fredcromer wrote:
:: Has anyone ingeniously found a way of keeping sodding ducks from
:: attacking bread laden hooks, whilst SURFACE FISHING, cos I told off
:: some young lads for catapulting stones at them, and lo and behold, a
:: week later I felt like doing the same thing when 2 ducks just
:: wouldn't leave my bread + biscuits alone...I was fishing 15 yards
:: out, and sometimes they scare with a landing net waved about, but
:: sod that for armache, so has anybody got any tricks up their
:: sleeve.? Cheers....FRED C

You can throw little bits of wet mud at them (not great big lumps!)
It clogs their feathers and they have to spend a long time cleaning it out.