Report from TAA on Netting of mill lake, gilling west

A huge thank you to everybody that turned out to help on Thursday, 3rd December 2020.

We had an attendance of 26 which was exceptional and really appreciated, it was unfortunate that due to covid 19 we had to decline many other volunteers. It could have turned into the biggest work party we had ever held.

The whole lake was netted in three sections and this was followed by electro fishing to try and pick up a few more fish that may have evaded the nets. The catch return was disappointing but not altogether unexpected considering the ongoing problems we had with this lake that just couldn’t be resolved.

Total caught on the day were a few Bream around the 5lb mark, some small Tench and quite a lot of small Perch along with a couple of small Chub and Roach. Also caught were three Carp to around 12lb.

We had hoped this netting would have accounted for this year’s stocking into Cow Pasture Lake as part of our four-year programme. It definitely falls short of that. Restocking of Cow Pasture Lake will we hope resume in the new year.