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 #182 4 Jan 2015 at 10.05pm | |   |
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Sam,
i know the Ressi your referring to..on my last visit to the venue which was just for a looksee,i found a kill platform on the dam ,obviously a [remains ]of a carp ,plus a dorsal of what was once a very large perch.....as you know this place did indeed hold the UK perch record....
SWLT it seems are in denial..a very great shame indeed....
The above was a few years back...on that day I met and conversed with another two local anglers all from Bideford/Barnstaple area..they told me the place had no predation issues, yet I found `signs` within ten minutes of being there....
But at least someone in the southwest has listened,as Gwinear is to be robustly fenced from tomorrow....lets hope that other local venue in the Cornwall area take note and pull their fingers out...Trebellan which is next door especially ,not to mention Oakside as well.....all have been visited in the past....
Like I keep on saying its not if your lake gets ottered its WHEN..............................
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#181 3 Jan 2015 at 10.23pm | | |
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Found a mid/high 20 dead at my local SWLT reservoir with signs all around of otters. i've reported it, still waiting to hear back.......  It makes me sick to give SWLT my money every year, it's such a shame they have control of the lakes they do.
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#180 19 Dec 2014 at 3.01pm | | |
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In reply to Post #179
ive had 3 others killed in past 3 wks...
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#179 19 Dec 2014 at 10.22am | | |
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!!!!  i can't look at that picture it makes me cringe
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#178 17 Dec 2014 at 3.18pm | | |
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hi mate...sorry only just read this...
that fish survived...ive wrote about it in jans carpworld article due out....the story goes further, of which I will write about in feb's issue
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#177 16 Dec 2014 at 7.24pm | | |
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Hi joss,sad to see pic of that carp,just shown that to Mrs,she couldn't beleive the damage done by those cute little things she sees on tv(country file etc),,,,,,,,,she now understands my anger
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#176 11 Jul 2014 at 3.03pm | | |
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Beave, you have arrived at the figure of one otter per 5 square mile by dividing the total surface area of of England by the estimated number of otters. However...otters live exclusively on the banks of rivers/lakes...they do not live in Westminster or the middle of a cornfield. Were you to rework your answer by counting only the square mileage of the areas where it is possible for otters to live...you would end up with a very different figure indeed.
That new figure would be useful to us as well...as that would tie in nicely with the areas we anglers are concerned about. Having said that, if otters DID decide to make a nuisance of themselves in cornfields and Westminster, we might then get some action on the issue 
Cheers, Dave.
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#175 24 Jun 2014 at 8.59am | | |
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Very sad indeed.
The worst bit is, you can do a perimeter check every day, but it only takes a few minutes for them to get in! So you check and its safe one evening, come the morning it could have got in. Sickening!
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#174 7 Jun 2014 at 7.54pm | | |
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In reply to Post #173
Very sad 
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#173 7 Jun 2014 at 1.59pm | | |
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Having fenced my lake, we've had very little trouble.....until the other week where an otter dug underneath the wire fence buried into the lake bed and done this to one of the biggest in the lake...Her pec fins and tail also in a bad way
shes still alive and was obviously suffering, but I guess as its only a fish it doesn't matter to the pro otter pple
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#172 6 Jun 2014 at 10.59am | | |
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I have run a small lake for 2 yrs and I am into my 3rd year. It is predominantly a catfish water, but does hold specimen sized fish of many species including carp well into the 20's and big rudd. We are surrounded by many other commercial fisheries and carp lakes etc. Other fisheries never mentioned the fact they had an otter and even denied having one to me, until last month when I found a dead carp and a dead catfish, then when I asked them again they all said they had had problems for the last 3 years!! My lake had basically just been fortunate not to have lost any fish up until this year.
I have now erected 600m of otter proof fencing. I cannot recommend my fence fitter enough. He is extremely well priced and did the whole lake in 2 days!! From start to finish.
The otter even attacked a 50lb cat, and 2 40lb cats. One of the 40's was killed and the tail eaten!!
They will have a go at anything in the water!!
The fencing contractors name is Adrian Hall and he covers most of the UK. A top bloke and did an impressive job
07973 237670
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#171 6 Jun 2014 at 8.24am | | |
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A 7 acre lake between St Neots and Huntingdon in 2010 on farmers land. A good friend gets permission to fish it along with one other. A 40lb mirror and a 28lb common are caught - these unpressured fish are easy to spot and the total stock is 23 carp with another two or three 30lb mirrors.
June 2014 and the stock is now 6 fish with the common being the largest. All throughout the winter the farmer has seen an otter visiting the lake. No doubt it is visiting the other 3 larger ones within one mile too - one being a syndicate.
Will it happen to your lake? What do you think?
One area where they do seem reluctant to visit ( so far ) are lakes really close to towns. I am thinking of Lea Valley and Colne Valley in particular. But for how long?
Nobody WANTS to fence their lake, but what other options are there?
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#170 25 May 2014 at 9.32am | | |
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In the news 12 months back.......Norfolk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272738/Distraught-couple-forced-remove-6-000-gallon-pond-garden-otter-ate-200-prized-fish.html
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#169 9 Apr 2014 at 6.45pm | | |
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The video on facebook (shared by the PAG) is from an employee from here....
www.teviotgamefaresmokery.co.uk
Which they claim is "a haven for wildlife such as badgers, otters, woodpeckers and kingfishers which have been spotted in the past year."
Seems like they have accepted that the Otters will take their fish
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#168 9 Apr 2014 at 4.01pm | | |
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In reply to Post #1
Just seen a video on facebook of an otter clearing the koi pond in a garden centre!! Cant seem to share it...gutted
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