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Dave Gladwell writes...CARP, COMMERCIALS, CORNERS AND CUCKOOS?Becoming more apparent with each passing season, is that the Farmer aspiring to dig a hole in the ground and poke a few carp in for a bag of money, has a very long and dubious wait indeed. Entrepreneurs fail to accept that there will be no equivalent increase in anglers and they will only be spread ever more thinly around the increasing number of pools.
Most Commercial fisheries now are well run and a good day out, but, like everything else in angling an element of challenge and despair still pertains. Nevertheless a lot of the misery could be avoided with a little more thought. All over the Country still-water match swims frequently have just 5-6 paces between pegs, and anglers trapped into cramped corners. This gives the all too common “Mr Grousers” plenty of scope to bemoan their misfortunes. Even worse, behave in a way all too frequently inappropriate and unbecoming to the friendly atmosphere expected to prevail. Then the emergence of the churlish far-flinging-feeder-fisherman is born; with those who see no limit to the extent of their cast as it greedily cuts across their fellow anglers swims, further hastening the demise of still-water match popularity. Perch are already tending to milt in the hand, and the females bloated full of spawn already command careful handling. Roach are slow to show the spawning follicles as yet but weighty bronze bream have their heads covered already. Yes, the lovely rudd like this pound fish can appear sad too with damaged mouths, interrupted in their breeding spell – how would you like it?
Pellets retain their popularity and power plus pennies in the pocket as the most successful overall bait to catch the poor old carp, with their battered fins and dodgy scales, relieved of any let up in their 52-week pursuit. Roll on the 16th June and the Rivers. www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk |
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It is doubtful the unhappy still-water enclosed Barbel, unlike this Wye beauty, will spawn in these imposed prison pools, nor the chub, far away from the fast running waters that are their natural environment . . . . but then they call that sport – and how sad some of it has it become?