reasonable.
p1 said :
Actually, someone told me that a previous winner for the heaviest carp was some bloke who had caught a whopper a few weeks before, kept it in his freezer til comp day and handed it in for judging. Sneaky!
Chop71 said :
Except that the boat is a raffle.
chewy14 said :
Damn, now what am I going to do with the Carp in my breeding program?
Malteser said :
Probably because someone would bring carp they’d caught weeks ago down and claim the prize. Pretty easy to keep live carp in a pond.
Chop71 said :
I’ll be there on the weekend, I was going into the competition with high hopes for the boat but now you’ve dashed these :-p
I’m surprised they don’t have a prize for biggest haul of carp. Considering the aim of the competition is to rid the lake of them….
Jim Jones said :
We stopped doing that?
Disinformation said :
Awesome – learn a new thing everyday 😀
I looked up the daddy longlegs thing recently, to show mum that the “fact” was in fact false – Turns out they do have a venom, but its not super deadly – it will kill other spiders not becasue the venom is strong, but becasue the daddy longlegs is a super fast spider and can fight a bit better, and get a few more bites in than its enemy. – I thought that info was pretty interestig – they’re like Bruce Lee in spiders lol
lol, mystery weight. Just so happens to be the exact weight of the fish that Jo Blogs catches who really wants the boat and is best mates with the guy running the comp.