ray's mud pond koi harvest
Every Fall Ray Abell of
Nishikigoi of Niigata seines his large mud ponds in Midlothian, Virginia. The growth of
conformation on these fish is nothing short of spectacular and it is a site to behold. I have visited Ray for the last 3 mud pulls and enjoyed it very much
Nov 2007
I once again made the trek down to Virginia for the harvest. Unlike last year when
we were in shorts, it was actually quite cool
I brought my newly purchased
Canon XTI and shot over 700 pictures, some of the better ones pictured below
Nov. 2005
Ray has several mud ponds on his property, the larger 2 holding
about 500,000 gallons of water each. They measure over 130 feet long by 40+ feet wide and 10 feet in depth
Fish are grown on in these ponds from May until November each year. They put on astounding length and girth in this timeframe -
up to 10 inches for the tosai
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