This basically backs up what i said in an earlier post, if the fry are born in the Ouse, they rarely survive to any size, and the ageing giants are fast disappearing, it aint what it used to be, but maybe another traveller is lurking under the weed, i beleive a restocking programme will be needed within the next few years. Could have saved them the money and the trouble, ask a local angler, we know.
You must be one hell of a speed reader to come to the conclusions you have to read and form such an opinion that you have. Or you haven't read more than the abstract to form your considered opinionThis basically backs up what i said in an earlier post, if the fry are born in the Ouse, they rarely survive to any size, and the ageing giants are fast disappearing, it aint what it used to be, but maybe another traveller is lurking under the weed, i beleive a restocking programme will be needed within the next few years. Could have saved them the money and the trouble, ask a local angler, we know.
Scanned only the bits, i considered relevant, a lot of historic data, the only relevance is what we see today and the conclusions we can draw. The big guys are not there in the same numbers, tiny fish do not seem to grow into mid range, there seems to be nothing in the middle, worrying.You must be one hell of a speed reader to come to the conclusions you have to read and form such an opinion that you have. Or you haven't read more than the abstract to form your considered opinion
Restocking of Juve Barbel in that area has been going on for a number of years now already
I fish a syndicate carp water that sits in a 5 lake chain, the carp do not spawn in it and arent some carp deliberately bred incapable of spawning, i disagree, the original stocking grew to sizes unmatched by anywhere in the country, stocking it for the future is a must.If species of fish in a fishery are unable to reproduce successfully should we even be restocking it?
I can understand restocking following a pollution but if the river is no longer suitable why bother. Restocking should only be carried when the problems related to spawn are solved.
I wont bother to respond to that, dream on pal, you probably know your locality as well as i know mine, ones ability does not come into question, where 20 pound Barbel once lurked they no longer do, fact, where a 14 pounder was nothing special, a blank is the usual, read all you want, action is required not print.
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Sorry Andy, that was not meant for you.
the post was aimed at drawing conclusions from anglers anecdotal evidence and while in the absence of anything else some conclusions could be drawn from them a scientific study will nearly always produce a fuller picture of what has happened in a river.
I used to believe in this too. However on the Wye I have watched as scientific salmon reports have been gerrymandered and warped into supporting a govt agenda which results in little more than merely a gravy-train for the local river trust. Every year we have enthusiastic babblings about huge improvements, backed up by cherry-picked 'data' to support the narrative.
The facts (as reported by the anglers) are different, millions of pounds have been spent to little effect.
A the risk of getting a rocket from Phil perhaps someone who has the time to do so can give us an unbiased edited version of what the report says?
A the risk of getting a rocket from Phil perhaps someone who has the time to do so can give us an unbiased edited version of what the report says?