This has no doubt been raised before.....
Dropping leads on the take. In 30 years time.....lake beds are going to be full of leads! I'd hate to guess how many leads are are the bottom of some of the more popular day ticket venues already!
Is anything being done about this?
Dropping leads on the take. In 30 years time.....lake beds are going to be full of leads! I'd hate to guess how many leads are are the bottom of some of the more popular day ticket venues already!
Is anything being done about this?
In reply to Post #1
I don't think it makes a difference as lakes are massive and even the small ponds hold a lot of water with depths etc so lead being dropped wont make any difference to water quality,me personally if I'm fishing some where I can catch in margins in spring/summer mostly the canals then I go for the stonez leads they are quality and something different,but if I'm fishing lakes in winter then it has to be a leads to get to the spots I want.
I don't think it makes a difference as lakes are massive and even the small ponds hold a lot of water with depths etc so lead being dropped wont make any difference to water quality,me personally if I'm fishing some where I can catch in margins in spring/summer mostly the canals then I go for the stonez leads they are quality and something different,but if I'm fishing lakes in winter then it has to be a leads to get to the spots I want.
In reply to Post #1
Matterless in my opinion.
The surfaces of the leads oxidise in a very short time forming a protective layer preventing toxic leaching.
As an example I ran a very heavily planted 80 gallon tank for decades in the Dutch aquascape style.
The plants were initially weighed down with over half a pound of lead cut into small strips before they became established and the weights never removed in over 10 years.
The tank was maintained at 5.5 Ph which is very acidic, more so than any water in Europe and the lead strips never eroded releasing toxins damaging fish health
Wild caught Amazonian Tetras and Dwarf Cichlids were quite happy to live and breed in such an environment along with nano shrimp whereas if something is wrong with water quality those fish go tits up overnight.
Matterless in my opinion.
The surfaces of the leads oxidise in a very short time forming a protective layer preventing toxic leaching.
As an example I ran a very heavily planted 80 gallon tank for decades in the Dutch aquascape style.
The plants were initially weighed down with over half a pound of lead cut into small strips before they became established and the weights never removed in over 10 years.
The tank was maintained at 5.5 Ph which is very acidic, more so than any water in Europe and the lead strips never eroded releasing toxins damaging fish health
Wild caught Amazonian Tetras and Dwarf Cichlids were quite happy to live and breed in such an environment along with nano shrimp whereas if something is wrong with water quality those fish go tits up overnight.
You cast the marker rod out and feel the telltale knocks from a bed of 3oz distance leads....
In reply to Post #4
But mostly on gravel pits
But mostly on gravel pits
In reply to Post #1
I can understand where you're coming from because I'm also concerned about the amount of Salt that gets used. It must have some sort knock on effect later
I can understand where you're coming from because I'm also concerned about the amount of Salt that gets used. It must have some sort knock on effect later
I wonder how much lead is lying at the bottom of rainbow??
In reply to Post #1
Never heard of the term until a new manufacture came on the scene, who's main business at the time was selling.......
Use a Spomb, need a float, as we don't want them sinking and causing a snag, but drop as many leads as you like folks.
I wonder if Steve Ringer drops his feeders on every fish.
Never heard of the term until a new manufacture came on the scene, who's main business at the time was selling.......
Use a Spomb, need a float, as we don't want them sinking and causing a snag, but drop as many leads as you like folks.
I wonder if Steve Ringer drops his feeders on every fish.
In reply to Post #1
Time will tell. I am certainly not comfortable polluting a lake with leads unnecessarily. Unfortunately most, including the major tackle companies and their influencers could not care less.
Time will tell. I am certainly not comfortable polluting a lake with leads unnecessarily. Unfortunately most, including the major tackle companies and their influencers could not care less.
In reply to Post #7
Or cassein
Or cassein
In reply to Post #6
Salt? You need a hell of a lot to change the salinity of a 1 acre lake. In the tonnes. Absolutely no need to worry. Even putting a 25kg sack of salt on a spot will cause a localised deadzone and do nothing to the rest of the lake.
Freshwater fish need salt to osmoregulate and most will grow better with a slightly saline water as they use less energy searching for salt and osmoregulating.
Salt? You need a hell of a lot to change the salinity of a 1 acre lake. In the tonnes. Absolutely no need to worry. Even putting a 25kg sack of salt on a spot will cause a localised deadzone and do nothing to the rest of the lake.
Freshwater fish need salt to osmoregulate and most will grow better with a slightly saline water as they use less energy searching for salt and osmoregulating.
Manipulative marketing ploy...
If you can't play a fish with a lead on then you shouldn't be casting out
IMHO of course
If you can't play a fish with a lead on then you shouldn't be casting out
IMHO of course
In reply to Post #1
People burry their heads in the sand. It's cool to drop a lead and a “must have” thing to do due to marketing hype and increasing lead sales
Lead is a toxic element, removed from out water sources for a reason and replaced with copper, the term mad as a hatter. Leave it to the experts who know everything about **** all is my advice then in 100 years somebody can say, we told you so
The environment is everything
People burry their heads in the sand. It's cool to drop a lead and a “must have” thing to do due to marketing hype and increasing lead sales
Lead is a toxic element, removed from out water sources for a reason and replaced with copper, the term mad as a hatter. Leave it to the experts who know everything about **** all is my advice then in 100 years somebody can say, we told you so
The environment is everything
In reply to Post #12
Well said
Fashionable for sheep
Well said
Fashionable for sheep
In reply to Post #1
I just find it ironic that anglers are so anal when it comes to fish care (rightly so) with massive unhooking mats, wound treatments and best practices etc ..yet don't think twice about dumping their leads in the lake and what it might do to the equatic environment in years to come.
I just find it ironic that anglers are so anal when it comes to fish care (rightly so) with massive unhooking mats, wound treatments and best practices etc ..yet don't think twice about dumping their leads in the lake and what it might do to the equatic environment in years to come.