Antiseptic. Some venues are highly pressured, in the most extreme cases they are privately owned and stocked with a rather small number of carp that are managed for growth and safe catch and release. You’re essentially sharing the fish with other members of the ownership group, or ticket holders utilizing a public venue. Those carp are expected to be released alive, unharmed, and free of even minor injuries or damage. A lot of carp fishing technique and etiquette stem from those practices, and they spread to wild water fishing, particularly in Europe. If you handled a carp the way a typical US angler handles a largemouth bass there might be a fistfight.
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Carp anglers fish for the same damn fish a million times over… It’s like, 300 anglers have caught “Old bob the blob” in the past 10 years.. Big ones have names and are well known. They’re even sometimes stolen by competing carp club/carp mafia members…
And because the fish are old, live in stale ponds and often get wounds in their mouths and on their bodies from the dozens of catches and releases they experience in their lifetimes. They get various kinds of disceases to anglers have developed ointments antiseptic sprays for them.
I am for catch & release since they are very sturdy and normally survive good handling. But this seems to be bullshit for likes (same goes for iodine on wounds). The most stressful part for any fish is mishandling the slimy layer and the time out of water.
It’s like burning your skin or drowning you (a human) in water.
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And note that he’s using a bespoke ‘landing mat.’
whakashorty on
Mouth freshener.
Boombox_Henchman on
No bro don’t narcan the fish
No-Milk-1903 on
It’s a marking to be sure he’s the only one having intercourse with it this night. You know, carpists things.
NGK420 on
Antibiotic spray
The_Mr_Luck on
Great this is how you get antibiotic resistant fish puss
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In Europe, and especially in the UK, carp fishing is big business. Landowners have built Carp ponds and charge a hefty fee for carp fishermen to come and fish them. Every carp in them has been caught countless times and is very old. Additionally, the water is not very clean and not a healthy environment. Each carp represents money to the owner of the pond, and for this reason, the owner of the pond has very strict rules about how each carp must be handled when it is caught. There is a whole process involved in how the carp must be handled from before the carp is taken out of the water until it swims away. This is generally called “Carp Care” in the UK. The spray in the video is “Wound care” spray and is used to treat the wound where the carp was hooked. If the carp has any other wounds or abrasions, they too must be treated with the spray before the carp is released back into the water.
Brits are extremely fanatical about their carp care and will go to war with you over it. They can be extremely obnoxious, condescending, pretentious, and judgmental of any other culture that does not adhere to their strict standards of carp care, so it is best to steer clear of them on this matter.
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Probably antibacterial spray. Maybe methylene blue.
The carp: “WITNESS ME, BROTHER!”
Antiseptic. Some venues are highly pressured, in the most extreme cases they are privately owned and stocked with a rather small number of carp that are managed for growth and safe catch and release. You’re essentially sharing the fish with other members of the ownership group, or ticket holders utilizing a public venue. Those carp are expected to be released alive, unharmed, and free of even minor injuries or damage. A lot of carp fishing technique and etiquette stem from those practices, and they spread to wild water fishing, particularly in Europe. If you handled a carp the way a typical US angler handles a largemouth bass there might be a fistfight.
Carp anglers fish for the same damn fish a million times over… It’s like, 300 anglers have caught “Old bob the blob” in the past 10 years.. Big ones have names and are well known. They’re even sometimes stolen by competing carp club/carp mafia members…
And because the fish are old, live in stale ponds and often get wounds in their mouths and on their bodies from the dozens of catches and releases they experience in their lifetimes. They get various kinds of disceases to anglers have developed ointments antiseptic sprays for them.
This is probably one of those.
Edit: Might actually be this one: https://www.felleskjopet.no/produkt/kjaeledyr/hest-og-rytter/stell-og-pleie/saar-og-hudpleie/blue-spray-200-ml-50288740_BASE
It’s used by vets for all pets and so on.
I am for catch & release since they are very sturdy and normally survive good handling. But this seems to be bullshit for likes (same goes for iodine on wounds). The most stressful part for any fish is mishandling the slimy layer and the time out of water.
It’s like burning your skin or drowning you (a human) in water.
And note that he’s using a bespoke ‘landing mat.’
Mouth freshener.
No bro don’t narcan the fish
It’s a marking to be sure he’s the only one having intercourse with it this night. You know, carpists things.
Antibiotic spray
Great this is how you get antibiotic resistant fish puss
In Europe, and especially in the UK, carp fishing is big business. Landowners have built Carp ponds and charge a hefty fee for carp fishermen to come and fish them. Every carp in them has been caught countless times and is very old. Additionally, the water is not very clean and not a healthy environment. Each carp represents money to the owner of the pond, and for this reason, the owner of the pond has very strict rules about how each carp must be handled when it is caught. There is a whole process involved in how the carp must be handled from before the carp is taken out of the water until it swims away. This is generally called “Carp Care” in the UK. The spray in the video is “Wound care” spray and is used to treat the wound where the carp was hooked. If the carp has any other wounds or abrasions, they too must be treated with the spray before the carp is released back into the water.
Brits are extremely fanatical about their carp care and will go to war with you over it. They can be extremely obnoxious, condescending, pretentious, and judgmental of any other culture that does not adhere to their strict standards of carp care, so it is best to steer clear of them on this matter.