Peter Bishop
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My club waters have become overrun with tiny blade skimmers, thousands of them, and they are becoming a real pain.
Use paste and they peck away at it, use maggot and you get one a cast, use pellet or corn and you get endless false bites.
The pond supports a good mix of coarse fish but nothing really big, including a few small pike plus small perch, but you cannot get through to the carp or tench for these blade skimmers.
We have offered to catch and give them to another pond owner but no one wants them.
Some members want them caught and culled to give the other fish a chance to grow and get to anglers baits.
Whats the solution? Should we go for the drastic option and thin them out?
Use paste and they peck away at it, use maggot and you get one a cast, use pellet or corn and you get endless false bites.
The pond supports a good mix of coarse fish but nothing really big, including a few small pike plus small perch, but you cannot get through to the carp or tench for these blade skimmers.
We have offered to catch and give them to another pond owner but no one wants them.
Some members want them caught and culled to give the other fish a chance to grow and get to anglers baits.
Whats the solution? Should we go for the drastic option and thin them out?