One for the anglers

[sleep envy]

why do fish settle under HV pylons?

[Neil_H]

Cheaper rent?

[dougc]

You can't fish underneath pylons. Well, you can but it might get a bit crispy.

I'm convinced the devious little sods know this and hang out there on purpose.

[escargot]

Something to do with the waves.

[sleep envy]

[blindswelledrat]

I dont think they do SE.
WHere did you hear this?

ALthough, that said, despite being thick, fish have extraordinary instinct.
I used to walk around my local lake and in the close season all the carp would come to the edge and eat whatever you would throw them. Every single day.
First day of the open season I was the first person there 3 seasons running and not a single fish to be seen. Absolutely bizarre.
You also see it regularly that fish congregate in 'no fishing' areas and will brazenly swim around the surface.

[sleep envy]

blindswelledrat said:

I dont think they do SE.
WHere did you hear this?

conversation in the office, said by a very keen angler

don't know if it's true myself, he said it's something to do with the ionised air

[blindswelledrat]

My guess is that he fishes somewhere where there is a no fishing zone under some pylons and the fish do indeed congregate there.
THen people have started attatching thier own theories to this phenomenon.
Ionised air. Hmmmmm.

[sleep envy]

blindswelledrat said:

Ionised air. Hmmmmm.

my thoughts too, hence the question

I take it you fish?

[blindswelledrat]

Yes I do and I have never noticed a prevalence of fish under pylons particularly.


Edit: That said, I am not the ultimate authority on fishing. It is possible they do and I have never noticed it. What is true,though, is that an awful lot of fisherman talk bks and come out with the most nonsensical theories that they are obsessed with.

Edited by blindswelledrat on Tuesday 12th May 10:31

[sleep envy]

kthnxbye

[escargot]

blindswelledrat said:

Edit: That said, I am not the ultimate authority on fishing. It is possible they do and I have never noticed it. What is true,though, is that an awful lot of fisherman talk bks and come out with the most nonsensical theories that they are obsessed with.

Been on any exotic fishing expeditions recently mate?

[DrTre]

I can vouchsafe for this that it's true actually, it's where the current is strongest.

[tonyvid]

DrTre said:

I can vouchsafe for this that it's true actually, it's where the current is strongest.

You forgot this

[blindswelledrat]

escargot said:

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Been on any exotic fishing expeditions recently mate?

Depends if you saw my marlin pics!
That was a year ago though

[escargot]

blindswelledrat said:

escargot said:

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Been on any exotic fishing expeditions recently mate?

Depends if you saw my marlin pics!
That was a year ago though

Yeah I did. bd.

My most recent adventure was to my uncle in-laws lake in France. Spent a day after the carp and caught bugger all. Afterwards when we were getting st faced, he decided to tell me that 2 years previously, he released 30 zander into it because "they taste nice". They've decimated the fish stock. Silly git.

Edited by escargot on Tuesday 12th May 12:13

[Adenauer]

blindswelledrat said:

escargot said:

[
Been on any exotic fishing expeditions recently mate?

Depends if you saw my marlin pics!
That was a year ago though

Were they really Marlin?

[Cara Van Man]

sleep envy said:

why do fish settle under HV pylons?

never had you down as one of those sad little men that sit beside a river on their own under an umbrella. I had Plotters pegged as that one.

[blindswelledrat]

Adenauer said:

Were they really Marlin?

Yes actual ones.

[sleep envy]

Cara Van Man said:

sleep envy said:

why do fish settle under HV pylons?

never had you down as one of those sad little men that sit beside a river on their own under an umbrella. I had Plotters pegged as that one.

sorry mate, closest I get to fishing is rough shooting

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