Stuart Dennis
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I’m thinking of starting a new craze by reshaping my hobby a tad. I was fishing a freshwater lake yesterday of 55 acres. It was quite windy and I was situated on a beach, the waves were crashing and although I was some 6 feet away, I still managed to get ocean spray every few seconds. Locating fish was a complete nightmare due to the size of waves and looking for feeding bubbles and fish surfacing was beyond impossible. However, I did manage to attract the ducks. At one point I had 24 in my swim, including the young. On closer investigation, I noticed that if I threw in pieces of bread, the ducks would eat them. On closer investigation still, I learnt that if I moved up the bank five yards and put more bread out that they would follow and continue feeding. I continued to do this for about an hour or so and also found out that these creatures enjoy particles too and pretty much everything else I had to offer. On that note, I had established the feeding habits and patterns of the ducks which I duly noted for future reference. What also soon became apparent, was that these birds usually feed in the daytime only. Which for me would allow me to knock the nights on the head if I target ducks instead of fish. With all this new-found knowledge, I’m contemplating a new craze in fishing for ducks. The benefits are endless: 1. being able to see your bait being taken 2. being able to hear your target before a take, so no need for buzzers etc. 3. Being able to visually note and establish feeding habits. 4. an active swim at all times….I could go on! I’m still trying to get my head around an appropriate landing net for the job and I’m currently considering a remote control version for ‘airborn’ landings! What do you think? Shall we start a specimen club? Can you think of anymore advantages?