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Yawn, he did say he'd lost his Sky sports hat :D

Not surprised Bob, nice tool

Got any pics Bob? One or two piece?

Quite, those poor fish got absolutely hammered.......

PM for you Andy

Barbel fishing became very easy in the early 2000s with the advent of pellets and use of high protein baits. Many new anglers, especially converted Carpers taking up Barbel fishing as an easy quick fix. The pressure put on fisheries and fish by this big boom has made barbel much harder to catch...

I also suspect fish bigger than the current record have already been caught but many would keep such captures quiet

Thanks Colin, that's a great price for three, was enquiring for a mate but he has no money!

I wouldn't mind at all Steve, I can take the truth! My cutting comments were not aimed at anyone in particular, I just get really frustrated by those who want to find fault with absolutely everything but yet offer nothing of their own time or money to solve. I spend an awful lot of time...

Dave, I agree with much of your post, my reference to the related costs was intended to explain why I stated it was down to economics in an earlier post. Those same working class people will find that sort of money to play golf though if they are that way inclined. Of course the upper class...

Graham, I doubt when someone posts good news about their river, they are actually asking for a debate. However, there are some on the foirum who will look for a negative, a debate or argument in just about everything posted! I don't think rhetoric is he issue here, more past heuristics ;)

Some of you chaps must be very old to have such prejudices around class distinction. Classic class envy, very, very sad, I thought that had long gone. I regularly fish the rivers Test and Itchen, rivers which are the pinnacle of Trout and Salmon angling in England and see no snobbery towards...

How many Colin?

All too do with economics really Steve, coarse anglers are too tight fisted on the whole to compete. They prefer to just gripe about everything :D

Robert, You need to look over about a five year period to get a real idea, the surveys are done on about 50m stretches and only catch what happens to be in that 50m stretch at the time, one year there might be a large shoal of bream or barbel or chub, another year only one or two, so you need...

Graham, I was genuinely asking, I do not know if you are a fisheries scientist, or if your info comes from one. I just think one has to be careful when posting opinion as many anglers will read such posts as fact and before you know it we have the rumour based mass hysteria we had a couple of...

Graham, Just asking as you tend to post a lot on the subject as if speaking from a position of fact or fisheries expertise. The EA survey most rivers each year with regards fish stock levels, these are available from them and would not in most cases back up your view about fish stocks...

Presumably, this is all just opinion? Not much fact in there! I think you a little out with your timings, the cormorant/goosander issue has hit the rivers quite some time after otter introduction.

Yes Dave, it comes through as powder, I use the plate with the smallest holes, they are about 5mm dia. Speaking of old mincers, how you doing mate? :D

No one for twenty odd years Bobby. Some people seem to think that an Apex predator with quite a healthy breeding rate would not be able to re-populate a country as small as the UK in 50 years. Yes, the otter trust programme in the eighties and early nineties probably sped it up by ten years!!