Matt Brown
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Nice article Mark. You see things the same way as I do.
I'm doubly upset because as a kid I used to read about all the fantastic Roach catches in famous rivers such as the Hants Avon and Dorset Stour.
After years of pololution the River Don started to produce Roach and these became bigger and bigger. The fishing was fantastic and finally I wasn't jealous of the quality of fishing in other parts of the country.
Then the Cormorants hit and many of the fish vanished - especially the big Roach. That was about 7 ot 8 years ago and although numbers of small fish seem to be on the up I haven't caught or seen a Roach over 1lb during that 7 or 8 years.
I really hope the Cormorant situation sorts itself out and a balance returns.
Until then I'll have to have the odd Southern river raid with Mike T!
I'd rather catch a 2lb river Roach than a 40lb Carp.
I'm doubly upset because as a kid I used to read about all the fantastic Roach catches in famous rivers such as the Hants Avon and Dorset Stour.
After years of pololution the River Don started to produce Roach and these became bigger and bigger. The fishing was fantastic and finally I wasn't jealous of the quality of fishing in other parts of the country.
Then the Cormorants hit and many of the fish vanished - especially the big Roach. That was about 7 ot 8 years ago and although numbers of small fish seem to be on the up I haven't caught or seen a Roach over 1lb during that 7 or 8 years.
I really hope the Cormorant situation sorts itself out and a balance returns.
Until then I'll have to have the odd Southern river raid with Mike T!
I'd rather catch a 2lb river Roach than a 40lb Carp.