I remember the video you made about this. That farmer should be in prison. We get told regularly about environmental issues and to have such devastation to a waterway is outrageous. A settlement out of court is no better than the judge taking a backhander.
If you look through the comments on the original video, I said the farmer will get away with it. I've reported many farm pollutions over the years no farmer has ever been prosecuted. It's usually just slapped wrist!!! I get so angry.
Monster pike at the end! One of the catch and release creeks in my house had a huge fish kill. A farmer had just finished putting down his fertilizer for the year. An unforcasted downpour happened and washed some of the fertilizer into the creek. Massive fish kill. The fish from upstream repopulated the lower sections of the creek. Accidents do happen but that particular farmer in your video seems negligent.
Farmers have a duty of care ... they should be mindful of the weather forecast for at least 10 days into the future... there are also perimeter distances around waterways that farmers must obey when spreading slurry... but they couldn't be arsed ... The Irish regulations are (in part) .... "Regulatory requirements when spreading slurry . For two weeks following the opening of the spreading period, it is important to note that slurry must be kept at least 10 metres away from rivers, streams, watercourses and drains and reverts to 5 metres once this time period has elapsed." 😎👍☘️🍻
That's horrendous that the farmer is continuing to carry on with the pollution. These big corporations/people with a big of money seem to be able to get away with murder literally.
shocking to see but they get away with it so many times or just a simple fine which makes it cheaper for the farmers just to dump his crap in the canals and rivers ect, most of our water companys have been doing it for years. great vid pal and lets hope the canal recovers
Unbelievable isn't it mate,I had booked onto the caravan site for the weekend after this had happened-hoping to fish the Stretch,we still went but the devastation he had caused was absolutely heartbreaking 😢 I will never forget the smell from all the dead rotting fish and how surreal the canal looked,the water was jet black and motionless.
This is happening more often. Farmers have to get rid of slurry so they spread it onto fields on the quiet. It’s only a matter of days until it washes down into the streams
Pollution does bad things to rivers. I was down the march the other Sunday against pollution. To be fair a few anglers turned up. You did the right thing making this video, pollution needs to be highlighted because it will ruin our rivers if it isn't stopped. Tight lines mate
The stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool canal that the club I am a member of control has had this happen to it twice within a couple of years, both times over Xmas when there are less people around to report it.
I watch all your vlogs George love your enthusiasm when out fishing. I have been fishing the Lancaster canal for years it's one if not nicest canals iv fished. They have been getting away with it for years i am 66 now George and iv fished the canal since i was 14. Favourite basin was Ratcliffe wharf lane basin this is match and just pleasure session. There 3 basin, s there you was always guaranteed to catch fish. The farmers have got away with it for year's and somehow get away with getting prosecuted otherwise it would be one of the best canals in the country. The basins in question iv had 2 trips up this year got my day ticket from garstang fist trip fished for hour never had a bite before i got weeded out had to pack up. The second trip fished solid 6 hours had 2 bites one very small perch. Its the same with the glasson dock arm it was solid with bream roach perch even trout brown and seatrout and they had problems with the lock gates and salt water getting into the canal this was in the 70s first time this happened and i believe its happened again this years anyway George keep up the good work and keep the videos coming tight line's 🎣👍
Thanks for watching Stephen, it's a massive shame isn't it. Have you seen a lot of pollution over the last 50 years then on the canal? For me, what I can say is only really limited to my own experiences and what I've seen over the last few years
I have George it uesd to happen a lot. I remember matches on there over 100 anglers regular. I had a good friend who was a angling journalist i his name was John Weedon wrote for the Angling times r local paper post and chronicle and wigan observer. He campaigned quite a few times about farmers letting spillages into the canal and the river ribble. John is no longer with us rip he lived and breathed angling but it always seemed to go on deaf ears. The glasson dock held massive shoals of bream they got wiped out same as the lancaster canal. He also complained about windamere pollution before i could drive in the late 70s during the old close season if we new someone who had a car perch catches on windamere was fantastic. We also fished the river Kent gilpin winster just fishing bomb on worm we would have some good catches. The gilpin and winster had a good head of roach they disappeared John being in the Committee of Wigan Angling Association would campaign about pollution and it would fall on deaf ears. Thats why WAA give up all the fishing sections on windamere kent winster gilpin lancaster canal because of the very poor fishing. The was also a big association called Northern Anglers we was all members of which no longer exist today due to the lack of anglers dropping out. I travel a 80 mile round trip to the lancaster canal living near haydock park racecourse and i would go on lanky when ever i could and only living 3miles from the Leeds and liverpool canal it really hurts me to see the canal in sutch a state so with your publicity George they might start listening and start doing something about these pollution incidents keep up the good work tight lines 🎣👍
Here in the Netherlands are regulations and rules when and how much cow dung the farmer can juse to ferilise his land. The farmer do this when there is dry weather forecast and use ground injection so the cow dung go in the ground and dont spill everywhere by rain or laying on top of the soil. Al the canals and ditches around the farmers here are full of pike and other species. The farmer keeps the water healthy so he can give his cows the water from the canals to drink, water his crops and have fertile land at the same time(everybody happy) I wish everyone a nice catch the next time you go fishing!!!
