Lord Paul of Sheffield
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We know sound and vibration scare fish - so why don't anglers scare fish away when setting up on wooden platform that are pften found in commercials?
wooden platforms at fisheries
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dannytaylor
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hate them and how they can make a lovely natural water look artificial.
theartist
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I'm pretty sure they do scare them away, its just that commercials are so heavily stocked theres bound to be some left around and the competition for food will mean others return after a short time.
Nothing increases the catch rate better than a noisy set up on the other side of the pond
Nothing increases the catch rate better than a noisy set up on the other side of the pond
Lord Paul of Sheffield
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I've just fished one today and it's impossilbe to walk on a wooden platform without noise or vibtarion - but fisher were topping right as I stood settting my chair up.
theartist
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They were the stupid ones - the clever ones were on the other side of the lake
beerweasel
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Never used them, Thought they were for disabled anglers.
chav professor
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Bare feet!!!!????
dannytaylor
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another fan of the "hobbit style" on platforms Its maybe more an issue with fish in "wilder"/ quiter waters but on busy commercial fisheries the fish will be used to the disturbance??
Its maybe more an issue with fish in "wilder"/ quiter waters but on busy commercial fisheries the fish will be used to the disturbance??
Alan Tyler
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Bare feet, splinters and rat urine?
Sounds like an open invitation to Weil's disease.
Carpet slippers were being used on the gravelly banks of Tring way back (either Fred J. Taylor or **** Walker wrote about a local old-timer using them) for exactly the same job.
Slippery (no pun intended) when wet, though.
Sounds like an open invitation to Weil's disease.
Carpet slippers were being used on the gravelly banks of Tring way back (either Fred J. Taylor or **** Walker wrote about a local old-timer using them) for exactly the same job.
Slippery (no pun intended) when wet, though.
dezza
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In my opinion, the fish in heavily stocked commercial waters are different to wild fish. The disturbance on wooden platforms actually attract fish on some of these waters, announcing that it's food time.
Personally I hate such platforms. They make the water look artificial. Its better to do what they do at Alderfen. There they have created a flat spot amongst the bankside and put a layer of gravel down. It might not suit the matchman's tastes however as they want a completely flat surface to put their box with all it's supporting scaffolding.
Some matchmen won't be happy until all lakes are concreted and stocked with 1 pound F1 carp now will they?
Personally I hate such platforms. They make the water look artificial. Its better to do what they do at Alderfen. There they have created a flat spot amongst the bankside and put a layer of gravel down. It might not suit the matchman's tastes however as they want a completely flat surface to put their box with all it's supporting scaffolding.
Some matchmen won't be happy until all lakes are concreted and stocked with 1 pound F1 carp now will they?
andreagrispi
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They do ruin the look of a water.
They don't evoke as much noise and vibration as gravel does, but I've almost slipped in once or twice in wet weather.
I have had some massive catches though from fishing off them - near and at range.
They don't evoke as much noise and vibration as gravel does, but I've almost slipped in once or twice in wet weather.
I have had some massive catches though from fishing off them - near and at range.
dezza
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Oh and I don't like the idea of people in this country going barefoot. In Africa for instance, thousands of people die each day from deseases transmitted to bare feet, to say nothing of snakebite!
Don't do it!
Don't do it!
pertinaxone
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At the pond where I fish they have wire mesh (weldmesh) across all the platforms to make them grippy, which has replaced chicken wire - neither good for feet, lines or hooks!
Last week up in scotland, we fished at Orchill which has astroturf covering it's wooden platforms...
mg:Jason
Jeff Woodhouse
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I thought that was half of lager and half of cider?
Chav and Danny, didn't know things were that bad out in the Sticks that you had to go barefoot.
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chav professor
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i'm sure if you were to jump up and down, throw your tackle down and use a power drill to mix the ground bait - not to mention slapping your pole down on the surface -would work well on some of the worst 'Ton-up' comercials.
BBC news footage of aid workers arriving at refugee camps spring to mind ready to feed the starving masses....
BBC news footage of aid workers arriving at refugee camps spring to mind ready to feed the starving masses....
little oik
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Love them or hate them they work. Can we have all your unwanted ones please .I would say that 85% of lakes in the West and North West would be unfishable without them (unless you have a boat ).The main problem we have is the maintenance of them .What with Barbies and weather and the fisheries boards with no money you are literally taking your life in your hands on some of them (remember hopscotch at school )we broken planks rotten timbers and just dereliction.Some of the best lakes around here have 1 or 2 usable platforms suitable for 2 or 4 fishermen This weekend (being a Bank Holiday )on some of the lakes you will need to be on them this evening to have a chance of fishing them We are trying to address the problem by putting in the plastic looking wood but that makes them very slippery.
As long as you are quiet (footfalls etc )then you can catch fish off them.Personally I cannot see a problem with them but its horses for courses
As long as you are quiet (footfalls etc )then you can catch fish off them.Personally I cannot see a problem with them but its horses for courses
dannytaylor
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I thought that was half of lager and half of cider?
Chav and Danny, didn't know things were that bad out in the Sticks that you had to go barefoot.
my clogs where at the cobblers
mg:
barbelboi
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Not a lover of most commercials and generally avoid them, apart from MF and one other - IMO the introduction of wooden platforms is just another reason for avoiding them.
(Apart from the annual Clattercote do of course):wh
(Apart from the annual Clattercote do of course):wh
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Scott Whatmore
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I think that at some venues its good to have set out platforms whether wood or anything else. Take Clattercote as an example. If not for the platforms only the dam wall would be fishable.
If there's regular noise of any sort, the fish will be used to it and not be disturbed for too long.
It's not possible to have green-belt banks around every fishery and indeed some man-made platforms are necessary to allow disabled access.
Love or hate commercials as you see fit, but they are here to stay. We'd all like picturesque perfection wherever we fish but that's the stuff of dreams. An ideal world would provide that: but we don't live there!!
If there's regular noise of any sort, the fish will be used to it and not be disturbed for too long.
It's not possible to have green-belt banks around every fishery and indeed some man-made platforms are necessary to allow disabled access.
Love or hate commercials as you see fit, but they are here to stay. We'd all like picturesque perfection wherever we fish but that's the stuff of dreams. An ideal world would provide that: but we don't live there!!
Tee-Cee
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They really dont have any place on fisheries and I hate them with a passion (I will not fish some swim on a local lake because of them!).............BUT,and its big BUT,some people are disabled/overweight so have difficulty moving or are moving on in years and the knees are not too good anymore and for that reason every fishery should have one or two....
In fact one bit of river I fish from time to time has installed two because its almost impossible to put big barbel back carefully due to the high banks....and we all know how long it takes for a big fish to recover after a longish fight...
Strange as it may seem some people love them!!
In fact one bit of river I fish from time to time has installed two because its almost impossible to put big barbel back carefully due to the high banks....and we all know how long it takes for a big fish to recover after a longish fight...
Strange as it may seem some people love them!!