Let's talk fishing

[gbb]

Re perch, the Nene (thats Neen, not Nen, we live in Cambs not Northants ..while there are no (or many) big ones, my son was seeing loads and loads of small ones last season, one of the.most common fish to catch for him.
Seals did for the fish populations here, perhaps those littleuns will get a chance to grow now...

 

[13 rider]

Re perch, the Nene (thats Neen, not Nen, we live in Cambs not Northants ..while there are no (or many) big ones, my son was seeing loads and loads of small ones last season, one of the.most common fish to catch for him.
Seals did for the fish populations here, perhaps those littleuns will get a chance to grow now...

The story how Peterborough angling got rid of the seals and the hoops they had to jump through

View: https://youtu.be/YqQXul1mv5k?si=2ozmFcxaZbfBbhvi

Nature normally finds a way to get balance so the smaller fish will grow on to fill the void left if there's enough food

 

[13 rider]

Regarding other predators,report cormorant sightings on this easy to use website . Their are trying to get real data with photographic evidence on how wide an issue the black things are
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...aiGO3zquFZSLSoYPC5vtoLXuybp2wwPwtLH_TU-bn8Tpg
Should also be in play and apple store for your mobile search hydroscape-group
With real evidence backed data maybe something can be done

 

[Hicky]

@13 rider The EA won't do a thing, nor will any other governing body. In our club at the foothills of the Pennines we are absolutely plagued by them. All evidenced and they take forever and a day to grant a license to shoot.....when it arrives the total is 3 per year, I can see three in a hour!

 

[13 rider]

@13 rider The EA won't do a thing, nor will any other governing body. In our club at the foothills of the Pennines we are absolutely plagued by them. All evidenced and they take forever and a day to grant a license to shoot.....when it arrives the total is 3 per year, I can see three in a hour!

Yes it's extremely frustrating but the government count is ridiculous low and won't change their stance without hard evidence. Apparently there is an allowance for 3000 birds to be shot each year and the government has never received that many applications!! So why would they change anything .

 

[Hicky]

Yes it's extremely frustrating but the government count is ridiculous low and won't change their stance without hard evidence. Apparently there is an allowance for 3000 birds to be shot each year and the government has never received that many applications!! So why would they change anything .

Agreed, I’d also push that the hoops you have to jump through put off some many clubs due to the admin burden.

 

[13 rider]

Agreed, I’d also push that the hoops you have to jump through put off some many clubs due to the admin burden.

Yes all clubs are run by volunteers so asking them to deal with government departments is a massive ask . Apparently Hydroscape will do a licence application on a club's behalf but at a cost where I guess most smaller clubs will baulk at

 

[gbb]

The story how Peterborough angling got rid of the seals and the hoops they had to jump through

View: https://youtu.be/YqQXul1mv5k?si=2ozmFcxaZbfBbhvi

Nature normally finds a way to get balance so the smaller fish will grow on to fill the void left if there's enough food

I loved the podcast, thanks for that and im not even an angler
His words (and i'd heard this ) from Dog In A Doublet to Wansford was when surveyed by the Environment Agency, almost 'completely devoid if adult fish'..and this echoes what my son found over the last couple seasons...he simply wouldn't catch anything of size, it was just juvenile fish.
The only positive, there are apparently a LOT of juvenile fish in there so things should recover somewhat given time.

One cost I didnt hear them touch on was that last season PDAA had to drop season ticket prices by half because the situation was so bad, sales had collapsed.


Be interesting what my son finds this next season.

 

[13 rider]

Probably my last full day trip to my local canal as the boat traffic has reached doing my head in levels . A tough day only 6 fish but 2 cracking roach made it worthwhile . Just 1 fish on bread punch which had been the best bait over the winter all the others were on a pinkie over groundbait

 

[Homers Double]

@Hicky which club are you in as I'm also at the base of the pennines.

As for fishing, I went to Baden Hall in staffs yesterday in search of my first big fish on a new carping set up - all my other gear is match/coarse fishing. All morning I was getting liners, then it went quiet at 11, got a run around 4.30 as I was packing up and it rolled and came off. Very frustrating.

 

[Hicky]

@Hicky which club are you in as I'm also at the base of the pennines.

As for fishing, I went to Baden Hall in staffs yesterday in search of my first big fish on a new carping set up - all my other gear is match/coarse fishing. All morning I was getting liners, then it went quiet at 11, got a run around 4.30 as I was packing up and it rolled and came off. Very frustrating.

Rochdale and district angling society . 6 waters over the complex. I think membership is closed now(with checking on FB) but day ticket is available I think must be with a member though. Plenty of pics online and a few drone vids online YouTube.
We’re very active in getting kids involved, the charity Tackling minds uses the waters often. It’s very community based.

 

[dicko]

My Moulton Standard was ideal for transporting my fishing baskets and all the bait boxes etc on its low front and rear carriers.

 

[Homers Double]

Rochdale and district angling society . 6 waters over the complex. I think membership is closed now(with checking on FB) but day ticket is available I think must be with a member though. Plenty of pics online and a few drone vids online YouTube.
We’re very active in getting kids involved, the charity Tackling minds uses the waters often. It’s very community based.

Ah, Trows lane. I know the one as I live in Littleborough and am an on and off Todmorden Angling Society member.
I haven't joined yet this year as I've been quite busy so not much time to get on the bank.

 

[esoxlucius]

Ah, Trows lane. I know the one as I live in Littleborough and am an on and off Todmorden Angling Society member.
I haven't joined yet this year as I've been quite busy so not much time to get on the bank.

What's Tod angling like nowadays? I was a member 20 or so years ago, maybe even longer. I recall some stretches of the canal were pretty good, I particularly liked Lane Bottom. I didn't really fish that many of their still waters. Is it still run pretty good with regular stocking and such? Do they still have the same old waters?

 

[Homers Double]

Yes pretty much the same, Croft, Townhouse, Ramsbottom wood etc. I used to fish Lane Bottom years ago before the reeds were stripped out. A great length for an evening session.