@@adventurefishinguk It doesn't make a difference, what ever is spread on or into the ground makes its way into the water table anyway. Our rivers in the UK are shocking to start with, the levels of ecoli and other harmless bacteria are way above the tolerance levels and that's thanks to the tories and this Labour government will not be any different. You can campaign all you want and protest but our sewage will still be pumped into the rivers sadly.
The UK has rules and regs, but it requires an effective regulator to enforce these. Sadly, the Environment Agency has been starved of funding and had its hands tied by the last Government that has allowed events like this to happen and the perps to believe they can get away with destroying and polluting the natural environment. The lack of morals and sense of entitlement by these individuals and organisations is a sad reflection of todays society.
Loss of EELs is worrying... And think of the damage to Voles Otters Kingfishers Herons and ri residents. All Fisherman and Boaters Dog Walkers Runners and Cyclist should stand ready to call out the appropriate Authority Immediately and if they don't get a Urgent Response SHOUT LOUD TO ANY WHO WILL LISTEN.
I think the people need to give the government that much if a headache they have to listen. This is happening up and down Britain. I am a professional scuba diver and I have apps on my phone for water quality etc and the government are allowing people to spew their waste into rivers and the sea. Then we have absolute clowns like that farmer who is adding to it all. We need to all get our heads together and let the government know what we think about it. Water is essential for human existence,our kids are now living in a time where their water ways are being polluted. It's disgusting,this government disgusts me.
In 2016 our club river had a devastating pollution incident. Instead of fertilising his orchards from an anaerobic digester, the digestate found its way into our river, taking out an estimated 15,500 fish including wild brown trout, eels and lamprey. The farmer had been compliant with the Environment Agency but was still fined over £60,000 by the Magistrates. The EA restocked with many thousands of chub, dace and roach but couldn't restock with fertile brown trout. It has taken most of this time for trout to return to our stretches but we are now catching wild fish again. As a club we are members of The Angling Trust and through Fish Legal claimed compensation from the farmer which went some way towards softening the disappointment of the pollution.
Makes me sick seems like it's only fisherman that actually care about our river systems. The farmer should be fined for the clean up and restocking it looked a nightmare mate.
This happens all too often . Farmers and water authorities don't seem to care what happens to our aquatic environment in instances like this. The farming community would be in an uproar if this happened to their land animals.
Hiya, I ordered one of you're rods, and it's brilliant by the way. I landed a 3.5lb trout from a small burn yesterday, and it fought like a salmon on the super light tip. I couldn't help noticing you haven't been using it. Why is that? Brilliant content as always sad to see this kind of thing, but it's good to see you addressing the issue.
Pretty sure the origianl video was the first video of yours i wafched. Think it will be a good 5 to 10 years before that canal starts to puck up again. But not if the farmer continues to destroy it.
