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Originally posted by Alan Pearce:
Alan your dam right it can be expensive! Having it removed to a landfill site will cost you trucking fees, landfill disposal fees, and lanfill tax. Possibly as high as £100 per ton, dependant on how its classified.
You mentioned its NPK value. As a natural fertilizer mixed with other organic farm waste it as high as you could get.
Why do think that the most productive growing land is on the floodplains of rivers?
Silt my man, silt!!!!
I would think that such silt is a very salable material indeed, to organic growers and farmers.
Soil Association may be able to give people information on prospective buyers
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Originally posted by Alan Pearce:
Alan your dam right it can be expensive! Having it removed to a landfill site will cost you trucking fees, landfill disposal fees, and lanfill tax. Possibly as high as £100 per ton, dependant on how its classified.
You mentioned its NPK value. As a natural fertilizer mixed with other organic farm waste it as high as you could get.
Why do think that the most productive growing land is on the floodplains of rivers?
Silt my man, silt!!!!
I would think that such silt is a very salable material indeed, to organic growers and farmers.
Soil Association may be able to give people information on prospective buyers
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Don if you E-mail me I can give you a contact in this field.DonRamos:My club has a 1 1/2 acre lake with what we believe is 3 foot of leaves and general sediment on the bottom of it. This build up has not been dealt with for a considerable period of time and has resulted in a reduction of the depth of the lake to less that one foot in places. Last summer a large number of carp died at the venue due to low oxygen levels caused trough the lack of depth and the large covering of duckweed that the lake has. Does anybody know of a relatively cheap method of removing the leaves and sediment from the bottom of the lake? We can get together a group of people to do the work but we do not have the funds to dredge the lake. The duckweed problem is in hand but any responses to the depth problem wold be greatfully received.
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Don if you E-mail me I can give you a contact in this field.DonRamos:My club has a 1 1/2 acre lake with what we believe is 3 foot of leaves and general sediment on the bottom of it. This build up has not been dealt with for a considerable period of time and has resulted in a reduction of the depth of the lake to less that one foot in places. Last summer a large number of carp died at the venue due to low oxygen levels caused trough the lack of depth and the large covering of duckweed that the lake has. Does anybody know of a relatively cheap method of removing the leaves and sediment from the bottom of the lake? We can get together a group of people to do the work but we do not have the funds to dredge the lake. The duckweed problem is in hand but any responses to the depth problem wold be greatfully received.
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Pete
I understand what you are saying about some waters like the broads and probably agree with you. Sleeping and boat fishing don’t go together some how. Even in the excellent punts we have on our syndicate mere.
I am however, interested and intrigued by your last comment, in your last post.
“I stand by my previous comments. I would also add that I am very nervously watching the SAA over its policies & attitudes towards our Rivers.”
Would you like to expand on what you mean by this?
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Pete
I understand what you are saying about some waters like the broads and probably agree with you. Sleeping and boat fishing don’t go together some how. Even in the excellent punts we have on our syndicate mere.
I am however, interested and intrigued by your last comment, in your last post.
“I stand by my previous comments. I would also add that I am very nervously watching the SAA over its policies & attitudes towards our Rivers.”
Would you like to expand on what you mean by this?
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Before anybody has a go at me, I’m NOT attempting to have a go at any group of angler bellow, but I do want you genuine comments on it.
With the growth in barbel fishing now gaining near cult status, is there a danger of it suffering a backlash as carp fishing has done.
We’ve all perhaps heard or read the debates about it - syndicates taking over venues, the barbel police, one rod or two, the purists who’ll only use split cain rods and centrepins, boillies as bait, the list grows longer on a weekly basis.
Isn’t what’s happening, mirroring what’s happened in carp fishing over the years?
The end result of which, has in many cases brought carp fishing/carp anglers into conflict with the controlling clubs. I know of several clubs locally that are very anti carping. In two cases they have banned boillies, multi rod set up, etc. for no apparent reason, other than to stop carping on their waters.
So the question is “Could barbel fishing suffer the same fate if it continues down the same road it appear to be going down?”
