Whole stock wiped out due to oxygen crash. I'm amazed we haven't lost more lakes down here. Worrying times.
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Very sad to see it happen to any water. I've witnessed big fish kills a few times now and have seen grown men cry.
Very sad to see it happen to any water. I've witnessed big fish kills a few times now and have seen grown men cry.
Tragic situation! ... It is my fave place anywhere
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Maldon angling society have lost fish due to khv
Maldon angling society have lost fish due to khv
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History water. So sad..
History water. So sad..
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indeed. an amazing place with very happy memories for me. sad times.
indeed. an amazing place with very happy memories for me. sad times.
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Have they closed the complex then ...
Cdaa is my club water and Fordwich very local to me .
Im away working last few months so not fished there since jan . I norm prefer stour lake tho as more out the way , is stour and trenly in same boat. .
I can inmagion little born birtch getting it bad 2 . . I fort tbe deep waters of ford and stonar would kept them save ...
Not looking good for fordwich complex tho after the storms and floods the last few years . .
I was down there last jan and all 3 lakes and river was 1 big flood and fish going walkies in river ..
Sure when spoke john a few years back he said he had a stocking program with w******** again be babies tho take good few years to come good agin
Have they closed the complex then ...
Cdaa is my club water and Fordwich very local to me .
Im away working last few months so not fished there since jan . I norm prefer stour lake tho as more out the way , is stour and trenly in same boat. .
I can inmagion little born birtch getting it bad 2 . . I fort tbe deep waters of ford and stonar would kept them save ...
Not looking good for fordwich complex tho after the storms and floods the last few years . .
I was down there last jan and all 3 lakes and river was 1 big flood and fish going walkies in river ..
Sure when spoke john a few years back he said he had a stocking program with w******** again be babies tho take good few years to come good agin
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Fordwich, Trenley and Stour lakes all closed until further notice. The rumour is catastrophic loss of stock.
Fordwich, Trenley and Stour lakes all closed until further notice. The rumour is catastrophic loss of stock.
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I'm gutted for the club and it's members, Mother Nature deals angling another cruel blow
I'm gutted for the club and it's members, Mother Nature deals angling another cruel blow
The club have put a post out this afternoon saying the EA estimate that possibly up to 90% of the stock of all fish has perished. Absolutely gutted. What a shame.
This is a tragic loss for any club to endure. However a salutary lesson for others. Prepare for the future, or prepare for tragedy.
There are plenty of owners, clubs, etc. preparing for the worst come Monday night.
I've just spent £90 on a gas bottle that should keep my aerators running for about forty hours. Could be an expensive week ahead.
I've just spent £90 on a gas bottle that should keep my aerators running for about forty hours. Could be an expensive week ahead.
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What would say is the long term solution Andy? Waters to encourage more weed growth and aquatic plants?
What would say is the long term solution Andy? Waters to encourage more weed growth and aquatic plants?
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Does that mean that in your view waters with a lot of weed are less susceptible to a sudden oxygen crash night or day?
Is there anything that backs this up, genuinely interested.
Does that mean that in your view waters with a lot of weed are less susceptible to a sudden oxygen crash night or day?
Is there anything that backs this up, genuinely interested.
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I'm certainly no expert, and my experience is largely from larger CV style clear weedy gravel pits. I'm not sure whether it's wind movement across the water or the oxygen generated during the day by the large weed beds, but despite many algae blooms we seem to have been lucky with oxygen crashing and wiping out fish. I guess the weed does it's thing in the daylight and replenishes the oxygen levels?
These waters tend to have patchy silt rather than a thick, permanent layer on the bottom which may help too.
Only anecdotal evidence I know.
I'm certainly no expert, and my experience is largely from larger CV style clear weedy gravel pits. I'm not sure whether it's wind movement across the water or the oxygen generated during the day by the large weed beds, but despite many algae blooms we seem to have been lucky with oxygen crashing and wiping out fish. I guess the weed does it's thing in the daylight and replenishes the oxygen levels?
These waters tend to have patchy silt rather than a thick, permanent layer on the bottom which may help too.
