Peter,
Ever consider it might be a case of 'I'm alright Jac'? You know, I haven't caught a single bream from the Trent this season while barbel fishing. Time was when I could fish my local rivers and catch quality roach and dace, too...
Bit harder these days.
No, I don't think it's right to target fish 'recovering' (is that actually possible?) from KHV. I thought they either had it and died or they didn't have it. Unfortunately I haven't a clue what the story was about because I've been out of the country for the past three weeks and the thread didn't shred any light either, so I take it this is just another round of knocking Angling Times or knocking commercial fisheries, or maybe just anglers who fish there.
Harrumph! No place in angling these buggers, need a bit of steel up 'em, I say. Wasn't like this in our day, eh?
Well, there's some complete rubbish spouted about commercials. Most of it by anglers with no experience of them whatsoever.
Sorry Ron, but: "In many of these commercial fisheries, its not a matter of outwitting a wild creature in its natural environment. It's all about mugging the poor things using the only food they can get, as well as their own faeces."
So what is the natural environment of a fish that is born on a farm and stocked into a fishery as soon as it's nicely eating pellets? What about those fish that are spawned in there? Yes, fish do eat the only food they can get. Since when was that a shock? Or different to anywhere else? It's not like they have supermarkets, is it? As for carp eat shit, well! All carp do it. Ever fished with tiger nuts? How much goodness do you think a fish takes from its food on the first pass through? And why do roach do so well in these shit-filled waters?
Want a real horror story? Cowsregurgitate their food and eat it again! Then we eat them. Dirty B*$t&rds!!!!! Sheep eat their own droppings. Rabbits do. As for what bacon eats...
Bacon and eggs, mmmm, what a fine pair of healthy eaters! But most of us still shop at TESCOs or Sainsbury's, or wherever.
"I fished a newly developed water and thankfully the cormorants have been getting fat..." That's rather a non-productive, sustainable solution then, eh?
As for, "customers need to have blank days". Why? Is that like football fans need goaless draws? Or boxing fans need to see morereasoned debating, perhaps even a spot of mediationbetween opponents and a bit less throwing punches? Hell, lets introduce anger management into training schedules.
You'll be suggesting we all abandon watercraft next and just fish random swims. That way we can get to enjoy blanking more often. We could even go really hardcore and fish swimming pools.
"It's all to do with money, nothing to do with our sport". Really? Perhaps nothing to do with your sport, Fred, but certainly a lot to do with the average angler's sport and that of the tackle industry. Or am I missing some vital point here? Is catching carp, or orfe, or whatever from a commercial fishery not fishing? Of course it is. It's what the vast majority of participants in angling do. They aren't the minority at odds with the majority...
You know, I really would like to see some of those who are so against the commercial fisheries go along and sit between two decent anglers - just so they might learn the error of their ways and how easy it is not to shoot these fish in a bucket.
Come on, it's nowt to do with commercials is it? This is just another attack on the papers.