Devastating to see such a number of fish die out, same happened to the can li started fishing but maybe a year before I got there huge numbers recorded.. the neighbours have installed water jets which have helped . Credit to them . Nice pike!
@@adventurefishinguk I know of two farmers who have a plane and runway, they own vast amounts of land, with livestock and crops, I've seen farmers block footpaths and make it different for people to access the countryside, I've seen them fill in ponds, and destroy trees and wildlife habit, they also kill birds of prey, yep being 74 I have seen it all my life.
What else would you expect. Rich landowners with connections in high places get away with it all the time and now they want to dodge the 20% inheritance tax.
The fish are still there pal I had numerous doubles from that stretch last year on deadbait my pal also had his pb of 16lb down there so they are still there I might have a shorts video of a lure caught one I had down there aswell on my channel 👍
@alison8526 it's my latest two shorts one with my daughter holding a fish and the other of me hooking the fish close in they are not doubles the bigger fish I have pictures of were caught on deadbaits the two in the shorts are lure caught biggest being about 9lb
Annual profit from muck spreading without carrying out the proper checks = £10,000 Annual fines paid for muck spreading without carrying out the proper checks = £0 Since new legislation was brought in to protect canals and other waterways from pollution from farms improperly fertilizing in 2018, exactly no proceedings have been brought, and no fines have been issued. None. The farmer settled out of court here, but an out of court settlement could be accepting a warning, or promising to observe the rules in future in place of other sanctions. It is not neccessarily monetary. There is no deterrent against this happening, and the minimal consequences are a tacit encouragement. Even if the pollution is severe enough to warrant criminal charges being brought, any monies raised from a fine go to central government, where it is swallowed up, and the locals will never see a penny of it. All the businesses that lost out, and everybody who had to clean and decontaminate thier boats and other equipment, will have to carry the cost on thier own. We have to keep the pressure on local government and the environmental agencies. This happens far too often, and the longer we stay silent, the more it will happen. Keep at them, and report very single instance you see.
I support the farmers with what they are going through right now with the government attempting to put then out of business and steal their land however this particular farmer should be closed down, heavily fined and put in prison. It is obvious to me that this is quite deliberate and has now happened multiple times.
Its not as easy as you say. The slurry is organic fertilizer. The farmer has to make large scaled agricultures because we are so many people as we are on the globe. Remember those farmers feed quite many people in your country and you cannot just stop him. In denmark we have precautions with zones near waters and so on to prevent this. This is not simple as you make it. The nitrogen in the slurry and one of the biggest nutritional needs of plants are also extremely soluable in water and therefore travels a long way in the ground. And also in high amounts make oxygen crash in waters
Very sad but well reported. Feargal Sharkey could include canals in his mission to prevent pollution in natural waterways from human and agricultural waste 😞
It's cheaper for them to pay the fine, that's why they dump it in the river. They have been doing it for years in northern Ireland, most of our local rivers have been decimated!
The same sort of thing happened at Bardney Lock on the Witham a few years ago. The farmer sprayed pesticides into the canal and killed about 1000 fish. I fished it before which was amazing, and after, not knowing what had happened, and blanked. The lock keeper came out and told us what went on.
unfortunately, in the summer of 2022, the same accident happened in Estonia, where silage water from a farm leaked into the river Umbusi and more than five thousand brown trout were killed. Fishing is still prohibited on this river.
No one gives a shit about canals unfortunately. All the e.a. are bothererd about these days is making sure the dog walkers and cyclists are good. Licence paying anglers are an afterthought. They came down to the Rochdale canal and stripped out all the cover, the bushes and rushes were all but gone, then the big roots that the roach,bream perch and such would spawn in all died back and just left bare stretches with no fish in 🙄 no matches any more, not heard of a tench coming out for over a decade. Dont even see them fizzing like we used to. Its dead, but the cyclists are ok tho 🤬 im boycotting the licence fee until they stop sending all my money to fix rivers down south, and start spending it locally, on FISHING!
