MarkTheSpark
Senior Member
Re: The World's Biggest Carp Caught on Rod and Line
Is it just me, or does anyone else find the whole premise of Thailand ponds stocked with monster fish offensive?
I couldn't believe John Wilson endorsing this concept but I'm shocked it has survived as long as this. Let's get some perspective on this; these are, at best, small lakes stocked with fish that can only thrive in huge waters. Think 40lb ressy pike stuffed into 1/2-acre lakes and you get the picture.
It's not just the falsehood of these fish living in these lakes, it's what these fish are. They have shipped arapaima from South America to Thailand to make the tills ring. Arapaima - the world's biggest freshwater fish, under pressure in its native country from poaching and deforestation. That's like catching a tiger in India and plonking it in a game reserve in Africa to be shot at.
I sincerely hope that most FMers would feel the same as I do... that this kind of fishery, in Thailand or anywhere else, is an obscenity. Anglers make these great claims to be guardians of the environment, striding to the horizon on their wild quest, and then along come these places to undermine the argument.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find the whole premise of Thailand ponds stocked with monster fish offensive?
I couldn't believe John Wilson endorsing this concept but I'm shocked it has survived as long as this. Let's get some perspective on this; these are, at best, small lakes stocked with fish that can only thrive in huge waters. Think 40lb ressy pike stuffed into 1/2-acre lakes and you get the picture.
It's not just the falsehood of these fish living in these lakes, it's what these fish are. They have shipped arapaima from South America to Thailand to make the tills ring. Arapaima - the world's biggest freshwater fish, under pressure in its native country from poaching and deforestation. That's like catching a tiger in India and plonking it in a game reserve in Africa to be shot at.
I sincerely hope that most FMers would feel the same as I do... that this kind of fishery, in Thailand or anywhere else, is an obscenity. Anglers make these great claims to be guardians of the environment, striding to the horizon on their wild quest, and then along come these places to undermine the argument.