In reply to Post #45
well I've learnt something 2day

In reply to Post #45
I also work in the Pest Control industry! really ?
and yet you said or buy yourself some Rat Paste sachets ????? that would be totally pointless !!!

now for years its illegal and impossible ! to buy a rat killer bait that works in under 3 to 6 weeks as a few years ago there was secondary poisoning with animals cats dogs etc eating the dead rats so now the rat poison used when it kills the rat a cat or dog can safely eat the body and no secondary poisoning will occur

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In reply to Post #42
Maybe but explain how/why they frequent sewers full of the stuff?
Also, it's disgusting and makes swims stink. Tipping a bit of water over it won't make a difference.


Every time you flush the toilet you dilute your urine, probably to a ratio of 5-1.
You also wash down the sewer waste cooking oil, bits of food, excrement etc. With the waste washing up water the pheromone is totally diluted to an acceptable level.

Goose or Swan poo makes swims stink of ammonia, same as urine. We have to put up with that.
I'm willing to bet, if you go for a pee, you urinate in the same spot, against the same tree, same bunch of rushes etc. That smells as well, but the chances are your nose has got used to the smell.
A decent rain will wash your urine away.

In reply to Post #48
I have fished swims over dry periods where the smell of urine has been f in disgusting, so bad the club had to say eny f in idiot pissing in swim will result in a ban,

In reply to Post #49
Everyone peeing in the same spot. That is why you throw a bucket of water when you leave


I hope that the club you mention, they provide a toilet close to every swim, or you know anglers will leave their rods cast in while they walk to the toilet 200 yards away. Say the angler urinated 4 or 5 times a day, they are NOT going to reel in while carp fishing.

In reply to Post #48
Nick pissing all over the swim is disgusting,you'll never convince me otherwise. I'm quite surprised you advocate it as you're usually one of the first people to criticize people for etiquette

In reply to Post #52
If human urine repels rats and an angler decides that urine round his swim is the answer then fine with me. I've seen people turn up with bottles of urine and pour it around their bivvy to keep the rats away.


I get up in the middle of the night for a pee quite frequently, I use the same spot away from the swim usually against a bush or rushes.

I have fished a number of waters, and it is very rare that I have smelt urine around a lake. On the few occasions it is in tree or bush lined swims where there is limited or no airflow.

I'm lucky, Sky is a pretty good deterrent against vermin...

In reply to Post #53
Well I'm glad I don't fish places like that tbh. I've fished some places with quite a rat problem and always found the simple keep the swim clean and tidy, and rubbish stroked properly is enough to keep them away. I'll certainly never be pissing all over my swim that's for sure

In reply to Post #54
Where do you go for a tinkle,do you reel in everything you need one

In reply to Post #55
I go 15 ft from swim

In reply to Post #55
No but I don't just piss by my rods or bivvy either.step out of the swim and do it on the edge of a pathway, or out of the way. Surely thats what any considerate angler does rather than just piss everywhere?

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In reply to Post #57
Can't be more than 12ft away from our rods,club rules