Heartbreaking situation(s)! It never should have happened even the first time! Had similar situation when relocated to Cyprus from Essex…beautiful dam (achna) full of carp (average 5lb to 6lb) but then water completely disappeared. After couple of weeks they pumped it full again. All fish lost. Again…heartbreaking
Same thing happened to a local pond near me about 20 years ago a lot of specimen fish wiped out and it never recovered they filled it in not that long ago n made a new pond in the local park great fishing but no wear near as special as the old pond doh the angling club tried to save what they could but the best stomp of fish were dead sad to see alright
That Farmer should have faced huge reparations to fix the place. Reminds me of the recent stretch in Walsall that got impacted by corporate chemical spills. Doesn't seem like anyone will be held to a serious account there either.
Nowthen buddy. Hope you and the family are well …. Yeah I remember this and herd it on the news whilst in the area and the watching your video…. It’s disgusting and to me he should receive the same pain the fish / canal life had to endure …. One day buddy !!! Anyways let’s hope nature fights back and all the best to you and yours my lad 👍😁🤞 🎣
Surly he cant be allowed to be a farmer after numerus environmental violation. A government agench should close his facility down as the fatmer clearly have no respect either for nature or otherfarmes who will get a backlash from this. Good on ya George useing the platform.
We had the same thing on our river by a big business, emptying the wash water into the shuck then into the river and killed thousands of wild brown, sea trout and salmon parr, £2000 fine and hes done it a few times,
That’s such a shame to hear, it becomes a real problem when environmental issues are caused by cost cutting, and fines are smaller than the amount saved
It defo does, we watch him like a hawk now, our river bounced back and is producing some fine fish but we are vigilant and patrol quite regularly, if your ever over here ill take you for a day on it,
Most farmers care but there's a few that just prioritise themselves over everything else and unfortunately they are often.the ones who know the right people who can make consequences go away. Likely he will not change his behavior.
Yeah i'm definitely not anti-farmer, the work they do is so incredibly important. Just a huge shame repeated negligence is allowed to go largely unanswered for
Just as i was feeling sympathetic towards the farmers outrage re the newly imposed inheritance taxe rules this outrageous display of contempt for the environment has altered my perspective!
0:00 The start FEW YEARS AGO I filmed heartbreaking scenes well if there were that heartbreaking why haven't you named him please he has done this twice would people get away with it if they started to drop poison in his animals water pots
The amount of money the government give to the waterways board and environment agency it’s no wonder atrocities like this happen all over the country. Our waterways are so important to all wildlife but seem to be ignored.
i am just saying ..looking at it it looks like there a hell of lot weed could that also be the cause of it.. as the weed grows it need,, Duckweed is a mass of small plants that group together to form larger “carpets” that we see on rivers. Most varieties of duckweed you are likely to see are native to the UK and are often put into ponds in gardens and rivers Though they can quickly get out of hand it not treated will know. The mass of plants can double in size every two or three days meaning it can spread quickly and The plants are eaten by aquatic animals and fish and , washed down through the system during heavy rain or die off during winter conditions... so that might be one problem the weed...that caused it.. and starving the fish of oxergen... good video and yes as every said it sad and i agree all fishemen should take there stuff home after i been fishing i always spend and extra 30 seconds just looking around my fishing area to see i dropped anyting anything..its
Do we know if Fish Legal have are aware or have been involved? They are usually very keen to ensure people who cause pollution are held to account. If there is clear evidence of further incidents by the same farmer then surely they need to be subject to further prosecution with a more significant fine or a prison sentence. The treatment of our waterways in pursuit of profit is an absolute scandal . There needs to be more done to highlight this appalling behaviour
The farmer was obviously the cause the pollution. However the real people to blame are the water authorities. They didn't take it seriously and take proper action, they obviously exist just in name and don't really care about the waterways. They have the authority to prosecute those responsible and force them to pay for at least the restocking,
Farming nowadays is not so profitable, so you would expect if they get fined properly for the environmental impact, it should hit them hard and they wont do it again. Unfortunately its not just the farmers, the amount of raw sewage that ends up in waterways - why the heck rainwater is allowed to enter sewage systems is beyond me - over 464000 incidents last year alone - let that sink in, over 1200 raw sewage incidents daily - it beggars belief. The environment agency needs to start coming down hard on offenders, including every single water authority that allows this to happen. fat cat bonuses and profits need to be quashed until our antiquated Victorian sewage system is fixed so the large majority of rainwater drains separately to sewage. Rant over
Where is the canal? Who is the farmer? Surely this is all in the public domain. This information could help others to be vigilant and hopefully ensure that either it doesn’t happen again or the perpetrator gets dealt with effectively and appropriately.
