River Guardians Reports 2011/12

A few reports this week.

Monday Teddington to Ham - nothing to report
Monday Hampton Court area - river looking very brown
Tuesday - Teddington to Kingston - still 20 odd illegally moored boats
Wednesday Walton - very quiet
Thursday - Penton Hook area - nothing to report.

Who else has been near the river or heard anything reported ?

Was on the river all day today Molesey to Sunbury - water still really brown - no-one fishing.

Thanks Steve.

Not sure if anyone saw the report in this weeks Anglers Mail, reports of illegal fishing, a real EA bashing.

We have heard from the EA on the back of this and again thanked the TAC for all the reports. I have some numbers on convictions etc and have asked if they ok to post up. Will let you know, its just out of courtesy.

I can say that last weekend they seized 8 set lines at Walton following a member of the publics report into the hotline. These are not anglers, these are poachers. I have asked for what area it was.

walked the brook this morning. water gliding through lovely,litter free,waterfowl with their youngsters,birds singing and fish munching the handfull of food that i gave them.dog walkers and joggers all smles on their faces.

lovely time of year. willie

..just goes to show that when the sun is out, nature is allowed to get on with its business, and joe public respects his/her surroundings and environment, everything comes together nicely

From the EA fisheries team

'We have issued nearly 50 offence reports for close season fishing over a wide area of the Thames and its tributaries this year, but our view is that our increased presence, better signage and support from yourselves has reduced the amount of close season fishing. Last weekend we seized 8 set lines at Walton following a report to our emergency hotline from a member of the public.'

Asked the question and..


The fixed lines were found spotted being put down in undergrowth, by a resident on the far bank. They in turn reported to the EA who investigated.

That's something we can do on Sunday's armada - keep our eyes peeled for set lines.

Nice one, good shout. Its gonna be the biggest guardian watch so far.

I am on nights so seeing little this weekend.

Who has been out, all quiet?

Have drove down the river from Laleham to Shepperton the last three weekends and have not seen anyone fishing

have walked the dog every morning along areas from petersham to kingston, the only blot on the towpath is the illegaly moored boaters detritus

Walked Molesey lock to Sunbury lock last night - no-one fishing either bank.

strolled along the brook. all seems well. a bit more water flowing.looks great.

willie

its important that we keep this going, so if you see anything untoward, post it on here

opinion among most anglers in the richmond to chertsey stretch was that there was far less closed season fishing, and very little casting out early on june 15th

our only report of casting in early came from radnor gardens twickenham

One of our members, not sure who as maybe not online, has found an illegal net on Penton Hook. It has been left in place and was reported to the Lock Keeper.

The EA are down there today to investigate and will report back with photos.

As I said, not sure who it was but did leave a name, we done to him for being vigilant.

So it is happening, keep a close eye out whoever you are on the river, let the EA know if you find anything, and please do report it on here after.

Ahoy me hearties, went to Crabs Island (Penton hook) this morning at the crack of drawn, when the sun was low, to find some booty, Aarrgghh, und did I find some, did eye, Aarrggh, a find of a life time, some Scallywag, weevil eater,Bucko unknow person(s) put a swag net in the entrance to my, I'll say that again, Aarrggh, in my entrance to the spanning channel, the lily-livered, sniked in at dark they did, so I got the ships painter out und got it to paint a pic or two of the everdence Aaarrgghh





It did',nt do a very good job so i gave it a good flogging with a cat of nine tails, Aarrggh,

Sow, i then informed the captain of the Island, locker keeper, who then inform his captain, Aarrgh, who is going to sail someone down to look when the winds is in the right direction, today Aarrgghh, then sailed around the island to find more booty, Aarrggh non where found, gave my details captain Lock keeper, then sailed home Aaaarrgghh

fair winds ye Landlubbers

found this on bank where some fisher-person where fishing over weekend, just pass the M3 brigde, on bank, cleaned it up, just past chertsey brigde

Keith Collett wrote:

Ahoy me hearties, went to Crabs Island (Penton hook) this morning at the crack of drawn, when the sun was low, to find some booty, Aarrgghh, und did I find some, did eye, Aarrggh, a find of a life time, some Scallywag, weevil eater,Bucko unknow person(s) put a swag net in the entrance to my, I'll say that again, Aarrggh, in my entrance to the spanning channel, the lily-livered, sniked in at dark they did, so I got the ships painter out und got it to paint a pic or two of the everdence Aaarrgghh

Nice one Keith, shows its worth going out there regular and early, keep up the good work.
Have you got any pics of it out of the water?

EdRandall wrote:

Keith Collett wrote:

Ahoy me hearties, went to Crabs Island (Penton hook) this morning at the crack of drawn, when the sun was low, to find some booty, Aarrgghh, und did I find some, did eye, Aarrggh, a find of a life time, some Scallywag, weevil eater,Bucko unknow person(s) put a swag net in the entrance to my, I'll say that again, Aarrggh, in my entrance to the spanning channel, the lily-livered, sniked in at dark they did, so I got the ships painter out und got it to paint a pic or two of the everdence Aaarrgghh

Nice one Keith, shows its worth going out there regular and early, keep up the good work.
Have you got any pics of it out of the water?

The EA Fishery people are doing that, when they get there, so its still there when i left,

Well done mate, top detective work.

Was obviously what the EA were talking about

Top man Keith.

Was watching several chub in exactly that spot yesterday taking cover under the grilles...biggest about 4lb or so - hope they didn't get netted.

That locky (slight bloke with glasses) at Penton is a top fella aswell, really friendly and not anti-angling - you doing what you do there can only help keep it that way

nice one keith, will the scallywag, weevil eater be getting the black spot

James Page wrote:

nice one keith, will the scallywag, weevil eater be getting the black spot

Aye, und a bit more, the scurvy ridden poxed lily-livered weevils, got just the thing for them, Aarrgghh yo ho ho inserted in a place where you can,t say on this family site Aaarrggh



I'll be reading them a page at a time of Mcbeth, Aaarrgghh, and after every page, give it 1/2 a tune Aaarrggh yo ho and a bottle of rum, it making my eyes water just thinking of it oohhhh Ahhh Aaarrggh

Took a wander along the banks of the Bourne by Chertsey Library on Sunday on my way back from Desborough Island (still had half an hour of my "green card" to use up).

Started off heading up stream & spent a few happy moments watching several shoals of silvers from the various footbridges (which may be getting some attention from my fly road in a couple of hours). I then returned to the Library and headed downstream to be greeted by this:



I've eventually managed to contact the right person in the right department @ Runnymede BC (their web site appeared to be down early today) so hopefully all should be removed shortly, unless they're anything like the garden waste recycling service(?!!) which has yet again has failed to empty our green bag on a collecting day.

On the subject of the Bourne (Chertsey branch) - one of my favourite swims from years back, on the bend by the library is virtually unfishable now - banks overgrown & branches & rubble in the bottom. Are there any issues involved if I just got in with my waders & started clearing out the obstructions & chopped back some of the bank-side growth?