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Life among the lily pads


MICK COOKSON looks at life beneath the lily pads and high­ lights the importance of water vegetation to the fisherman.


EVER since I was a youngster, pictures of lakes and other still- waters covered in masses of lily pads have always set my heart pounding.


beneath those lily beds whose mass often covered most of the lakes surface? Carp, a fish I could then


What monsters lurked


never envisage catching, patrolling their beat in and


out of the stems, sending up streams of bubbles as they grubbed about in the soft mud looking for food. The ‘Red Eyed’ Tench


with his thick, paddle-like fins and tail making him a much sought-after quarry


on such waters where he would test an angler’s abil­ ity to its very limits. These two great species


of fish are what always spring to my mind when I


see such a water and I guess that goes for most other anglers too.


Waters like Redmire Pool have become part of angling


spawning places for many fish and are usualy rich in small creatures on which the fish feed. There are also the reeds


which grow along the edges of many of our waterways and these offer good shelter for many creatures includ­ ing fish which makes them a popular spot for the angler. Fish can often be seen


My brother Steve with a good, double-figure carp from a weed-fringed water


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. unfortunately one big draw­ back. It was absolutely choked with weed. The club however was not


deterred and felt sure this situation could be remedied by dragging the weeds out, and as a last resort using a chemical weed-killer which was harmless to fish.


tons of the stuff out onto the bank, but it soon became obvious it was a losing bat­ tle.


We must have dragged


are rare and most angling clubs try to maintain a well balanced fishery which con­ tain reasonable ammounts of weed, which will allow plenty of angling room and ample cover for the fish.


Waters like this however


become a problem if they get out of hand in a fishery, and this was highlighted a few years ago when Pendle, Bu rn ley and D is tr ic t Anglers took over the joint running of what was poten­ tially a great water at Acr- rington: Platts Lodge. This was quite a large expanse of water, but it had


Weeds of course can


plants which inhabit our waters one of the most important and benifical types are the submerged weeds, such as the' pond- weeds, which are perennial water plants. They offer excellent


role to play in any fishery and most contribute more than a little to their success or failure. Among the many kinds of


are thin on the ground; with the Lancaster Canal being perhaps the one exception. Water plants have a large


folklore and Redmire itself is the ‘Mecca’ of the coun­ try’s Carp anglers, having provided the late Dick Walker with his record 441b Carp, affectionately called ‘Clarissa’, and Chris Yates with his Common Carp of 511b 8oz in 1980 which now holds the record. Unfortunately lily pads


At Home on th e Waterways


TURN to the preceding page to find out about Doug and Marie’s waterway labour of love. You’ll discover how Doug’s driving passion has become a shared ideal and how this husband and wife team has built up a thriving marina at Barnoldswick on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.


cleaning themselves off after spawning in the reeds.


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