So I'm on the canal now and just found out over other side of canal but now drifting up other way,I've now since found out it's a dog that's dead in there an Alsatian unfortunately poor animal,my question is can something like this affect an area apparently it's been there for 5/6 days I'm sure I saw it on Friday but wasn't sure but looks bigger than when I saw it thenand I thought it was a fox.
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I've 2 instances that relate to this..
A dead sheep in a club water I used to fish. Think it had got into trouble and drowned. The area became a bit of a feeding spot for the fish in the lake (not just carp in the water)
The other is a bit of hearsay but from a tackle shop owner who I was inclined to believe. A members water in Accrington (next to the big tesco) had another area of prolific feeding. The water was examined and there was a dead bloke in there! General consensus was that he was a homeless guy who'd had a bit too much drink and fallen in one night.
I've 2 instances that relate to this..
A dead sheep in a club water I used to fish. Think it had got into trouble and drowned. The area became a bit of a feeding spot for the fish in the lake (not just carp in the water)
The other is a bit of hearsay but from a tackle shop owner who I was inclined to believe. A members water in Accrington (next to the big tesco) had another area of prolific feeding. The water was examined and there was a dead bloke in there! General consensus was that he was a homeless guy who'd had a bit too much drink and fallen in one night.
I remember reading a John Wilson book once and he hung a dead lamb up from a tree, maggots were falling out of the lamb creating a fishing spot.
I'm not sure about a floating dead dog but couldn't imagine it making it a hotspot in water.
I'm not sure about a floating dead dog but couldn't imagine it making it a hotspot in water.
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>>> hung a dead lamb up from a tree<<<
That was a done thing back in the 70's when eel fishing, but hanging a dead chicken up a tree or chucking it in or just the bones.
>>> hung a dead lamb up from a tree<<<
That was a done thing back in the 70's when eel fishing, but hanging a dead chicken up a tree or chucking it in or just the bones.
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It will atract fish once maggots start forming.
It will atract fish once maggots start forming.
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There was a barbel hot spot on the Wye that always produced despite not looking different to other area's. A diver found an upturned sheep's carcass and the rib cage had formed a an area of smoother slower flow directly behind and this appealed to the fish, especially as weed had grown on the ribs making a natural area of cover.
There was a barbel hot spot on the Wye that always produced despite not looking different to other area's. A diver found an upturned sheep's carcass and the rib cage had formed a an area of smoother slower flow directly behind and this appealed to the fish, especially as weed had grown on the ribs making a natural area of cover.
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2 guys cutting the towpath grass both sides have now removed the poor animal
2 guys cutting the towpath grass both sides have now removed the poor animal
This interesting..a long time ago,when my area really was rural.id shoot a rabbit ,road kill pheasant etc ...hang it in the old golf club shed ,after a while ,lol....maggots would steadily drop into the Ash pan bucket with a bit of sawdust ..
My grandparents loved it....(not)..
Unless you wanted to do a 129 mile round trip to the now deceased Exeter Angling shop that was the only way to get maggots properly ,they were great on the Valency,or Rocky valley for brookies or rainbow escapees..
...I also remember a poor lost soul ,who was floating in the reeds on Bude Canal, someone hooked this cadaver...omfg..!..
My grandparents loved it....(not)..
Unless you wanted to do a 129 mile round trip to the now deceased Exeter Angling shop that was the only way to get maggots properly ,they were great on the Valency,or Rocky valley for brookies or rainbow escapees..
...I also remember a poor lost soul ,who was floating in the reeds on Bude Canal, someone hooked this cadaver...omfg..!..
About 12 years ago, a large dog drowned on the lake I fish when it fell through the ice one Winter, it did not seem to affect the fishing but it eventually sunk a bit of the way out into the lake.
One day someone will manage to hook its skull on the bottom and what a shock they will get especially if its about 02:00 in the morning as it breaks surface into the beam of someone's headtorch. But, there again maybe its happened and whoever did kept quiet about it especially if they cacked their pants and want to spare their embarrassment or they just gave up fishing in shock.
One day someone will manage to hook its skull on the bottom and what a shock they will get especially if its about 02:00 in the morning as it breaks surface into the beam of someone's headtorch. But, there again maybe its happened and whoever did kept quiet about it especially if they cacked their pants and want to spare their embarrassment or they just gave up fishing in shock.
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I imagine the decomposition process and the bacterias involved will create a hell of a 'scent' which the fish will investigate.
As said in many other posts, fish cannot smell, but they detect changes in PH etc. I'm certain a rotting carcass will certainly have an effect.
I imagine the decomposition process and the bacterias involved will create a hell of a 'scent' which the fish will investigate.
As said in many other posts, fish cannot smell, but they detect changes in PH etc. I'm certain a rotting carcass will certainly have an effect.
A dead whale will attract a whole world of wildlife in the sea and it will feed them for 2 - 3 years. Truly fascinating to watch the sea life attracted to it.
Food for thought
Food for thought
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>>>A dead whale <<<
Anything that eats a dead whale needs examining, it's disgusting.
When boiles first came out, my first boilie was based on what I was fishing with at the time, Kit e Kat paste. It was a simple job to just add flour as a binder for the gluten and boil it up.
That was the easy bit, boiling cat food, based on whale blubber is disgusting, I was retching, vomiting, eyes watering, house stunk, every window open, my Father going loopy, and having to do it all at arms reach to put distance between me and it.
But when it cooled down, it just smelt like Kit e Kat again. But it was one hell of a fish catcher especially if you let them go a bit mouldy and white.
After a few batches, I gave it up, it was just to sickly to do. So if anyone or anything wants to eat dead whale, their welcome to it.
>>>A dead whale <<<
Anything that eats a dead whale needs examining, it's disgusting.
When boiles first came out, my first boilie was based on what I was fishing with at the time, Kit e Kat paste. It was a simple job to just add flour as a binder for the gluten and boil it up.
That was the easy bit, boiling cat food, based on whale blubber is disgusting, I was retching, vomiting, eyes watering, house stunk, every window open, my Father going loopy, and having to do it all at arms reach to put distance between me and it.
But when it cooled down, it just smelt like Kit e Kat again. But it was one hell of a fish catcher especially if you let them go a bit mouldy and white.
After a few batches, I gave it up, it was just to sickly to do. So if anyone or anything wants to eat dead whale, their welcome to it.
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I don't think the sharks and eels put it on the stove though
I don't think the sharks and eels put it on the stove though
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When boiles first came out, my first boilie was based on what I was fishing with at the time, Kit e Kat paste
Beats me, bread paste loaded with shippams crab paste
When boiles first came out, my first boilie was based on what I was fishing with at the time, Kit e Kat paste
Beats me, bread paste loaded with shippams crab paste