I ask you to keep you comments constructive and on the point. As we know the BS read this site, and it may prove helpful to them at some time as a survey of general anglers attitudes towards their type of fishing.
[ 11 March 2002, 01:20 AM: Message edited by: phil hackett ]
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Before anybody has a go at me, I’m NOT attempting to have a go at any group of angler bellow, but I do want you genuine comments on it.
With the growth in barbel fishing now gaining near cult status, is there a danger of it suffering a backlash as carp fishing has done.
We’ve all perhaps heard or read the debates about it - syndicates taking over venues, the barbel police, one rod or two, the purists who’ll only use split cain rods and centrepins, boillies as bait, the list grows longer on a weekly basis.
Isn’t what’s happening, mirroring what’s happened in carp fishing over the years?
The end result of which, has in many cases brought carp fishing/carp anglers into conflict with the controlling clubs. I know of several clubs locally that are very anti carping. In two cases they have banned boillies, multi rod set up, etc. for no apparent reason, other than to stop carping on their waters.
So the question is “Could barbel fishing suffer the same fate if it continues down the same road it appear to be going down?”
I ask you to keep you comments constructive and on the point. As we know the BS read this site, and it may prove helpful to them at some time as a survey of general anglers attitudes towards their type of fishing.
[ 11 March 2002, 01:20 AM: Message edited by: phil hackett ]
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Target
To get out and fish and away from this dammed infernal machine!!!!
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Target
To get out and fish and away from this dammed infernal machine!!!!
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I only have one item of tackle with a name on it and that’s a Harrison Graham Marsden Specialist Rod 1lb 12 oz 12 foot. The only reason that I’ve got that rod with a name on it, is I broke the other prototype that I got of Graham (without name) and had it replaced with a production run copy.
Does he use the rods he endorses yes!
Would I endorse them, your dam right I would!
IMO they are the best bream rods I’ve ever handled in 20 years of bream fishing.
Plug over
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I only have one item of tackle with a name on it and that’s a Harrison Graham Marsden Specialist Rod 1lb 12 oz 12 foot. The only reason that I’ve got that rod with a name on it, is I broke the other prototype that I got of Graham (without name) and had it replaced with a production run copy.
Does he use the rods he endorses yes!
Would I endorse them, your dam right I would!
IMO they are the best bream rods I’ve ever handled in 20 years of bream fishing.
Plug over
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The EA sometimes get knocked on websites, but my experience has been that they've lean a lot more towards the "let's work together and get these things sorted" stance than the "stop this, stop that" attitudes of others.
Tight lines,
Elton[/QB]
Sorry Elton I don’t agree, they are more subtle and devious as we fund them!
In my area NW the conservation section rule the roost and anything they say goes!
Fisheries are totally subservient to them and anglers view are not even taken into account when there’s a clash with the conservation section.
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The EA sometimes get knocked on websites, but my experience has been that they've lean a lot more towards the "let's work together and get these things sorted" stance than the "stop this, stop that" attitudes of others.
Tight lines,
Elton[/QB]
Sorry Elton I don’t agree, they are more subtle and devious as we fund them!
In my area NW the conservation section rule the roost and anything they say goes!
Fisheries are totally subservient to them and anglers view are not even taken into account when there’s a clash with the conservation section.
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Elton
I’m tempted to suggest that RSPA are yet again having a pop, aid and a betted by the EA. And we all know how thorough their scientific rigour is after the Lake District fiasco. But I won’t!
I do however, find it interesting to note that this report comes hard on the heals of the government’s fox hunting ban announcement. Is there something going on here that we should know about Labour Party & Fishing Minister????
I’m off to do some site searching to comeback with a more measured response.
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Elton
I’m tempted to suggest that RSPA are yet again having a pop, aid and a betted by the EA. And we all know how thorough their scientific rigour is after the Lake District fiasco. But I won’t!
I do however, find it interesting to note that this report comes hard on the heals of the government’s fox hunting ban announcement. Is there something going on here that we should know about Labour Party & Fishing Minister????
I’m off to do some site searching to comeback with a more measured response.
