chav professor
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Bivvies and carp rods. this is barbel fishing in 2011. This refers to a headline in A.T......
'The U.K.'s barbel stocks are in severe danger of being overfished'........
'The sheer number of people targetting barbel is putting extreme pressure on the species'..........
regarding the famous peg 1A below the Trent's Cromwell Weir; 'The fish at Cromwell are under pressure twenty four seven. It doesn't take rocket science to work out this is simply not sustainable'.
Regarding recent comments on this forum claiming a run in with the BARBEL POLICE 'Anglers are their worst enemy and unable to police themselves.........'
I have never fished the Trent - i am sure this is an isolated, tiny piece of the story...... But Bivvies 20 yards apart......... looks like if they go long enough these anglers may even 'look' sucsessful (on Cromwell)....... i bet when taking a photograph, they need to position themselves carefully to avoid every one elses camping gear in the background to visually create that 'man against fish' picture......
The issue is the sustained pressure ----not the bivvie, rod pod etc. I do know anglers that fish for Carp and then switch over to barbel when they fancy a change.....
This is a personal opinion, barbel are simple course fish and with the exception of a handfull of situations... can be caught using simple tactics... discuss........... (I am now withdrawing to a blast proof shelter - I have food and water to sustain a 3 week campaign..........)
'The U.K.'s barbel stocks are in severe danger of being overfished'........
'The sheer number of people targetting barbel is putting extreme pressure on the species'..........
regarding the famous peg 1A below the Trent's Cromwell Weir; 'The fish at Cromwell are under pressure twenty four seven. It doesn't take rocket science to work out this is simply not sustainable'.
Regarding recent comments on this forum claiming a run in with the BARBEL POLICE 'Anglers are their worst enemy and unable to police themselves.........'
I have never fished the Trent - i am sure this is an isolated, tiny piece of the story...... But Bivvies 20 yards apart......... looks like if they go long enough these anglers may even 'look' sucsessful (on Cromwell)....... i bet when taking a photograph, they need to position themselves carefully to avoid every one elses camping gear in the background to visually create that 'man against fish' picture......
The issue is the sustained pressure ----not the bivvie, rod pod etc. I do know anglers that fish for Carp and then switch over to barbel when they fancy a change.....
This is a personal opinion, barbel are simple course fish and with the exception of a handfull of situations... can be caught using simple tactics... discuss........... (I am now withdrawing to a blast proof shelter - I have food and water to sustain a 3 week campaign..........)