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nets! for the guys who are obviously seeking confrontation on this thread (only 2 so far thank god) as far as i am concerned NO NET IS SAFE FOR BARBEL, this aso includes most landing nets but obviously its kinder to the fish to get them unhooked and rested if need be and the landing net is best...

Gerry, an old trick is to VERY GENTLY stroke the barbels belly from the tail end towards the head, this if done gently without pressure will get the barbel to burp the air trapped inside it most times if not all times but it must be held in your landing net (AGAIN THIS MUST BE DONE WITHOUT...

Hello Mike, time we met up again mate:)

oh i think they knew exactly the value of the equipment before they stole it and have no doubt it will be if not already in the hands of some tackle collectors with no moralty:mad:

well the other one at borth escaped now from same place, seems to me like the safety at that zoo should be carefully monitored by experienced government inspectors much more closely

true Paul but think about most of the holiday makers have kids and if they changed their holidays to elsewhere it would be deserted in spring and summer too, i love the wild life anywhere i visit but not if kids can get savaged, all cats big or small have a killer instinct even domesticated...

as far as i am aware this was a government decision and in any case it would if not any danger stopped would have affected the living of most retail, pubs and catering ect. as well the numerous large and small holiday and caravan sites in that area which is mainly dependant on holiday makers...

at last the kids are safe again at borth and nearby, the lynx has been shot as it posed a danger to the public.

Paul, no use starting a prebaiting program in low temperatures mate, try around mid february the temps should be better mate

theres very little woods in borth but there are lots of sand dunes and marshland and kids often camp out there

bob you are looking at my comment with an example that is not the case, have you seen this lynx, i have and it was eyeing my young grandson with a real gleam in its eye, the nearest thing to it is a wildcat, now small cat it is but neither you or i would enjoy an encounter with one let alone a...

if anyone defending species like lynx ect ask yourselves this one question honestly. if you had kids in their very early teens or younger even , would you feel they are safe camping out ect. if there are animals like this roaming? no of course you wouldn,t so why try to defend or condone such...

joe theres so many rabbits in the dunes and marshland at borth its hard not to step on em, beautiful place but its really wild a few miles at snowden, we got lost ob beaten tracks up there and the sat nav got no signal, we drove for hours before we found road:eek: never been up there since

not much chance of finding that up there, miles of marshland and then mount snowdon, took the grandchildren to that mini zoo a couple of times and wasn,t very impressed by conditions ect, thats one very wild area

a decent carp power float rod or a good tench rod will fit your bill unless your targetting barbel over 8lbs, mark has given you some advice on trotting for barbel but also a really good method is to find swim with both depth and if possible some creases or turbulent water with some boils, then...

why dont we just lay down our rods and quietly allow A MINORITY to stop us going fishing any more. i was brought up to dads rule that was if a lad hits you then hit him back hard dont let him bully you, as a returning soldier coming back from world war 11 after many years i understood what he...

Oh and getting on the zander bit if my 71 year old memory serves me true these were introduced in places like the fens ect to keep the small stunted over populated silver fish down, at least that exercise was carried out in the welfare and future of our fish stocks rightly or wrongly the...

Mike you correct , everyones able to express their opinion on here mate, me, anything that endangers my fishing enjoyment to me is a wipe it out situation, worked damn hard all my life and now i wanna enjoy the rewards, as far as barbel and the 60s and 70s go they were definately not the...

dear or expensive is the right word mike, expensive for the tackle dealers, expensive for less fish to fish for if any at all and expensive for us anglers to find river stretches that haven,t yet felt the impact of otter killed fully grown barbel:mad:

otters kill the big fish 1st, then work harder to catch the smaller ones thus getting fitter, otters kill so we should get rid of the otters again before the damage is completely repeated as was with cormorants, dont wait for after act now and get rid of them:mad: