Well it looks as though every cloud has a silver lining.
At least some of us old timers will get to catch a decent net of skimmers and roach at Barston now and some people will have to begin to work for their fish.
Not that it's not a terrible thing to have happen, but it's not entirely gloom and doom except maybe for those brainwashed into believing a day's fishing is 100lb net of pigs with fins. Each to their own I guess.
KHV=dry nets before and after the day you fish, even your landing nets.
I would not be surprised to hear of every carp holding fishery having a KHV related scenario sometime in the now or future. As anglers if you suspect that fish you see are dieing from it then you can report it to the EA. It's not just the owner who can/should report it, it's a notifiable disease and shouldn't be ignored.
As for not fishing at places with KHV, I don't think for a minute there's a commi out there that hasn't got it to some degree. THe ones that show it up first are those where the fish are compromised already by overstocking and poor water quality.
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