Dude
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Post by Dude on Nov 14, 2019 7:56:44 GMT
Had a weird one this week. I went to a local lake looking for some bows where i have been going a few times a year for a few years and always had good experiences.
First fish was covered in hundreds of lice and raw fins, clearly in distress and took about a minute to get in on my 6ft 3#, not very long considering it was 4lb 10! I felt really sad to see and touch this fish, next fish was over 3lb and a similar sorry state covered in lice and not able to put up any fight. I saw the owner and showed him the fish,he said it was sunburn from the hot summer, also they would be fine to eat. Fair enough but when you pay good money to catch fish you dont want to see them ill.
When i got home and filleted the fish the fillets where very thin and i don't feel like eating them. Would you eat a fish that had hundreds of lice on it?
On another note he has a stretch of a local river which i enquired about. Apparently its £25 a day on a day like today ie in flood but if the river is on its more maybe £30? Have you heard of two rates before, depending on conditions and when its good an undetermined price? Obviously different times of year or species is a different story.
On another weird note he told me about his nephew or grandson i can't remember which who works in fisheries apparently and very experienced, who had caught a couple of sea trout a few weeks ago whilst night fishing for them. I checked becaused it seemed pretty late in the season and the season ended at the end of September! Not sure why he would share that with me. I've heard of a few people openly talking about doing wrong things on that struggling river, not good.
I don't want to be naming and shaming because i think small lakes are struggling but would love to hear any thoughts.
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Post by paul on Nov 15, 2019 7:17:54 GMT
Had a weird one this week. I went to a local lake looking for some bows where i have been going a few times a year for a few years and always had good experiences. First fish was covered in hundreds of lice and raw fins, clearly in distress and took about a minute to get in on my 6ft 3#, not very long considering it was 4lb 10! I felt really sad to see and touch this fish, next fish was over 3lb and a similar sorry state covered in lice and not able to put up any fight. I saw the owner and showed him the fish,he said it was sunburn from the hot summer, also they would be fine to eat. Fair enough but when you pay good money to catch fish you dont want to see them ill. When i got home and filleted the fish the fillets where very thin and i don't feel like eating them. Would you eat a fish that had hundreds of lice on it? On another note he has a stretch of a local river which i enquired about. Apparently its £25 a day on a day like today ie in flood but if the river is on its more maybe £30? Have you heard of two rates before, depending on conditions and when its good an undetermined price? Obviously different times of year or species is a different story. On another weird note he told me about his nephew or grandson i can't remember which who works in fisheries apparently and very experienced, who had caught a couple of sea trout a few weeks ago whilst night fishing for them. I checked becaused it seemed pretty late in the season and the season ended at the end of September! Not sure why he would share that with me. I've heard of a few people openly talking about doing wrong things on that struggling river, not good. I don't want to be naming and shaming because i think small lakes are struggling but would love to hear any thoughts. Problems for a small lake are one thing. Illegal out of season fishing is another. |
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Post by boisker on Nov 15, 2019 21:05:03 GMT
There’s no excuse for fish in that condition.... sounds like overstocking and problems with water quality/ stress.... if it is down to ‘sun burn’ then that’s appalling... create some deeper areas, it’s hardly rocket science... and lastly...  .... if the fish are so stressed and in such poor condition he should be closed whilst they recover... |
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Post by pusser on Nov 18, 2019 13:46:02 GMT
Had a weird one this week. I went to a local lake looking for some bows where i have been going a few times a year for a few years and always had good experiences. First fish was covered in hundreds of lice and raw fins, clearly in distress and took about a minute to get in on my 6ft 3#, not very long considering it was 4lb 10! I felt really sad to see and touch this fish, next fish was over 3lb and a similar sorry state covered in lice and not able to put up any fight. I saw the owner and showed him the fish,he said it was sunburn from the hot summer, also they would be fine to eat. Fair enough but when you pay good money to catch fish you dont want to see them ill. When i got home and filleted the fish the fillets where very thin and i don't feel like eating them. Would you eat a fish that had hundreds of lice on it? On another note he has a stretch of a local river which i enquired about. Apparently its £25 a day on a day like today ie in flood but if the river is on its more maybe £30? Have you heard of two rates before, depending on conditions and when its good an undetermined price? Obviously different times of year or species is a different story. On another weird note he told me about his nephew or grandson i can't remember which who works in fisheries apparently and very experienced, who had caught a couple of sea trout a few weeks ago whilst night fishing for them. I checked becaused it seemed pretty late in the season and the season ended at the end of September! Not sure why he would share that with me. I've heard of a few people openly talking about doing wrong things on that struggling river, not good. I don't want to be naming and shaming because i think small lakes are struggling but would love to hear any thoughts. Problems for a small lake are one thing. Illegal out of season fishing is another. I'm not sure it is illegal, reservoirs fisheries and ponds have no statutory closed season for Rainbow trout, and it may also be that the river the OP refers to is grayling fishing. |
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Post by boisker on Nov 18, 2019 17:13:35 GMT
Hey Pusser.... I think he was referring to the sea trout being out of season  |
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Post by paul on Nov 18, 2019 19:41:07 GMT
Hey Pusser.... I think he was referring to the sea trout being out of season Spot on Boisker! |
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Post by pusser on Nov 19, 2019 10:52:08 GMT
OK, but 'a few weeks ago' could mean anything and not necessarily out of season (which is not that long ago). I often say 'this, or that happened a few weeks ago' when it was in fact 5 or 6 weeks - not enough to get my knickers in a twist about to be honest.
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Post by boisker on Nov 19, 2019 14:56:34 GMT
No knickers to twist....
Although poor fish management is something to shout about... if you can’t keep fish healthy you shouldn’t keep them, it does the whole sport a disservice.
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Post by pusser on Nov 19, 2019 15:48:49 GMT
No knickers to twist.... Although poor fish management is something to shout about... if you can’t keep fish healthy you shouldn’t keep them, it does the whole sport a disservice. Fully agree wrt the fish management. Nobody should be able to keep animals if they can't look after them to a decent standard and the law should have more power to deal with those that don't, IMHO. |
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.... if the fish are so stressed and in such poor condition he should be closed whilst they recover...
