It's also worth noting that in many wild waterways the fish that are in there have been put there without meddling human intervention, which, nowadays is hard to believe.
Those perch in my reservoir were not introduced by us. They found their way there by way of wading birds, ducks and geese and such, as eggs from other waterways stuck to the feet of the hapless innocent egg transporters.
There are several similar desolate reservoirs in our area where perch are found. One such reservoir, a good few years ago now, was taken over by a trout fishery. The sudden influx of thousands of young trout fingerlings in this fishery were like a Michelin star restaurant to the young perch.
A number of them grew undisturbed under the radar, not targeted by anglers at all. Once in a while one of these huge perch in summer would rise for the fly of the unsuspecting fly fisherman causing all sorts of mayhem that these predators could be in the midst of their beloved trophy trout.
In fact there is a trout reservoir in Wales which is now full of record monster pike thanks to it being taken over by a trout fishery many years ago. The current British pike record comes from that very water.
Those perch in my reservoir were not introduced by us. They found their way there by way of wading birds, ducks and geese and such, as eggs from other waterways stuck to the feet of the hapless innocent egg transporters.
There are several similar desolate reservoirs in our area where perch are found. One such reservoir, a good few years ago now, was taken over by a trout fishery. The sudden influx of thousands of young trout fingerlings in this fishery were like a Michelin star restaurant to the young perch.
A number of them grew undisturbed under the radar, not targeted by anglers at all. Once in a while one of these huge perch in summer would rise for the fly of the unsuspecting fly fisherman causing all sorts of mayhem that these predators could be in the midst of their beloved trophy trout.
In fact there is a trout reservoir in Wales which is now full of record monster pike thanks to it being taken over by a trout fishery many years ago. The current British pike record comes from that very water.
