Substrates laid ahead of wild carp spawning

10 June 2021

The Wild Carp Trust has laid hessian spawning mats (kakabans) over the weed at Pant y Llyn in the hope that the carp will spawn on them.

This is part of our conservation programme at the water where we will collect eggs from the wild and grow them in a professional facility and hold them in conservation pools until such time that they are either returned to the donor water (should it ever be needed) or introduced to new waters.

We’ll be there every 1-2 days, checking the mats for signs of spawning.

Peter Whipp of the Wild Carp trust gets ready to lay out the spawning substrates

Peter Whipp of the Wild Carp trust gets ready to lay out the spawning substrates at Pant y Llyn

Peter had made the substrates from hessian sacks and rope, pre-soaking it in lake water so that it would sink.

Peter had made the substrates from hessian sacks and rope, pre-soaking them in lake water so that they would sink.

Positioning the substrates at Pant y Llyn in the hope that the carp would spawn on them.

Positioning the substrates at Pant y Llyn in the hope that the carp would spawn on them.

Spawning substrates in place at Pant y Llyn

Spawning substrates in place at Pant y Llyn, just as the sun begins to shine.