Re: Carp: A Duffer's Analysis
Oh dear, different forum, same old argument, I reckon it is a very true article, I am nearly 60 and definitely old school. The problem with this is people these days demand fast sport, guaranteed catches, bigger fish and more of them. As touched on above, some venues have been transformed from great mixed fisheries into carp puddles inhabited by Argos anglers, I don't hate carp anglers, I am one, but the exclusion of other species, overpriced baits and syndicate tickets, makes me wonder whats next. It has brought into this sport, guys who probably would never have picked up a fishing rod, in my view this is not a good thing. Campers, drink, drugs, noise, and sleep it off until the bite alarm wakes you up, then there is the commercial anglers who want a bite every five minutes from lakes where you could walk on the fish. Martin Gay was spot on and its sad to see our sport going down this route. Let me broach a question, suppose catfish became the favoured species, would carp anglers accept there favourites being netted out and disposed of without protest.