Comments on: In the Archives: Last Train to Carp-ville

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:54:49 +0000

Timothy: I’m hearing a lot of very good guesses…

By: Timothy Durham

Timothy Durham — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:10:11 +0000

“This is for something that might bore through one’s home-made earthen pond-dam…”

Beaver trap?

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Thu, 02 May 2013 04:35:38 +0000

By bear: From what I read, most home carp farmers did not feed the carp at all throughout the winter, if they were using artificial feed. Carp do slow down in movement and feeding, but they are still awake throughout the winter. They can store fat from protein-rich food sources eaten earlier in the year and to some degree subsist on that, as well as what few food bits they might find in the winter.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Thu, 02 May 2013 04:29:36 +0000

Tim: That’s definitely getting closer! This is for something that might bore through one’s home-made earthen pond-dam…

By: Bear

Bear — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:47:15 +0000

A feedstock container for the automatic feeding of carp in the winter months?

By: Tim McNeely

Tim McNeely — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:29:06 +0000

Looks like a turtle trap to me…

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:11:54 +0000

Hi Dan, thank you for your nice comment. I love digging through these old documents.

Yours is the closest guess thus far…

By: Dan Mikalian

Dan Mikalian — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:37:08 +0000

Fill it up with birdfeed and dead fish so birds don’t hunt the carp?

Lots of great info in here, btw. Thanks for sharing.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:32:25 +0000

*authorities, oops.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:31:37 +0000

Timothy: That is a really great guess. Some carp cuthorities recommended poking holes in the ice, others recommended that you let the pond freeze over but make it deep–at least ten or twelve feet; the water at the bottom is slightly warmer, supposedly. Still others recommended putting in elaborate vent pipes that were said to add oxygen to the water…others said vent pipes were useless…all of these assertions were made with the kind of confident authority that betrays a complete lack of knowledge. :)