B****rd ducks, what an annoyance,.owt doin'?

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

Feed the ducks off to one side to draw them out of your swim - and into the
next bloke's if you're feeling really naughty ;-)

Unfortunately if the water's got ducks, and they've learnt to feed off the
local bait - you'll learn to put up with it or fish elsewhere. Having
managed to catch 2 ducks in the past, and managed to eventually free them
off the hook with no harm except to their pride, you live and learn ;-(

You can fish the bread just under the surface - but the wise up to that one
eventually as well

"fredcromer" fred@carpcaughtandnospamplease wrote in message
...
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

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.

In article , fredcromer
URL:mailto:fred@carpcaughtandnospamplease 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 hiss at them like an angry swan - if you don't mind funny looks from
anyone else on the bank. You can try green dyed bread.

There are several waters hereabouts that have become virtually unfishable by
any method due to the quantities of ducks. These days the rather than
feeding a few stalr crusts from the kitchen the kids are given a 15p
supermarket loaf -each- and the massive quantities of food have lead to huge
populations of ducks. On rainy days no-one comes to feed them so all the
weed is stripped out and the banks are bare too :-(

I think it should be called bread pollution.

Apart from zillions of ducks the result is a massive increase in the rat
population. An overload of (duck) sewage. And (silver lining) fish ready to
take bread at any hour.

Cheerio,

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entice them into the margins and give them a bit of grub...most of the
time they'll hang around all day waiting for more.....every time they
lose interest and start swimming off you give 'em a bit more and
hopefully they stay away from where you're fishing.....make sure the
rest of the birdlife don't spy you doing this though or you'll have the
lot on your case

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

Catch them and cook them they go nice with spring onions and plum sauce in
pancakes.
"wb¿dw" wrote in message
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entice them into the margins and give them a bit of grub...most of the
time they'll hang around all day waiting for more.....every time they
lose interest and start swimming off you give 'em a bit more and
hopefully they stay away from where you're fishing.....make sure the
rest of the birdlife don't spy you doing this though or you'll have the
lot on your case

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

I'm a great believer in the old saying that there should only be two to
a duck - and one of them should be the duck!

Whilst there's not a lot of meat on them (unlike the cow or sheep which
is a much different creature and which I find difficult to get a whole
one on the plate at the same time as my roast potatoes and a nice mixed
veg), they tend to swim best in a fairly thick Black Cherry sauce or
done Chinese style with Plum Sauce.

Having said that, I was fishing a nice quiet peg at the far end of The
Riddings at Grendon near Tamworth (http://www.fisheries.co.uk/riddings)
last week. Doing nicely off the bottom, a couple of guys trawled up and
plonked themselves next to me. No sooner had they tackled up than chunk
after chunk of bread splodged into the water a few yards out from my
swim.

Not to worry, I thought. I'm on the bottom and he's on the top (so as
to speak, if you understand what I mean).

Presuming the guy was wasting his time as I hadn't seen any movement on
the top all afternoon, I was soon to be proved completely wrong. Within
15 minutes the carp started slurping his crusts off the top and he was
soon into some nice 5lb-10lb mirrors and commons.

But whenever the ducks and geese appeared he simply 'bought them off'.

A few pieces of crust away from his swim kept them happy and after a
short while they simply moved on. Whenever they returned he did the
same again.

Ducks, it appears, are like fish. They have a fairly short retention
span and their neural pathways degenerate pretty quickly...

I personally don't like all this hissing, bawling, throwing groundbait,
stones, the mother-in-law and anything else which comes readily to hand
when ducks paddle into your swim. When they do cross your line very
rarely do they become snagged and I personally have become quite
attached to three at Packington Fishery
(http://www.fisheries.co.uk/packington) - two males and a female - who
this spring raised a brood quite successfully and are now quite happy to
come out of the water and wait by my side for pellets, pieces of
groundbait, maggots, casters, luncheon meat, bread and anything else I
may have to hand. You can become quite attached to them.

It's all about cultivating friendships, and once they see you a few
times and realise you are their best friend they pose few problems to
your floating baits.

Now, has anyone else a favourite recipe for duck....









In message , Fredcromer
writes
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



--
Peter Cliff
Fisheries.co.uk

In article , Peter Cliff
URL:mailto
rarely do they become snagged and I personally have become quite
attached to three at Packington Fishery
(http://www.fisheries.co.uk/packington) - two males and a female - who
this spring raised a brood quite successfully and are now quite happy to
come out of the water and wait by my side for pellets, pieces of
groundbait, maggots, casters, luncheon meat, bread and anything else I
may have to hand. You can become quite attached to them.

It's fine if you only have three of 'em to deal with.

300 are another matter.

Cheerio,


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"fredcromer" fred@carpcaughtandnospamplease wrote in message
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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


12 bore shotgun normally sorts them out, and provides dinner as well, just
make sure you have the appropraite licences and the landowners permission

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:09:01 +0100, "marktattoo"
wrote:


"fredcromer" fred@carpcaughtandnospamplease wrote in message
...
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


12 bore shotgun normally sorts them out, and provides dinner as well, just
make sure you have the appropraite licences and the landowners permission

Just moving the bread makes the ducks move for me.