George, would you mind if I passed this onto a friend who is an editor of a national daily tabloid? I won't tell you which one but if you remember the Boris Johnson swimbait(?) edition and my comment suggesting a Liz Truss plug, in view of her £243m cuts to pollution monitoring et al you can guess it's not a tory one. Third offence is an incarceration, surely, as lessons have not been learned nor remedial measures taken? Tight lines, my man...
Unbelievable, that farmer will be looking for sympathy because of losing grants His peers should strip him of affiliated membership, the NFU needs to be involved together with anyone buying produce. Sad this.
I honestly cant say im surprised. Im not sure if its the EA that didnt press hard enough for a bigger fine or if was the judge who let him off with the slap on the wrist but Im not surprised at all at the result. Theres no justice in the UK.
We’re all being encouraged to support our farmers. But when an arrogant farmer constantly pollutes waterways they need naming and shaming. Let’s know who he is.
The same has happened in Northern Ireland laugh Neagh where farmers and sies pit,s over flow and not being emptied regularly by the home owners and the best thing is that's meant to supplie most off the drinking water in Northern Ireland 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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The farmer should be forced to pay the full cost of cleaning and restocking!
Unfortunately it isn't as simple as that, full restocking would be fantastic but there's nowhere to go to buy loads of big pike!
@@adventurefishinguk well that's the FARMERS PROBLEM
What’s the farmer meant to have done
Swiss valley in llanelli has just restocked the reservoir with a load of pike
@@liambayet9273 watch the fuckinh video you pleb
I remember the video you made about this. That farmer should be in prison. We get told regularly about environmental issues and to have such devastation to a waterway is outrageous. A settlement out of court is no better than the judge taking a backhander.
It's definitely time things like this get taken more seriously!
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Mate, people need to learn that farmers and other high ranking boys club members don't have the set of rules us doylums do.
@@adventurefishinguk Was that vintage spinner from Voblex? I vaguely recognise the design...
If that was a water company it would be all over the news.
This just kills your soul as a fisherman and thinking about the environment.
Very sad and all too often happening too regular.
Heartbreaking to see isn't it!
No deterrent is the problem!
@@urbanfox53 yes correct but NAME AND SHAME WOULD DEFINITELY HELP
@@paulcorbin7495 Very true, some will already know who he is.
If you look through the comments on the original video, I said the farmer will get away with it. I've reported many farm pollutions over the years no farmer has ever been prosecuted. It's usually just slapped wrist!!! I get so angry.
And sometimes not even that.
have you reported the goverment
That's one farmer that I wouldn't care about.... Grrrr... Well done for highlighting it, mate❤👍
Thanks for the support mate!
What an absolute tragedy. I used the same vintage spinner 60 years ago, it was made in France and called a "Voblex". Well done making this video
Thanks for the support!
I still have one but it's not in as good a condition as the one in this video. Are they still being made ?
Looked to be an imitation. Original was good for both perch n pike
Sorry but a fine is mot good enough. My blood is boiling . Absolute piss take he should b in prison he obviously new what he was doin .
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Monster pike at the end! One of the catch and release creeks in my house had a huge fish kill. A farmer had just finished putting down his fertilizer for the year. An unforcasted downpour happened and washed some of the fertilizer into the creek. Massive fish kill. The fish from upstream repopulated the lower sections of the creek. Accidents do happen but that particular farmer in your video seems negligent.
