Over 15,000 juvenile carp from this season/'s spawning captured to date. Photograph: IFS
The battle is on for the IFS carp team as a result of last spring/summer spawning at Lake Sorell – an unpreventable outcome of the ideal conditions this fishing season.
Over 15,000 juvenile carp from the spawning have been removed to date and the population of adult fish has been reduced significantly over the summer period.
With about the same number of juveniles remaining in the lake, the team has a window of opportunity of about 3-5 years to capture as many as possible before they mature.
The Lake Sorell spawning and successful recruitment of carp this summer is a real setback for the carp team, which had been so successful in reducing the carp population in recent years.
Prior to this season, over 10,000 carp had been removed from both lakes, the adult population in Lake Sorell was down to around 50 fish and no females inhabited Lake Crescent (just a few of the male tracker fish remaining).
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