re raking on monday

[STUART09]

hi to all a few of us are trying to get the boat and raking gear for monday to try and remove some of the dead weed from the bottom of the lake and i thought i was better posting it on here to notify everyone , also i must mention the great job keith did with the strimming and opening up a few more swims 

[hursty]

Why you doing that ? Didn't realise there was a problem with it .

[waterpig]

Fished yesterday for a couple of hours blanked as normal . was surprised as hardly anyone on, wo fishin bankside into middle i picked up a big clump of weed but only once rest of time there were just a few strands mostly back though wi odd green shoot in.

[STUART09]

we was doing it to remove the dead stuff as when we did it last time the wall end wasnt done but its cancelled this week unless we can collar keith in the morning

[hursty]

Martin has asked me to post a short statement on behalf of the comittee .

The comittee under no circumstances wish for the carp pond to receive a further raking this year , the reason for this is two fold . We believe it is currently not neccesarry and may do more harm than good at this time of the year , low saturated oxygen levels typical in warm weather combined with disturbing the weed as it decomposes could prove costly . Secondly as the lily pads have not recovered from the earlier raking we do not wish to do further harm .

Although we appreciate the sentiment any work that is carried out in the ponds is done after seeking professional advice , also we would not wish to deprive our members of the opportunity to fish at such a "peak" time , unless fish welfare was in question of course .

Thankyou

[STUART09]

ok thats fine

[andyoak]

It did cross my mind about raking but if I'm honest I don't know enough about the in's and out's to warent opening my mouth so I kept it shut! I just didn't think all that dead weed wanted churning up.

[STUART09]

HI I DONT KNOW THE INS AND OUT EITHER JUST A FEW PEOPLE MENTIONED DRAGGING SOME CLUMPS OF DEAD STUFF IN SO THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE HELPED BUT WHAT MARTIN SAYS MAKES SENSE 

[Tiger Nuts]

I think even if there is any new growth it might have to stay for now, if the O2 levels are low I guess the last thing the fish need is chemical chucking in
Maybe next time Rob is having a swim we could chuck him a waterproof camera to take some pics of any new growth

[andyoak]

The way I saw it was that there is going to be a fair bit of trapped gasses from the rotting weed. This will be released slowly over time and the fish will cope with it. By raking the dead stuff out the there is going to be a lot released at once. Weather this would have caused a problem I don't know, like I said I don't know enough. Lets leave it to the poeple that do and follow their advise

[bailey]

hi i was just wondering when stuart 09 took over the managment of  the carp lake as every time i have been on here in the last few weeks he seems to be arranging work partys for de weeding he probly meens well but i thought anything like this was to be put to the commitee first before anything is decided rather than take it upon ourselfs to do it

[STUART09]

hi i was just wondering when stuart 09 took over the managment of  the carp lake as every time i have been on here in the last few weeks he seems to be arranging work partys for de weeding he probly meens well but i thought anything like this was to be put to the commitee first before anything is decided rather than take it upon ourselfs to do it

HI I DONT TAKE NO DECISIONS AND AM NOT MANAGEMENT OK I TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN SOMEONE WILL MENTION IT TO KEITH TO MENTION IT TO MARTIN OK I TRY TO MAKE THE LAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE BUT I THINK I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW BEST IN THE FUTURE OK I ONLY PUT IT ON HERE TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT WORK COULD BE GOING ON AND DONT WASTE THERE TIME TURNING UP

[bailey]

yeh your right your not management but for a new comer you seen to know whats best for the lake when others have been here a lot longer and they still dont know the ins and outs of the lake

[carpy888]

Love it.

[andynhooch]

love wot? wots ya problem? put ya hand bag down for min, just cuz stuarts a new member dunt mean he know`s nowt. give the man some slack line. how long you lot been carpers? seem to me a lot of ya sit on ya p.c`s and chat shit. maybe ya should try gettin ya tackle out and dip ya wik