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Pete
Whilst I agree with you about thing moving on, the simple thing some times are the best.
So here's my tip, take a cycle innertube from a mountain bike and cut into rings of 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch and place them over the spool. When the reel is in use, place them at the back of the reel. I've never found a reel yet where you can't do this with. The great thing about using this type of line retainer is two fold.
If you do a lot of night fishing and you're packing up with cold hands the line clips can be fiddley, the band goes on easy and fills the whole spool, thereby retaining the line securely.
The bands can also be used as a distance marker stop for roach & bream, Not for carp or tench.
After making the first cast, place the band on the spool and put several handle turns on it, so you have some line in reserve. If the fish does accidentally runs (rarely happens in my experience with the two species) the line will pullout from under the band. Likewise, If you do hook a carp by accident and it runs, the line will also pull out from under the band. Under these circumstances what I've found happens is, the line rolls up the band and it pings of the spool. YOU SHOULD ONLY CONTEMPLATE USING BANDS AS STOPS WITH LINE OF 6lb AND ABOVE. And IMO if you're ledgering/feeder fishing at distance, you shouldn't be using mainline strengths less than this.
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Pete
Whilst I agree with you about thing moving on, the simple thing some times are the best.
So here's my tip, take a cycle innertube from a mountain bike and cut into rings of 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch and place them over the spool. When the reel is in use, place them at the back of the reel. I've never found a reel yet where you can't do this with. The great thing about using this type of line retainer is two fold.
If you do a lot of night fishing and you're packing up with cold hands the line clips can be fiddley, the band goes on easy and fills the whole spool, thereby retaining the line securely.
The bands can also be used as a distance marker stop for roach & bream, Not for carp or tench.
After making the first cast, place the band on the spool and put several handle turns on it, so you have some line in reserve. If the fish does accidentally runs (rarely happens in my experience with the two species) the line will pullout from under the band. Likewise, If you do hook a carp by accident and it runs, the line will also pull out from under the band. Under these circumstances what I've found happens is, the line rolls up the band and it pings of the spool. YOU SHOULD ONLY CONTEMPLATE USING BANDS AS STOPS WITH LINE OF 6lb AND ABOVE. And IMO if you're ledgering/feeder fishing at distance, you shouldn't be using mainline strengths less than this.
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Mally
If you go and have a look on fishingmagic.co.uk (Apologies Elton but it's relevant to this post.)
There are many articles on bream and tench fishing in the features section achieves. There are 3 of mine on natural lakes (Meres) and one from Neil Wayte on gravel pit fishing for bream.
What you perhaps don't know, is that Graham Marsden has been a bream and tench angler for over 30 years and tends to gravitate to this type of fishing on that site. That's not to say that Elton wouldn't if people submitted such articles to him.
Cheers Phil.
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Mally
If you go and have a look on fishingmagic.co.uk (Apologies Elton but it's relevant to this post.)
There are many articles on bream and tench fishing in the features section achieves. There are 3 of mine on natural lakes (Meres) and one from Neil Wayte on gravel pit fishing for bream.
What you perhaps don't know, is that Graham Marsden has been a bream and tench angler for over 30 years and tends to gravitate to this type of fishing on that site. That's not to say that Elton wouldn't if people submitted such articles to him.
Cheers Phil.
sex change fish
in Coarse Fishing
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Having worked on this issue for nearly 10 years on behalf of the SACG/SAA I partially welcome this report. The reason I say partially, is because it only tells a fraction of the whole story. Now that, and forget the journalist hype on this, may be because the scientists were only asked to look at the effects of the pill.
The whole story however, includes many other substances that enter our rivers from many defused sources that emit to land, water and air.
The bigger question for us as anglers is "Are the powers that be, now going to scientifically investigate all the other substances in tern and build a full picture, or will we have to wait 200-300 years before that picture emerges?"
I suppose the ultimate acid test is "Are the Govt. now going to act on this at breakneck speed, and pass legislation forcing the Water Cos to install stripping equipment, which will also act on other known endocrine disrupters?
[ 18 March 2002, 12:32 AM: Message edited by: phil hackett ]