In Portugal you can fish either on big (quite big, we now have Alqueva Dam that is the biggest water plan of Europe) or small (real small) waters and, of couse, pretty mutch in between the two !

You can also fish rivers ... Big (huge) Barbel in some, but for big Carp one should hit a Dam.

I'ts in the biggest older dams that we find the biggest population of Carps.

To give you an idea of the size of the waters I'm talking about, take a look at these venues I describe below.

I've added the year they have been filled up so that you, with your knollege, can imagine and dream about the size the fish gets in there ...

Remember that Carps were introduced in Europe by the Romans before Jesus, and Portugal was no exception !!!

It is my belief that they get as big as big can be !

As you can see ... There are big fish in there for sure ...!!!

And all these waters are at one to two hours drive from Lisbon ...!!!

On another hand you can fish small private waters that hold huge old Carps that, in many cases, have never been fished before ...!!!

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