Only anecdotal evidence I know.
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Ok i agree to a extent . But on the fordy complex my favourite lake stour lake is realy rich in weed , so much that it is known to have a blue die added to kill it off with not much sucsess .
This is on the fordwich complex and aparently in same boat , fordwich also has a few hidden weed beds and is deep in places ...
Is stonar ok just asking as that is oppersit at 90 ft in places , cant member being that weedy tho . Stinky rubber silt but cant member much weed
Ok i agree to a extent . But on the fordy complex my favourite lake stour lake is realy rich in weed , so much that it is known to have a blue die added to kill it off with not much sucsess .
This is on the fordwich complex and aparently in same boat , fordwich also has a few hidden weed beds and is deep in places ...
Is stonar ok just asking as that is oppersit at 90 ft in places , cant member being that weedy tho . Stinky rubber silt but cant member much weed
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I'm no expert mate, listening and learning from others and trying to apply that to the specifics of my place.
Planting marginal plants such as iris and various reeds helps lock up available nutrients, leaving less for the algae. Maintaining winds lanes seems to have helped massively on my small tree surrounded pool, as has the aeration windmill. Many swear by the use of dye and or barley straw extract. I've made and used the extract in the past, but decided to go without this year, so far all's good.
I'm no expert mate, listening and learning from others and trying to apply that to the specifics of my place.
Planting marginal plants such as iris and various reeds helps lock up available nutrients, leaving less for the algae. Maintaining winds lanes seems to have helped massively on my small tree surrounded pool, as has the aeration windmill. Many swear by the use of dye and or barley straw extract. I've made and used the extract in the past, but decided to go without this year, so far all's good.
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Describes my water to a T, like you very few algae blooms. Plenty of access for wind from all compass points makes a big difference in my view.
Describes my water to a T, like you very few algae blooms. Plenty of access for wind from all compass points makes a big difference in my view.
This diagram shows the difference between a nutritionally balanced water with submerged weed being dominant, and a high nutrient eutrophic water that is dominated by algae.
The weedy lake (dotted line) has gentle but sustainable swings from day to night with less fluctuations in dissolved oxygen levels.
The algae rich lake (solid line) shows massive swings between day and night. The water may have massive super saturation of oxygen during the day but at night and just before dawn there will be an extremely low oxygen level.
The weedy lake (dotted line) has gentle but sustainable swings from day to night with less fluctuations in dissolved oxygen levels.
The algae rich lake (solid line) shows massive swings between day and night. The water may have massive super saturation of oxygen during the day but at night and just before dawn there will be an extremely low oxygen level.
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Hope it stays that way for you Andy
It's shame that people don't seem to want to fish weedy lakes, I guess marginal planting can be a bit of a substitute to the weed beds.
I love a bit of weed personally, can't imagine a solid drop everywhere you cast, but I suppose it's just what you are used to.
Thanks for the visual aid Baitman, very clear.
Hope it stays that way for you Andy
It's shame that people don't seem to want to fish weedy lakes, I guess marginal planting can be a bit of a substitute to the weed beds.
I love a bit of weed personally, can't imagine a solid drop everywhere you cast, but I suppose it's just what you are used to.
Thanks for the visual aid Baitman, very clear.
In reply to Post #20
Cheers mate, fingers crossed.
I am waiting on having some weed delivered. After a bit of research I decided on Willow Herb. It's indigenous, non invasive, slow growing and only grows to a maximum height of two feet. Sounds like a perfect option for somewhere like mine, using up more of the available nutrients whilst providing some great habitat and not creating loads of extra work in the future.
Cheers mate, fingers crossed.
I am waiting on having some weed delivered. After a bit of research I decided on Willow Herb. It's indigenous, non invasive, slow growing and only grows to a maximum height of two feet. Sounds like a perfect option for somewhere like mine, using up more of the available nutrients whilst providing some great habitat and not creating loads of extra work in the future.
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What were CDAA doing in terms of oxygen readings and aerators during these high risk conditions?
What were CDAA doing in terms of oxygen readings and aerators during these high risk conditions?
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