Lord Paul of Sheffield
Well-known member
Couple of ponds I fish occasionally are absolutely full of small roach and rudd, but there are also some nice carp to about 15lb which give a good account on the rod
The only way to fish for the carp is on a feeder using at least 8mm bait and it would be nice to float fish for the carp but bait get attacked and the float is constantly knocked.
Now I bet there's load of small ponds around the country like this, what the EA could do is offer to net the small fish for free and take them away and put some in rivers (after ensuring they are disease free) and grow other on to a decent size for sale to fishery owners
In return the EA could put back some of the decent sized fish in to the ponds the small fish were netted from for free
I understand there are logistical issues but it would re-stock rivers and improve fishing