Post by edger on Sept 1, 2015 13:08:28 GMT
I'd be interested to know, why as anglers, we are still expected to put up with the vast amounts of weed that floats backwards and forwards at all levels in the river in the Tidals from Hempholme Weir downstream?
Despite the doom and gloom merchants, Cormorants, Otters, Seals etc... there is no doubt that the silver fish sport on the Lower River below Beverley as far downstream as at least Clough Road Bridge is now as good as most who know the river well can ever remember in Summer.
This could be a cracking resource, providing free fishing and a proper grounding in Coarse Angling for those new to the pass-time, away from the chronically overstocked puddles that now dominate the local scene. Despite the quality of fishing now available, you rarely see another angler away from the odd 'honeypot' swims by the bridges. Even in winter, the once popular Shipyard and Tickton stretches are little fished most of the time.
Other than the mud and tricky nature of the Tidal river, far and away the biggest turn off is the amount of weed coming down the river, that can render fishing near impossible at times, other than over slack water. For the ledger angler, it often means that the river beyond a rod length out is simply off limits. Even when putting a float through, you have to dodge the weed. Everything from slimy, rotting, silkweed that festoons the line, to huge rafts of floating weed you could park a car on and would wipe your gear out completely if dozing!
My understanding is the bulk of this weed is the product of weed cutting on the non-tidal river, so why is it not removed at source? Once cut it presumably becomes 'waste' so to leave it floating down river is the equivalent of 'fly-tipping' in my book and the AT ought really to test the law in this case. Certainly, if you were to trim your Leylandi and dump the resulting 'waste' in the street outside your property you would be committing an offence!
I know this issue to have been raised internally in the EA, to apparently deaf ears, so how about we have sorted out without resorting to legal action, eh? Remove the weed at source, leave it to de-water on the bank then remove to the nearest composting facility found on most major landfill sites. This is simple enough to do, I know, because I've done it elsewhere, so let's have it done and stop ruining a potentially brilliant summer river?
Oh, and while you're about it, how about running all the chickweed out of Barmston Drain now and then? Rather than leave it un-fishable for months on end some seasons. As a kid the drain in the Dunswell/Woodmansey area had enough flow to trot a float most days!
Despite the doom and gloom merchants, Cormorants, Otters, Seals etc... there is no doubt that the silver fish sport on the Lower River below Beverley as far downstream as at least Clough Road Bridge is now as good as most who know the river well can ever remember in Summer.
This could be a cracking resource, providing free fishing and a proper grounding in Coarse Angling for those new to the pass-time, away from the chronically overstocked puddles that now dominate the local scene. Despite the quality of fishing now available, you rarely see another angler away from the odd 'honeypot' swims by the bridges. Even in winter, the once popular Shipyard and Tickton stretches are little fished most of the time.
Other than the mud and tricky nature of the Tidal river, far and away the biggest turn off is the amount of weed coming down the river, that can render fishing near impossible at times, other than over slack water. For the ledger angler, it often means that the river beyond a rod length out is simply off limits. Even when putting a float through, you have to dodge the weed. Everything from slimy, rotting, silkweed that festoons the line, to huge rafts of floating weed you could park a car on and would wipe your gear out completely if dozing!
My understanding is the bulk of this weed is the product of weed cutting on the non-tidal river, so why is it not removed at source? Once cut it presumably becomes 'waste' so to leave it floating down river is the equivalent of 'fly-tipping' in my book and the AT ought really to test the law in this case. Certainly, if you were to trim your Leylandi and dump the resulting 'waste' in the street outside your property you would be committing an offence!
I know this issue to have been raised internally in the EA, to apparently deaf ears, so how about we have sorted out without resorting to legal action, eh? Remove the weed at source, leave it to de-water on the bank then remove to the nearest composting facility found on most major landfill sites. This is simple enough to do, I know, because I've done it elsewhere, so let's have it done and stop ruining a potentially brilliant summer river?
Oh, and while you're about it, how about running all the chickweed out of Barmston Drain now and then? Rather than leave it un-fishable for months on end some seasons. As a kid the drain in the Dunswell/Woodmansey area had enough flow to trot a float most days!