That's a shame to hear, it sounds like that situation on your creek couldn't have really been avoided. Must be upsetting nonetheless!
Farmers have a duty of care ... they should be mindful of the weather forecast for at least 10 days into the future... there are also perimeter distances around waterways that farmers must obey when spreading slurry... but they couldn't be arsed ...
The Irish regulations are (in part) ....
"Regulatory requirements when spreading slurry .
For two weeks following the opening of the spreading period, it is important to note that slurry must be kept at least 10 metres away from rivers, streams, watercourses and drains and reverts to 5 metres once this time period has elapsed."
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That's horrendous that the farmer is continuing to carry on with the pollution. These big corporations/people with a big of money seem to be able to get away with murder literally.
shocking to see but they get away with it so many times or just a simple fine which makes it cheaper for the farmers just to dump his crap in the canals and rivers ect, most of our water companys have been doing it for years. great vid pal and lets hope the canal recovers
Its not just farmers that do this to our water ways ,water comepanys do the same thing but on a bigger scale.
You're right - human faeces in windermere courtesy of a certain utility company who pays massive dividends to its shareholders 🤬
Unbelievable isn't it mate,I had booked onto the caravan site for the weekend after this had happened-hoping to fish the Stretch,we still went but the devastation he had caused was absolutely heartbreaking 😢 I will never forget the smell from all the dead rotting fish and how surreal the canal looked,the water was jet black and motionless.
Watched you for ages mate and this one just ticked me over, keep going with the content :)
This is happening more often. Farmers have to get rid of slurry so they spread it onto fields on the quiet. It’s only a matter of days until it washes down into the streams
Pollution does bad things to rivers. I was down the march the other Sunday against pollution. To be fair a few anglers turned up. You did the right thing making this video, pollution needs to be highlighted because it will ruin our rivers if it isn't stopped. Tight lines mate
The stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool canal that the club I am a member of control has had this happen to it twice within a couple of years, both times over Xmas when there are less people around to report it.
I watch all your vlogs George love your enthusiasm when out fishing. I have been fishing the Lancaster canal for years it's one if not nicest canals iv fished. They have been getting away with it for years i am 66 now George and iv fished the canal since i was 14. Favourite basin was Ratcliffe wharf lane basin this is match and just pleasure session. There 3 basin, s there you was always guaranteed to catch fish. The farmers have got away with it for year's and somehow get away with getting prosecuted otherwise it would be one of the best canals in the country. The basins in question iv had 2 trips up this year got my day ticket from garstang fist trip fished for hour never had a bite before i got weeded out had to pack up. The second trip fished solid 6 hours had 2 bites one very small perch. Its the same with the glasson dock arm it was solid with bream roach perch even trout brown and seatrout and they had problems with the lock gates and salt water getting into the canal this was in the 70s first time this happened and i believe its happened again this years anyway George keep up the good work and keep the videos coming tight line's 🎣👍
Thanks for watching Stephen, it's a massive shame isn't it. Have you seen a lot of pollution over the last 50 years then on the canal? For me, what I can say is only really limited to my own experiences and what I've seen over the last few years
I have George it uesd to happen a lot. I remember matches on there over 100 anglers regular. I had a good friend who was a angling journalist i his name was John Weedon wrote for the Angling times r local paper post and chronicle and wigan observer. He campaigned quite a few times about farmers letting spillages into the canal and the river ribble. John is no longer with us rip he lived and breathed angling but it always seemed to go on deaf ears. The glasson dock held massive shoals of bream they got wiped out same as the lancaster canal. He also complained about windamere pollution before i could drive in the late 70s during the old close season if we new someone who had a car perch catches on windamere was fantastic. We also fished the river Kent gilpin winster just fishing bomb on worm we would have some good catches. The gilpin and winster had a good head of roach they disappeared John being in the Committee of Wigan Angling Association would campaign about pollution and it would fall on deaf ears. Thats why WAA give up all the fishing sections on windamere kent winster gilpin lancaster canal because of the very poor fishing. The was also a big association called Northern Anglers we was all members of which no longer exist today due to the lack of anglers dropping out. I travel a 80 mile round trip to the lancaster canal living near haydock park racecourse and i would go on lanky when ever i could and only living 3miles from the Leeds and liverpool canal it really hurts me to see the canal in sutch a state so with your publicity George they might start listening and start doing something about these pollution incidents keep up the good work tight lines 🎣👍
Here in the Netherlands are regulations and rules when and how much cow dung the farmer can juse to ferilise his land.
