MoChara 1,632 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) a piranha has been caught in a pond in folkestone kent! seen it in the sun online, imagine catching one of those it took him 15 minutes to reel it in.. im sure hes glad didnt lose his fingers, anglers seen a fella dumping fish from a bucket in the pond last week! Nicole. Edited June 17, 2010 by MoChara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 doesn't surprise me to be honest,heard of them turning up in various lakes,usually dead though,obviously people dumping them from aquariums Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,632 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 doesn't surprise me to be honest,heard of them turning up in various lakes,usually dead though,obviously people dumping them from aquariums yea agree with you on people dumping things like that, not good at all, someone could get hurt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richie10 345 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 doesn't surprise me to be honest,heard of them turning up in various lakes,usually dead though,obviously people dumping them from aquariums yea agree with you on people dumping things like that, not good at all, someone could get hurt. They would only get hurt if they caught it and try to handle it. Will be dead as soon as the weather changes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 doesn't surprise me to be honest,heard of them turning up in various lakes,usually dead though,obviously people dumping them from aquariums yea agree with you on people dumping things like that, not good at all, someone could get hurt. They would only get hurt if they caught it and try to handle it. Will be dead as soon as the weather changes. your right mate,pity all the terrapins people have dumped in the lakes don't end up the same way,they can be a f*****g nuisance for fishing lakes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bullterrier Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 have seen a terrapin caught on double maggot a few years ago now there's some big ones around when your fishing you can see them sunbathing on submerged logs and some one as been putting catfish in a local water as well john Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 15 minutes to reel in? f**k me, it must have been some piranha... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 doesn't surprise me to be honest,heard of them turning up in various lakes,usually dead though,obviously people dumping them from aquariums yea agree with you on people dumping things like that, not good at all, someone could get hurt. They would only get hurt if they caught it and try to handle it. Will be dead as soon as the weather changes. your right mate,pity all the terrapins people have dumped in the lakes don't end up the same way,they can be a f*****g nuisance for fishing lakes Yeah I remember there was quite a craze for Terrapins when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came out over here lol. Most people soon got sick of them and dumped them once they had enough of their smell. How big do they grow in the wild? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 have seen a terrapin caught on double maggot a few years ago now there's some big ones around when your fishing you can see them sunbathing on submerged logs and some one as been putting catfish in a local water as well john one of our local carp lakes is plagued with them,as you say regularly seen sunning themselves,bigger than dinner plates some of them,wonder what they taste like Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,017 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 dinner plate size, im surprized no one has netted the lakes for them and made turtle soup, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,632 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 15 minutes to reel in? f**k me, it must have been some piranha... :clapper: well thats what he says, he also said he felt an almighty tug then before he knew it had dragged his line 500 yards and was going all over the place.. he says it was thrashing around like crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 dinner plate size, im surprized no one has netted the lakes for them and made turtle soup, now theres a thought Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 500 Yards , someone been telling porkies i be thinking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stabs 3 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 [wonder what they taste like Gristle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 dinner plate size, im surprized no one has netted the lakes for them and made turtle soup, Cheers mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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