I think you have to get warm water for carp to spawn. I raise Koi which is a subspecies and they don't spawn until late June. I live on the Jamestown reservoir and I think I see most of the action around here about mid June. Sometimes there...
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The spawning cycle in temperate regions is different than in tropical regions. Male and female Carp spawn by swimming side by side. The micropyle on the Carp egg stays open when the egg becomes sticky. The larvae is nourished from the yolk sac.
aquanic.org/publicat/govagen/ncae/carpc.pdf aquanic.org/publicat/govagen/ncae/carpc.pdf
some carp spawning in holland during the spring of 2006. ... Marked as spam. Reply. what kind of place do I have to look for? that they usually spawn? ...
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This male and female carp are swimming along the stones on the edge of the lake to deposit their fertilized eggs in a relatively safe place. They're doing this in the manner that God ordained for them to propagate their species.
www.all-creatures.org/works/carpspawn.html www.all-creatures.org/works/carpspawn.html
; Most people don't get to see fish in their natural habitat, such as these spawning carp. ... Many of them catch the carp, which they consider a "trash" fish, in the furtherance of their "sport". A "sport" in which humans take pleasure without the least regard for the pain and suffering they are causing these...
www.all-creatures.org/anex/fish-carpspawn.html www.all-creatures.org/anex/fish-carpspawn.html
Koi spawn when water temperatures reach 68 to 75 degrees fahrenheit. In North Dakota my Koi have spawned the past three years on June 29 and hatched July4.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_do_koi_carp_spawn
In order to spawn, carp require a period of warm weather to raise the water temperature to at least 18°C for a prolonged period. The eggs are laid on soft weed or grasses and hatch in a few days. Growth of the young fry is rapid, the juvenile carp usually reaching a weight of 10-20g by the end of the first summer.
www.cfb.ie/fish_farm/coarse_fish/carp_spawning.htm www.cfb.ie/fish_farm/coarse_fish/carp_spawning.htm
Carp spawn in May to mid-June, and you don’t even have to go into the water to see them, they churn so violently, frequently leaping out of the water like dolphins. Carp in the wild live about 15 years though a Swiss ...
http://www.snorkelmichigan.com/about07.html
We also documenting the duration and intensity of carp spawning, as well as recruitment success by sampling Age-0 carp. Initial results show, that recruitment failure occurs frequently in carp populations in Minnesota.
fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/sorensen/research/carpspawn.html fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/sorensen/research/carpspawn.html
Local species of fish take a heavy toll of carp spawn. A cement tank in Hajee Hussai's fishery was manured and about 15 000 spawn were stocked in it. The majority of the spawn, however, were preyed upon by the large number of local fish which had earlier entered the tank and had not been removed.
www.fao.org/docrep/005/D8747E/D8747E04.htm www.fao.org/docrep/005/D8747E/D8747E04.htm
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