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I think I might intercept those before they reached the hook! 😁😍

Cheers Bob. 👍

Going to make my first cheese paste today and use it 'to devastating effect' 😁 on Sunday and Monday, so I'll let you know how I get on. 👍

Anyone used this?

I thought you were taking the mickey until I googled this! 😁 Weeks though? What, in the fridge or frozen? Cheers

Amen

So I've been out of the game for some years and have a session organised for Sunday /Monday on the Wye. I'm covering as many bases as poss bait wise, including meat, and was wondering if anyone has any tried and tested suggestions for flavourings? I think in the past I used paprika and garlic...

Yes they were a killer bait.

That's interesting. The holes are so small you wouldn't think that it would make any difference. Every day is a school day. Cheers

I think it was good that Bob M and Paul W highlighted this with Fergal Sharkey in their series. And Sharkey was in the news yesterday banging the drum about the Kennet being a sewer. Bob and Paul could really raise awareness with some appropriate publicity. Hi, by the way, I have been away...

That's history Dave. Look to the future, for a solution. They must be eaten. Either that or caught humanely and repatriated at great expense to the tax payer. They are yummy though Dave. Have you tried them? Don't be tense, this is England. We'll get nowhere, so chill :) cheers

Is that translatable into words Dave? :)

I'd never call you selfish Dave. Not to your face anyway :) . Think of the impact rabbits must have had when they were introduced. We need to eat them all Dave (signals), or as many as we can. They are yummy. Our native crayfish have had it long term I suspect. The rationale for discouraging...

I can't be certain but pretty sure otters were here before barbel

What is an excellent river environment Dave? Cormorants and otters are native and natural predators. The signal will be regarded as native in a matter of years. Loads of so-called native species are introduced, e.g. rabbits, garden snails, sycamore. Almost all species of plants and animals have...

I think we have to learn to ignore the 'threat'. We're not true stakeholders in this issue. We're not predators and we're not prey. Getting sucked in.

Not taking sides mate, other than to say that barbel were here before us and will probably be here after we've gone.

Do understand you Andrew. Anyway, no one's forcing us to comment in these threads! Oh, why am I then? :o

Otter threads do my head in.

they should set up a special unit to monitor them. I dunno, they could call it the beaver patrol.