Posted on 08/22/2010 2:33:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono
"Two Tone", a mirror carp thought to be one of the UK's biggest freshwater fish, died earlier this month. A plaque has been laid at Conningbrook Lake where he lived and Two Tone will be stuffed and donated to the Natural History Museum.
Lee Jackson, one of the few people who managed to catch him, said anglers would be lost without him. It is thought that Two Tone died of old age. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Some of the guys have fished it for years and certainly didn't manage to catch Two Tone.”
Lee Jackson Mr Jackson said: "The fishing on that lake is incredibly hard. It took a certain dedication to stick with it. "Some of the guys have fished it for years and certainly didn't manage to catch Two Tone....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
The carp was thought to be up to 45-years-old and weighed 67lb 14oz
In this Monday, May 4, 2009, photo, Kara Jane Corum, 10, left; Bart Ashley, center; and Matt Corum, right, display some of the carp they caught at Reelfoot Lake near Union City, Tenn.
Whoa, I misread the headline on the first take..... :^0 :^)
That fish looks like my liberal ex.
Really? Celebrating trash fish?
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Should read:
"Two Tone will be stuffed and broiled to perfection, served with a chilled white wine and fresh vegetables."
I went to a cocktail party in an Asian garden once. There were koi ponds and lilly pads. Beautiful. I bent over to look at some of the flowers and my wallet fell out of my sport jacket’s inside pocket. BUT just before it fell into the water, one of the koi rose from the depths and tossed it in the air. As the wallet was about to splash again, a gold fish jumped and poked the wallet into the air again. The wallet landed safe and dry on the lawn. This was a fine example of carp-to-carp walleting.
>>>Whoa, I misread the headline on the first take..... :^0 :^)
Had a similar experience in the meat dep’t while shopping... the font on the sign somehow made me miss the 3rd letter in “Angus Beef”.
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How many courics would that be?
That looks tastier than my ex.
Isn’t that looter guy’s dog?
My Dad used to hit carps in the head with a hammer, and throw them into the bushes whenever we caught one when I was a kid. He seemed to hate those things. Said they didn’t belong in the river.
Who gives a carp? : )
llevrok, you’re killin’ me!
Thats a darn good pond..er pun
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