| Re: Bill Oddie tonight
Just watched the episode on iplayer and I thought bills comments would annoy some fishermen! I remember doing my work experience at school, which was with the trout farm at Hanningfield, we once dropped of a delivery of trout at some lakes used for fishing and everyone there was f-ing and blind-ing about the cormorants and how they shouldn't be protected. I was into fishing back then, but still thought they should be left alone. And having observed them frequently and being more knowledgeable now I certainly don't think they should be culled.
Anglers have a long tradition of blaming herons, pike and cormorants for eating all the fish, when the fact is they eat many of the small fish, which leaves more food and space for bigger fish, which then get bigger, and then the anglers have better fish. simple |