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Re: ELECTRO FISHING CANALS When they electrofish the waters they are not the same for months after, as this process affects the silver fish too, the gulls have a field day. When I took a fishfinder down on the Birmingham Fazeley I was shocked by the lack of fish in areas where I had caught previously. The Zander should be left alone to munch on the crayfish which are a real threat to our canals. Posted on October 25, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Re: Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Tamworth - Where are the fish? C&RT employ a contractor company called MEM to carry out the work, heard this is at a cost of £800.00 per day, the Zander that are taken are sold into the food chain, most end up at Billingsgate Market where they are sold mainly to restaurants in London, there are Zander groups on Facebook following their antics. Funny how John Ellis lost his bottle when he was supposed to turn up at the Big One to give a speech and do questions and answers, he heard the Zander anglers would be there to ask some questions, he pulled out with very short notice. Think these jokers need to start looking into the crayfish issue as this menace will destroy the fishing in this country, but hey ho let’s blame the Zander like we used to blame the pike for missing fish. Posted on July 09, 2023 at 8:01 AM
Re: Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Tamworth - Where are the fish? Prior to the electrofishing Reg I was catching on every single session down here, not just from one spot but along its length, why can't the C&RT just leave the canals alone and stop treating them as fish farms, they only remove the zander to make money and other fish are also taken to be placed elsewhere!!! The biggest problem we have in the canal network now are crayfish, had they have left the zander in place then that would have been another predator munching on them, as we all know the C&RT don't give a flying toss to angling. Posted on July 08, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Tamworth - Where are the fish? Have been down here a couple of times this year and blanked both times (lure fishing) also speaking to Carp anglers down there and they have also blanked, this used to be stuffed with fish, the worrying thing is, last night I walked a mile stretch of it with the fish finder and not one fish!!! I know MEM have electrofished around here and have taken out the zander, hen thy do this they also leave the silvers at the mercy of the gulls and other predators, thanks to the C&RT they are killing the canals with their antics. Posted on July 07, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Re: Zander I was shocked when I found out, it’s on various groups on Facebook, they even sell the Zander to Billingsgate for theLondon restaurants. Posted on January 03, 2023 at 6:52 PM

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Re: ELECTRO FISHING CANALS

When they electrofish the waters they are not the same for months after, as this process affects the silver fish too, the gulls have a field day.

When I took a fishfinder down on the Birmingham Fazeley I was shocked by the lack of fish in areas where I had caught previously.

The Zander should be left alone to munch on the crayfish which are a real threat to our canals.

Posted on October 25, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Re: Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Tamworth - Where are the fish?

C&RT employ a contractor company called MEM to carry out the work, heard this is at a cost of £800.00 per day, the Zander that are taken are sold into the food chain, most end up at Billingsgate Market where they are sold mainly to restaurants in London, there are Zander groups on Facebook following their antics.

Funny how John Ellis lost his bottle when he was supposed to turn up at the Big One to give a speech and do questions and answers, he heard the Zander anglers would be there to ask some questions, he pulled out with very short notice.

Think these jokers need to start looking into the crayfish issue as this menace will destroy the fishing in this country, but hey ho let’s blame the Zander like we used to blame the pike for missing fish.

Posted on July 09, 2023 at 8:01 AM

Re: Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Tamworth - Where are the fish?

Prior to the electrofishing Reg I was catching on every single session down here, not just from one spot but along its length, why can't the C&RT just leave the canals alone and stop treating them as fish farms, they only remove the zander to make money and other fish are also taken to be placed elsewhere!!!

The biggest problem we have in the canal network now are crayfish, had they have left the zander in place then that would have been another predator munching on them, as we all know the C&RT don't give a flying toss to angling.

Posted on July 08, 2023 at 9:56 AM

Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Tamworth - Where are the fish?

Have been down here a couple of times this year and blanked both times (lure fishing) also speaking to Carp anglers down there and they have also blanked, this used to be stuffed with fish, the worrying thing is, last night I walked a mile stretch of it with the fish finder and not one fish!!!

I know MEM have electrofished around here and have taken out the zander, hen thy do this they also leave the silvers at the mercy of the gulls and other predators, thanks to the C&RT they are killing the canals with their antics.

Posted on July 07, 2023 at 8:21 PM

Re: Zander

I was shocked when I found out, it’s on various groups on Facebook, they even sell the Zander to Billingsgate for theLondon restaurants.

Posted on January 03, 2023 at 6:52 PM

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