Hi all,
While out fishing today with a good friend, the conversation turned to fine tuning our plans for our annual Ireland trip.Whilst chatting I was catching a steady stream of skimmers/roach. 2 or 3 to the pound.(Pole 11 metres at Stanborough Lake, Herts. Keep net ban except matches)All fish were immediately returned,but a good weight of silver fish, approx.4 - 5 lb per hour, until the wind put paid to 11 metres.I mentioned to my friend that we would have a net full if nets were allowed - then remembered our Ireland trip last year.
Last September we arrived in the morning, unpacked etc. & fished the afternoon/evening on the remote north shore of Lough Derg. The 3 of us did not have a bite fishing the feeder, but that was expected.
We filled the swims in with feed, to return the following morning.
Briefly the following day was amazing from the off.I had 32 Bream between 4lbs - 7lbs.My 2 friends had similiar.We used keepnets (2 each) during the day. As we left we filled it in again for the following day.
Day 3 nothing for 4 hours,then just 3 fish until we left in the evening.
We spoke with the local boatman/Pike guide (very knowledgeable bloke) about the lack of fish that day & he asked if we used keepnets.He then mentioned that it was common to have a good haul of fish one day, and almost blank the next after keepnets were used.Apparently it was to do with the fish becoming confused.(eg after being in the nets, which were properly staked with good depth, for a couple of hours, the fish when released seemed confused as to which way was home,and would swim around in the shallows for a while)
Contrast this to the remainder of the week when we did not use nets appeared remarkable.
We rested the swim for 2 days, then filled it in the evening before we fished it again.The rest of the week was great.I am sure I caught the same fish twice in one day.
Has anyone else had this experience?I certainly will take keepnets with me this year to Ireland but I will think about where/when I use them.
This has nothing to do with morals/ethics of using nets. I am a new member and have looked at previous posts regarding net use and realise that it has been a thorny problem for some.I am merely curious if anyone else has, in a bagging situation in Ireland, caught more the following day by not using a keepnet.
Cheers[?][?]
While out fishing today with a good friend, the conversation turned to fine tuning our plans for our annual Ireland trip.Whilst chatting I was catching a steady stream of skimmers/roach. 2 or 3 to the pound.(Pole 11 metres at Stanborough Lake, Herts. Keep net ban except matches)All fish were immediately returned,but a good weight of silver fish, approx.4 - 5 lb per hour, until the wind put paid to 11 metres.I mentioned to my friend that we would have a net full if nets were allowed - then remembered our Ireland trip last year.
Last September we arrived in the morning, unpacked etc. & fished the afternoon/evening on the remote north shore of Lough Derg. The 3 of us did not have a bite fishing the feeder, but that was expected.
We filled the swims in with feed, to return the following morning.
Briefly the following day was amazing from the off.I had 32 Bream between 4lbs - 7lbs.My 2 friends had similiar.We used keepnets (2 each) during the day. As we left we filled it in again for the following day.
Day 3 nothing for 4 hours,then just 3 fish until we left in the evening.
We spoke with the local boatman/Pike guide (very knowledgeable bloke) about the lack of fish that day & he asked if we used keepnets.He then mentioned that it was common to have a good haul of fish one day, and almost blank the next after keepnets were used.Apparently it was to do with the fish becoming confused.(eg after being in the nets, which were properly staked with good depth, for a couple of hours, the fish when released seemed confused as to which way was home,and would swim around in the shallows for a while)
Contrast this to the remainder of the week when we did not use nets appeared remarkable.
We rested the swim for 2 days, then filled it in the evening before we fished it again.The rest of the week was great.I am sure I caught the same fish twice in one day.
Has anyone else had this experience?I certainly will take keepnets with me this year to Ireland but I will think about where/when I use them.
This has nothing to do with morals/ethics of using nets. I am a new member and have looked at previous posts regarding net use and realise that it has been a thorny problem for some.I am merely curious if anyone else has, in a bagging situation in Ireland, caught more the following day by not using a keepnet.
Cheers[?][?]