Having a nightmare

[Guest Howard 13]

I'm having a realy bad spell on the fishing at the moment.I've fished al over Somerset in the last couple of weeks and not done well, so yesterday i thought i'd go to my favourite bit of river on the river Yeo at Long Load.

 

I got there only to see loads of dead fish everywhere.I rang the EA and they were aware of it(it happened on Sunday)

 

Most of the dead fish were roach/perch upto about 12ozs but i did see 1 big common of 20 lb plus.

 

My question is,I know there are alot of pike,bream and chub in this stretch but i did'nt see 1 dead one.Are these fish more likely to have survived than roach/perch?

 

As for the cause,one bloke i spoke to reckoned it could have been kids that had thrown in one of the foot & mouth foot dips.Is that likely to kill so many fish?(about half a mile of river)

 

Cheers.Howard.

[Guest TOPCAT]

Yes foot and mouth dip could kill a lot of fish,also putting washing powder in the top of the river will kill fish to a great extent,i know this as i work on a farm which also deals with wild life,through its own game keeper to which most of the time i am with, also pike can swim faster than the other fish,and have been caught in brooks,close to where i work,the washing powder is a thing that poachers use it even works in lakes,