Live and let live

[andy_youngs]

http://norfolkanglers.co.uk/images/naca-ne...-monitor-09.jpg

 

Look, why not just put a portage point in? Where does all the intolerance come from?

[Steve Walker]

 

What are we looking at?

[Worms]

Is it a fish movement recorder?

[wayne baker]

What river is this on, Do you know?

[Worms]

  wayne baker said:

What river is this on, Do you know?

The Wensum, I found the full story on their website.

 

http://norfolkanglers.co.uk/naca-general-n...n-r-wensum.html

[Anderoo]

Same old stuff about canoes and the Wensum.

[andy_youngs]

  Anderoo said:

Same old stuff about canoes and the Wensum.

 

Quite, so why not solve it? make it go away?

 

I'm sorry if some people feel that I'm wasting their time, but I think it's a very relevant issue. The following statement is included on the naca website, which I think should be challenged :

 

The increasing illegal use of the river by canoeists has prompted us to install a sign at the cattle drink, reminding said canoeists that legally, they have no right to be using the water. If a stretch of river is non-tidal and non-navigable, as ours is, boat/canoe users require the permission of both riparian owners. This is a difficult law to enforce that is akin to trespass law, but with a vigilant approach we should be able to decrease their numbers, especially those of organised tuition parties, of which there were a few last summer.

 

I live on a neighbouring river, the Waveney, which is one of the few rivers in the country where canoeing parties are allowed free passage along the river from it's source to it's mouth. The Waveney has therefore become a bit of a 'honeypot' site for canoeing activities.

 

This can sometimes make fishing a bit awkward, especially in the summer months. Nevertheless, I know which valley I'd rather be living in

[Elton]

  Worms said:

The Wensum, I found the full story on their website.

 

http://norfolkanglers.co.uk/naca-general-n...n-r-wensum.html

 

I'm sure you remember reading it here, though:

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/News/river-wen...cking-1209.html

 

[Worms]

  Elton said:

I'm sure you remember reading it here, though:

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/News/river-wen...cking-1209.html

 

Ooops! yes of course Elton, how could I forget

 

Andy Youngs, I appreciate your concern over canoeing rights but isn't it legitimate to monitor a river that the EA have stocked? It may be inconvenient to some for a time but introduction without monitoring is bad science. At least they have put up warning notices.

[Elton]

  Worms said:

Ooops! yes of course Elton, how could I forget

 

Andy Youngs, I appreciate your concern over canoeing rights but isn't it legitimate to monitor a river that the EA have stocked? It may be inconvenient to some for a time but introduction without monitoring is bad science. At least they have put up warning notices.

 

I think (and I don't know much about canoeing, so may be wrong) that Andy is asking why an alternative method of navigating through with a canoe isn't offered, in the same way that cones in the road around blocked pavements occur.