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Another vote for Ginger Fisherman 
I’m an ex ginger 
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In reply to Post #32
Me too mate, very easy going honest fella to watch 
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In reply to Post #31
I really like his vids,hope he puts in YouTube when he catches the ghostie
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In reply to Post #29
The latest episode, and one not long ago from the 'Ginger Fisherman' on Youtube shows him fishing a farmers field that the river next to it has flooded into. The field will soon dry out so he's 'rescuing' the fish. In the earlier episode he finds quite a few goldfish but can't free them as not native so they go into local ponds.
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In reply to Post #29
Thats what i thought.👍
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In reply to Post #28
I remember Mark Bryant saying on there podcast. He approached the enviro agency I believe about donating some carp for local stretchs of river and canal. They replied saying the couldn't stock them as they were a non native species..  
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Have any UK rivers been stocked with carp?None of the ones i know of anyway.
Why would u ?
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In reply to Post #26
I’m not sure that one was ever proved to be a Savay fish? Others were, for sure.
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In reply to Post #25
And thrived. One known Savay fish going on to become the Grand union record at 40 plus.. 
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In reply to Post #21
plenty of Savay Lake fish ended up in the canal next to it known fish have been caught from the canal
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In reply to Post #22
Funnily enough you mention broadlands. I did a netting on their years ago whilst at Sparsholt, the reason was to remove the cats. EA were present to ensure if we caught one it wasnt returned. We only got one, around 35lb and it went back to college with us.
I'm pretty sure you wont get a permit to stock catfish within a floodplain, even if you're fenced off. Same with Grass Carp. which seems a bit overkill but hey ho
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There is a chain of five lakes close to the river Wye in Hereford between Hampton Bishop & Mordiford it's practically the next field alongside the Wye on a flood plain stocked with carp in all of them, I used to lease these lakes 20+ odd years ago but even then there was no point in fencing it as the flood debris coming down the Wye in high water would of taken it out straight away it would only be a matter of time, I've seen some mega trees coming down the river over the years.
Some of the Wye carp that have flooded in over the years are from these lakes I know that for sure, the history of the fish years ago were from Homersfield, someone I know leased it 7 or 8 years ago and I fished it again a few years ago he stocked some VS fish around 2016/17 they were from high singles to low 20's.
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my club lake is a gravel pit and there is no way for the fish to escape since the path ways are kind of in the bowl as well so the water would need to rise about 15 ft before any fish could escape.
One place i would be interested to know how the recent flooding has impacted them is broadlands. Drove past it on the M27 yesterday and couldnt see the difference between the river which runs a long side it versus the 3 lakes they have.
With all this flooding, I guess i can forget the idea that the EA are just being hyperbolic about not wanting Catfish being kept in certain waters...
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In reply to Post #19
100% there will be lots of fish lost, last time they pulling them out of the fields the bailiff told me. Another lake I know is renowned for it, water up they are out and in the river, small plus point is there is a match lake that floods into that, all kinds of coloured things swimming about, some nice pike bait lol
When the water is up the fish are generally in it, washing food out of the ground too 
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In reply to Post #18
Can imagine the lakes will be different even if fenced. Influx of sediment, nutrients, etc. weed growth will probably explode in a year or so after the colour drops out.
We had similar levels of flooding Xmas 2020, that was a 1in200yr flood. Climate change in action. I make it 1 in 3yrs not 1 in 200!
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