Mixed Fisheries.
Are they a becoming a thing of the past? I know of one or two that fit the description.
I also know of more than one or two that are dominated by one particular species, but are still classed as a mixed fishery.
What in your opinion dictates how water is stocked and with what?
Is it angler demand? Personally I can?t see how that can be so. Has anybody ever been asked what species you want in your local waters? I think it is more to do with ease of purchase, or more to the point what is on offer.
We have in the past been dictated to in what we fish for by the fish breeders when you think about it, and it will be even more so in the future.
Cormorants play some part in what clubs etc will pay good money out for, stock up with year 1-3 silverfish and all you are doing is feeding the five thousand.
Try buying bigger sized stocks of silverfish and you could be in for a long wait, (if you are lucky). Why is this so? Is it because there is no longer sufficient demand? Or are we taking whatever is offered to us?
So it is easy to see why more and more fishery owners are buying the fast growing F1 strains of carp (match carp) and now we have the F2s on the way.
The balance needs to be addressed before it gets to far out of hand. There is no reason why we can?t have good mixed fisheries; ultimately it is up to us as anglers to voice our opinions and thoughts to the proper quarters as to what we want in our waters. Think of tomorrow before it is too late.
Any thoughts on the above, or am I living in a world of make believe?
Are they a becoming a thing of the past? I know of one or two that fit the description.
I also know of more than one or two that are dominated by one particular species, but are still classed as a mixed fishery.
What in your opinion dictates how water is stocked and with what?
Is it angler demand? Personally I can?t see how that can be so. Has anybody ever been asked what species you want in your local waters? I think it is more to do with ease of purchase, or more to the point what is on offer.
We have in the past been dictated to in what we fish for by the fish breeders when you think about it, and it will be even more so in the future.
Cormorants play some part in what clubs etc will pay good money out for, stock up with year 1-3 silverfish and all you are doing is feeding the five thousand.
Try buying bigger sized stocks of silverfish and you could be in for a long wait, (if you are lucky). Why is this so? Is it because there is no longer sufficient demand? Or are we taking whatever is offered to us?
So it is easy to see why more and more fishery owners are buying the fast growing F1 strains of carp (match carp) and now we have the F2s on the way.
The balance needs to be addressed before it gets to far out of hand. There is no reason why we can?t have good mixed fisheries; ultimately it is up to us as anglers to voice our opinions and thoughts to the proper quarters as to what we want in our waters. Think of tomorrow before it is too late.
Any thoughts on the above, or am I living in a world of make believe?