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Interesting and enjoyable video,well done to the hard working team who look after the lakes. Thanks for sharing.

Hard work and dedication from a group of people who give of their free time to make fishing great

Thanks Andrew for the excellent video. Couldn't make it this time to help out (and bring the average age down a bit!) like I did on your last visit. Good to see those perch are still thriving. We will be following up your recommendations in due course.

Excellent video and brilliant explanation. The guys do a great job on this lake.

Where have the Tench gone? The Pits were a great Tench water 40 years ago but I didn’t see one in the nets.

A big perch is the biggest of all fish ,,😊

Cracking fish amazing perch 👍👍🐟

Never underestimate us old Norfolk boys!

Very interesting, apparently the older pits were dug for clay for bricks The later ones were dug for clay to repair the river banks in the area.

Oop's spoke too soon 🤪

Nice to see loads of bream, instead of the usual mud pigs

Pukka video 👍 what drone are using please mate the quality is on point?

Great video, I fish Loddon lakes and it has been hard, hopefully the fishing will improve with your advice

More really interesting insights into fishery management 👏👏👍 these videos really showcase your hard work and passion, I’m sure they will be used by some fishery owners and clubs as a reference in making their waters better. As a much younger I was the chairman of a club not so far away from the fishery in this video and can relate to your frustrations with some club committees. 😬😥. Keep up the good work, look forward to the next video 😊

Great video, shame most club committees won't watch it.

What happens to the little fish? Culled?

Great wprk again Andrew. Look forward to seeing you at newport angling club in 2 weeks mate 👍

Nice selection of fish. A very good mixed fishery looks great.😊😊 Omg where did all that extra water come from?.

Nice selection of fish. A very good mixed fishery looks great.😊😊

I'm finding these videos really interesting and i think it open's peoples eye's about how things should be done to better a fishery. As it's not all about putting loads of fish in and hope all goes well. As your pointing out that good maintenance around the lake is just as important. Great video's please keep up with the good hard work you and your team are doing. Thank you👍👍

Great way to document your work, really enjoy your videos and very informative. Keep up the good work and uploading the videos! 👏👏👍🏻🎣🐟

U gotta know what you're doing we netted a water and all the fished died we had disturbed the silt and it clogged all the gills alldead within 24 hrs 😢

Netted lots of waters ,big uns little uns ,,the last one a mill lodge after netting all the fish died ,,we had disturbed the mud and silt and it had clogged all there gills ,,you have to know what u are doing ,its not all great 😮,

Another really interesting video 👍🏻👏👏

Great video Andrew, look forward to meeting you at Martham ( Norfolk) in January

Andrew: What's the music track at 15 minutes with the drone footage? Thanks in advance!

So what would you suggest instead of lillies ...?

You obviously know what you're talking about. Put a side anything else, you employ and run a sustainable business. Giving Fishery owners and clubs positive results. So I have to come to the sad conclusion that fishery owners and clubs that keep stocking their waters when you advise otherwise are only concerned about putting profit Before the fish, they pretend to care about. I understand the concept of a commercial fishery Ease of access etc. But the biomass thing needs to be questioned, match weights of hundreds of pounds in 4/5 hours. Win a match with 35lb or win with 350lb a win is still a win, and wonder why the fish have no lips. If Cattle that can be seen were crammed into a field in the same way. In days, the farmer would be having a visit from the R.S.P.A. As angling is now predominantly on managed, still waters behind fences, it's time to look at the morality of biomass or will the shilling win out. As I shout into the wind.

Id love to do this as a job how do you even get into this sort of work

I'm not anti match fishing. I believe it's the one discipline in angling that shows who's the most skilful angler. I'm not talking about the angler who fishes the same venue each week against the same group of anglers, who become just venue experts. In Competition, does it matter if you win with 25lb of fish or 250lb of fish. A wins a win. If cattle were treaded like fish in venues Where the biomass was so dense that big fans (aerators in water) had to be used to circulate oxygen around a field, and cattle dropped dead through the stress of it after being lassoed, there would be public uproar and The RSPCA knocking on the owners door. But no, this all happens under water out of sight out of mind. I understand the value of easy access waters with on-site facilities for an ageing angling demographic. But these overstocked match commercials needing aerators and restocking regularly are no more than aquariums, there for vanity and profit. Where your luckily to catch fish with lips in tactic, that would eat turds on the hook because theres so many competing for food. Match angling needs a reality check before some external body does.

What suits do your staff wear when in water

Did you plant those iris? If so, how many did you put in per meter? Do you plant linear or staggered/zig-zag

That's good stock management. It's great that you keeping the bream. Roach. Perch . I'd rather have a busy day on them rather than just carp. Well done 👍

Criminally under viewed channel. As is bens BP milling 👏🏼

No matter how many fish in a lake the match anglers expect 100lb of fish these days When u tell them that theres 7000lb of fish in the lake they still say there needs o be more stocked If every match angler was to watch what you remove and put back theyd be totally shocked of the quantity of fish Pleasure anglers are happy with just catching fish Thank you for these vids your showin

Netted lots of waters from big ones to little farm ponds the last one we netted a mill lodge all the fish died ,as the silt had clogged there gills , you gotta know what your doing 😮

Wat lake was netted

Again I admire your honesty with regards to fish welfare etc. Wish there were more people speaking about these issues on a regular basis.

I still have the stocking photos on my phone, gorgeous fish.

*PromoSM* 🤪

Some fisheries have double standards, different rules for carp angers and matchman. Carp anglers are told to photograph in the water in summer and then you see small carp piled up in match buckets . My point being when do carp suddenly become more important?

Another excellent video. I only wish there were more high profile people involved in the fishing industry willing to say more on fish welfare. You seem to be the only person constantly saying these things 👍

Hey Andrew, met you at Shearsby Valley when you netted/advised and I shot a feature for the mag 👍 Interesting content as always. I'd love to know how we could improve the match fishing process. Something we could work together on to try and spread the word of best practice perhaps? I'm around it every day and would love to see the weigh in process changed somehow. I know you don't necessarily like match fishing but if there is something we could get out into the mainstream that improves it then it could benefit everyone 🤞

Nice 1 mate

Its bs why guys think a new gimmick comes out its the next best thing cant beat a normal rig or like sed helicopter rig

Carp fishing is all about the money and the look nowadays 😢... Wow! What a stunning view 😍 what tunes are you listening to with that back drop??

Spot on 👍

Couldn’t agree more 👍

I totally agree with your comment with regards to angling in the future being for the restricted few. As a carp for 40 yrs it is clearly becoming a case of who you know with regards to getting into a decent syndicate. I honestly feel that Angling is destroying itself from within which is very sad.