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Reminds me of when I was a kid (and didn't know any better) and my friend and I carried a bout a hald dozen carp (4"-6") we had gotten from the "pond" up at Larz Anderson park in Brookline down to Jamaica Pond. We didn't know there were rules against doing so, so we let them go there.
Now flash forward about 10 years... I was out fishing with my dad, and what do I see floundering around (alone) near the surface, but a really fat (spawning) goldfish.
Now flash forward ANOTHER 10 years or do, and I was fishing on the wall in front of the bandstand, next to the docks, and what do I see cruise by but a 4 foot white carp.
Either someone else had dropped some in there, or the ones I dropped in had survived over the tears. I would assume that with the stocked trout, bass and birds this pond sees in a year that any fry would probably be picked off quicker that you can imagine.
Fortunately, I never made a habit of "illegal stocking", but seeing those fish after so many years made me realize what could have happened.
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