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Ron Troversial Clay
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Anyone who remembers the 1962/63 winter as I do will know that it was the most severe in living memory. For nearly 3 months, still waters froze to the depth of 12 inches.
Peter Stone wrote about the time he walked from his home all the way to Oxford on the top of the Thames. Around Sheffield, many fish in samll lakes were wiped out.
If we get another major freeze like those times, the small commercial stillwaters will suffer the most in my opinion. Millions of fish, especially small carp are going to be wiped out due to lack of oxygen. Most of these waters are overstocked anyway.
Many of the older specimen fish, even in rivers will be killed.
Maybe next summer we will have to re-appraise our specimen fish targets. As more and more huge carp and other species will be found dead when the thaw sets in.
Could this happen? Could hundreds of commercial fisheries and big carp waters throughout the country be wiped out?
Somehow I feel we are overdue for a bit of really cold weather.
Peter Stone wrote about the time he walked from his home all the way to Oxford on the top of the Thames. Around Sheffield, many fish in samll lakes were wiped out.
If we get another major freeze like those times, the small commercial stillwaters will suffer the most in my opinion. Millions of fish, especially small carp are going to be wiped out due to lack of oxygen. Most of these waters are overstocked anyway.
Many of the older specimen fish, even in rivers will be killed.
Maybe next summer we will have to re-appraise our specimen fish targets. As more and more huge carp and other species will be found dead when the thaw sets in.
Could this happen? Could hundreds of commercial fisheries and big carp waters throughout the country be wiped out?
Somehow I feel we are overdue for a bit of really cold weather.