Isn't the 'Eastern Europeans Are Going To Eat All Our Carp' hysteria all a bit 2010?
In reply to Post #30
Sorry Mark, fat thumbs on phone😆
"One of our club lakes had swans taken by thei Eastern Europeans .God knows how many carp they had away. Better to keep people on the bank unless the carp are actually spawning. We now have a 3 week shutdown when spawning starts. On top of a close season in the spring."
Sorry Mark, fat thumbs on phone😆
"One of our club lakes had swans taken by thei Eastern Europeans .God knows how many carp they had away. Better to keep people on the bank unless the carp are actually spawning. We now have a 3 week shutdown when spawning starts. On top of a close season in the spring."
Two years ago during the close season, I took our lass for a walk along the local river, I could not believe how many people were fishing. Some were just spinning, some in inflatable boats and the ones that beat me were the ones set up as if they was in a match with tackle and rods all over the peg so they was not planning on picking their rod and bags up and doing a runner if they saw a likely bailiff walking the bank.
I actually spoke to a bailiff a short while later and they had been after the ones in inflatables, but their is no way they can catch them as they just shoot off. It would mean they would have to have a boat themselves and somehow manage to block the river somehow and hope they actually go that way.
But, regarding the close season, back in the 60's it seemed a magical time, when during the close season, you could find plenty of fishing orientated things to do, bit of fly or sea fishing, making bits of tackle, repairing things, looking for new waters and spots to fish etc and then heading off on the 15th and setting up ready for midnight raring to go. These days the magic has gone.
I actually spoke to a bailiff a short while later and they had been after the ones in inflatables, but their is no way they can catch them as they just shoot off. It would mean they would have to have a boat themselves and somehow manage to block the river somehow and hope they actually go that way.
But, regarding the close season, back in the 60's it seemed a magical time, when during the close season, you could find plenty of fishing orientated things to do, bit of fly or sea fishing, making bits of tackle, repairing things, looking for new waters and spots to fish etc and then heading off on the 15th and setting up ready for midnight raring to go. These days the magic has gone.
In reply to Post #32
Sorry if my incompetence offended anyone.
Sorry if my incompetence offended anyone.
In reply to Post #31
I think we all could learn a lot of angling skills from the Eastern Europeans, seeing as how they seem to empty waters, normally using cheap tackle, beachcasters, etc.
I think we all could learn a lot of angling skills from the Eastern Europeans, seeing as how they seem to empty waters, normally using cheap tackle, beachcasters, etc.
In reply to Post #31
Well they are still doing it,so no I don't think it is
Well they are still doing it,so no I don't think it is
In reply to Post #1
It gives nature a chance to BREATHE.
Shutting the Lake for a week or two is obviously not the same as a proper 3 month break that the Fish and Wildlife need.
It's a good thing.
It gives nature a chance to BREATHE.
Shutting the Lake for a week or two is obviously not the same as a proper 3 month break that the Fish and Wildlife need.
It's a good thing.
In reply to Post #37
And the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world .
And the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world .