Thread: bob nudd

I have also noticed the increased problem of Pike grabbing the roach on the Avon this year and a few other rivers too. Trouble is it always the netters they take as they are the ones you bring accross the surface.

I do have to laugh at the uproar Bob's comments have caused amongst the pike fishing fraternity, killing pike is a crime to a group that think nothing of catching roach upto 8oz from a river and killing them to catch the pike. To me an 8oz pike is a much more valuable fish than a 4lb pike and its invariably the small pike that cause the problem.

Saying that removing large pike from any body of water is not only daft but self defeating as that just causes an explosion of the small pike. But I haven't read Bob's comments so don't know whether he said all pike or just the small pike.

Zander are an illegal fish in our waters illegally stocked originally in the Fens by some inconsiderate people, they should be removed or at best controlled, pike are naturally found in our waters, it is very very unusual to see the EA remove Pike, from our waters.
Zander and cormorants have done more damage to our waters than pike ever have, i think if Bob did allegedly say these comments i think he should be more concerned in other problems with our fishery, Zander, cormorants, mink, foriegners try to feed themselves with spear guns etc.

Now it's time to take out the pike
"There are too many pike in some of our rivers and they need culling."
".................... the last thing we need is shoals of pike depleting the stocks.
Some will disagree,but it makes sense to thin them out".