bob nudd - Talk Angling fishing chat and tackle advice

johnnyandrhiannon@magee11.wanadoo.co.uk · 15th October 2006, 03:43 PM

has anyone heard about bob nudd's latest brainwave about culling river pike to help improve fish stocks??

i thought mr nudd had more sense than this,water extraction,cormorants,fn's
cause a greater threat to fish stocks than pike.
please dont follow his example and return any pike caught,some people even fish for them,dont ruin their sport

steve (stonecold) · 15th October 2006, 03:48 PM

i believe that the smaller pike (upto 7lb) should be removed by electro-fishing as the big-uns only hunt when hungry where the small-uns just kill kill kill my opinion anyway

johnnyandrhiannon@magee11.wanadoo.co.uk · 15th October 2006, 03:54 PM

what if the 7lbers are the big ones??

steve (stonecold) · 15th October 2006, 06:37 PM

in evesham a few years ago there was a mass influx of zander an believe me it got sorted out the enviroment agency elctro fished an removed an they will do the same with the pike where theres pike theres fish

johnnyandrhiannon@magee11.wanadoo.co.uk · 15th October 2006, 07:23 PM

why not just drain all the rivers and kill all the things you dont fish for?
then do the same with the people you dont like.then you could take over the world.
killing pike is not the be all and end all answer,the population will stabilise it's self,

polepot · 15th October 2006, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyandrhiannon@magee11.wanadoo.co.uk

why not just drain all the rivers and kill all the things you dont fish for?
then do the same with the people you dont like.then you could take over the world.
killing pike is not the be all and end all answer,the population will stabilise it's self,

HERE HERE

Brian G · 15th October 2006, 10:19 PM

Are you an Angler Johnny**************.com? Your attitude suggests that you are not.

polepot · 15th October 2006, 10:38 PM

Could just be a fish lover brian, you don't have to be an anti to not want to kill fish

johnnyandrhiannon@magee11.wanadoo.co.uk · 16th October 2006, 09:55 AM

hi brian,not sure where you got the idea that i am anti angling

i have been fishing for 25 yrs.100%of the fish i catch are returned to swim another day,if i am fishing for roach and catch an eel i put it back,why should a fish that gets caught by accident,eg a pike on maggots be killed because of someones ignorance that the pike eat everything that swims.
we anglers face enough trouble from outside the sport without infighting
just voicing my opinion that all fish should be returned as they are someone elses day out
bob nudd should retract his statement as a rush of blood to his head

Brian G · 16th October 2006, 10:38 AM

Johnny******etc, Its perhaps my suspicious nature but the way your post was worded that gave me the impression that you were not an angler, It would not be beyond one of the Antis to set up a post and use the replies for their own propoganda. Like you I dont kill fish caught by accident, and have only ever killed fish for the table, thats a few trout and an eel, mind you i dont eat fish so that makes it easy.
We do have a problem with zander on a stretch of canal we lease and they have been culled by the EA on a couple of occasions, I see no problem with that as they are not an indigenous species. Mink are another concern and they by law have to be killed if caught.