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Nature FeaturesYou are in: Kent > Nature > Nature Features > Kent Carp Becomes Country's Biggest Kent Carp Becomes Country's BiggestBy Hannah Ratcliffe Weighing in at 67lbs and 14 oz, a carp in Kent, known as Two Tone, has become the country's biggest of his kind and he's still growing.  Catching Two Tone in August 2002 was the highlight of Lee Jackson's fishing career. Remembering the event he said "It was dark and probably the most misty I'd ever been fishing. It was quite eerie and at 5 o'clock in the morning I was tussling with this fish - a fish of lifetime". Thriving in Conningbrook Lake in Willesborough, Ashford, Two Tone has taken on the prestigious title of the country's biggest carp since the death of a carp called Benson in early August 2009. Two Tone was introduced into the lake in 1982 and has been putting on average 2lbs a year. There are only 30 fish in the lake - that's about a fish per acre - Chris Logsdon Manager of Mid Kent Fisheries says there's good reason for the lake to be stocked so lightly, "I want to protect the record carp, it's a very, very special creature". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites last updated: 11/08/2009 at 18:25 SEE ALSOYou are in: Kent > Nature > Nature Features > Kent Carp Becomes Country's Biggest    5 DAY FORECAST The latest forecast for your area from BBC Weather [an error occurred while processing this directive] |
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