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I've been listening to Radio 5 Live a lot recently trying to find out what effects the Foot & Mouth could have on our beloved sport.
Apparently if it becomes serious enough it will not be wise for us to go fishing, for fear of spreading the disease, until the disease is gone.
It appears that during the 1967 outbreak, the majority of anglers didn't go fishing for about 3 months and they weren't too upset as it was for the good of the countyside.
How would you feel if you were aksed not to go fishing?
P.S. Ian, have you any information that may help us.
I don't think it would completely, it might help for the immediate vacinity but it can be spread by the wind.
I'm not certain on this, but the virus may have a limited lifespan whilst airborne. The latest outbreak was caused by the airborne method which was 5 miles from a quarantined farm.
But the virus may well live longer in a solid medium, mud etc which is why anything in contact with the ground is disinfected. If not the spread of the disease would be even worse.
Or the lifespan is the same in either medium, but the spread via wheeled vehicles is alot faster potentially than that caused by weather conditions.
Either way the point about boot dips etc is quite valid.
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I think boot dips would be a fair idea and a move forward but if anglers are fishing more than one water are they going to dip bivvy groundsheets, unhooking mats, landing nets and anything else that comes into contact with the ground.
What I'm asking is that if you were advised not to go how would you feel?
CarponlineEditor
26-02-2001, 16:39
Surely boot dips wouldnt be much good anyway as what about car tyres etc they would have to go through some sort of dip as well maybe. I have just been told that a lot of the Royal parks are shut for at least a week or so round here as a precaution i think.
Andy
Sorry, I'm not being very clear today, it could be a huge issue very quickly and it WILL affect us if it gets much worse, just wanted to hear peoples views, mine are generally to be cautious and if it came to it not go fishing, you never know we might end up with an enforced closed season this year?
If the advise was not to go then I wouldnt.
If I thought the livelihoods of farmers (who have not had the best of times recently) could be affected by me rambling around the countryside fishing , then I would stay at home.
The river Mole from Dorking to Leatherhead has been closed to public access,dont know beyond that though.Would stillwaters not near farms be closed? I dont know?But I would have thought not.
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paulh
Rivercarper
26-02-2001, 19:04
If it is that serious that we are advised not to go fishing then we must not go.Simple as that.
Now I wonder where the outbreak originated from???? I have my ideas but not publically....... what a darn good way to get at the country folk.......
Tony
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? surely not they love animals ddont they?
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paulh
Redesmere in Cheshire closed to angling as are most of the lakes round here.
Gutted.
charlie how about Boundry Water Park is capesthorne to?
rooky
andy rooke
Capesthorne closed.
Boundry will probably stay open as it is a day ticket.
Ive got a great idea!
Everyone get down to walthamstow! theres loads of carp there and not a grain of mud or a leaf in sight!!
Seriousely though, I havnt heard much about this isue, whats it about and how bad can it get?
Has anyone established where tis foot & mouth started and who is to blame? I hope who ever it is has good insurance cover.
Tony
Rivercarper
26-02-2001, 22:21
Is this something that Alex and Lofte suffer from.Foot in mouth disease.
...yep, make sure you dip them in Kingsmead on the social Neil.
Yeahh.... they both wanna stick their feet in each others mouths with high velocity /images/forum/icons/laugh.gif
Tony
I cant believe it has gone this far i dont wont to fight with alex i cant understand why it has even gone this far it has really upset me to think that people think i am horrible etc!
Lofte
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Rivercarper
26-02-2001, 22:36
Right enough of the squabbling babies they have sorted it out so no more from the rest of you reprobates
Lofte..... a joke mate, lighten up dude.......
Tony
...yeah, go stand in the corner!
i know but i am really upset Alex has made me out to be a bad person when im not! God knows what everyone else thinks of me i dont want to ruin the social so in front of everbody i appoligise to ALEX for the pathetic and irrelivent argument we had! Alex am i forgiven can we start afresh!
Lofte
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Maybe you ought to private him with that Lofte..... I can't vouch for everone but to be honest neither you or Alex has ruined my enjoyment of the Forum.... all I have to do is 20 times the amoiunt of work checking all the posts..... keep it happy /images/forum/icons/smile.gif
Tony
thanks Tony
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lofte
Rivercarper
26-02-2001, 22:48
Well done big man lets enjoy the get together
year lofte mate dont get yourslf worked up mate go too the social and injoy. good luck
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andy rooke
no mate missed it when was it on?
rooky
andy rooke
Rivercarper
26-02-2001, 23:05
Wouldn'tyou be a bit suss if you had just S*****d the whole of the british meat industry
this isn't going to interfere with the social is it?
cheers
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Yeah.....sorry........you're banned 'till it clears up.
Can't run the risk of you spreading it around to the others?
PS..does it itch?
Smarts
well i am ill at the moment but that jokes been said already!
cheers
sam
Rivercarper
28-02-2001, 20:03
If you read the catch reports on the site you will all see that Kingsmead 1 has been closed.So keep you fingers crossed that it is all cleared up before the social.If not we will do it in the future.
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