Peter,
Those southern guys laugh, but when I went to high school "down there" the fish most served in
restauants was carp. My neighbors, at first turn up their noses, but when confronted with "I'll just put him back" show their true colors and ask for it.
Look for aquaculture sites in Pa, carp are raised as food fish.
They are slow growing but probably grow forever and get to be huge. Bobad's tape is surprising as the euro carp guys have equipment that far out shines even avid bassers in the US. Visit carp.com for an amazing aray of gadgets, baits and general info.
I read an article about a UK 125 member club that had forty fish in their pond and most of the members had caught all of the fish at least once and they were looking to expand the number to 70.


1/4 & 3/4 acre ponds. A thousand miles from no where and there is no place I want to be...
Dwight Yoakam