The farmer do this when there is dry weather forecast and use ground injection so the cow dung go in the ground and dont spill everywhere by rain or laying on top of the soil.
Al the canals and ditches around the farmers here are full of pike and other species.
The farmer keeps the water healthy so he can give his cows the water from the canals to drink, water his crops and have fertile land at the same time(everybody happy)
I wish everyone a nice catch the next time you go fishing!!!
That sounds like a great way of doing it, the UK should definitely take note! I wonder if it's much more expensive to inject the ground?
We’re not capable of using that level of competence in the UK unfortunately.
@@adventurefishinguk It doesn't make a difference, what ever is spread on or into the ground makes its way into the water table anyway. Our rivers in the UK are shocking to start with, the levels of ecoli and other harmless bacteria are way above the tolerance levels and that's thanks to the tories and this Labour government will not be any different. You can campaign all you want and protest but our sewage will still be pumped into the rivers sadly.
The UK has rules and regs, but it requires an effective regulator to enforce these. Sadly, the Environment Agency has been starved of funding and had its hands tied by the last Government that has allowed events like this to happen and the perps to believe they can get away with destroying and polluting the natural environment. The lack of morals and sense of entitlement by these individuals and organisations is a sad reflection of todays society.
This farmer obviously doesn't care because he is allowed to keep getting away with it. Time he was sent to prison for it.
Publish the name of his farm! How would he feel it his livestock where killed??
Why publish the name of his farm?
@greg0uk Why hide it, would be a better question?.
@ to stop vigilante justice.
@@greg0uk Better than no justice at all!.
@@urbanfox53 how?
Loss of EELs is worrying...
And think of the damage to Voles Otters Kingfishers Herons and ri residents.
All Fisherman and Boaters Dog Walkers Runners and Cyclist should stand ready to call out the appropriate Authority Immediately and if they don't get a Urgent Response SHOUT LOUD TO ANY WHO WILL LISTEN.
I think the people need to give the government that much if a headache they have to listen. This is happening up and down Britain. I am a professional scuba diver and I have apps on my phone for water quality etc and the government are allowing people to spew their waste into rivers and the sea. Then we have absolute clowns like that farmer who is adding to it all. We need to all get our heads together and let the government know what we think about it. Water is essential for human existence,our kids are now living in a time where their water ways are being polluted. It's disgusting,this government disgusts me.
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Sadly. The UK Government isnt what it used to be. They dont have the time or the money to be dealing with such things.
As both a farm labourer and an angler I'm sickened by this; behaviour like that does nothing to help the already battered image of farming.
Most of us support our farmers - custodians of the countryside! Just this one needs re-educating a little...
In 2016 our club river had a devastating pollution incident. Instead of fertilising his orchards from an anaerobic digester, the digestate found its way into our river, taking out an estimated 15,500 fish including wild brown trout, eels and lamprey. The farmer had been compliant with the Environment Agency but was still fined over £60,000 by the Magistrates. The EA restocked with many thousands of chub, dace and roach but couldn't restock with fertile brown trout. It has taken most of this time for trout to return to our stretches but we are now catching wild fish again. As a club we are members of The Angling Trust and through Fish Legal claimed compensation from the farmer which went some way towards softening the disappointment of the pollution.
this is the video that brought me to your chanel so at least there is that
Absolutely disgusting as a British angler for 22 years I’m starting to hate my country for all kinds of reasons. Shameful
Makes me sick seems like it's only fisherman that actually care about our river systems. The farmer should be fined for the clean up and restocking it looked a nightmare mate.
This happens all too often . Farmers and water authorities don't seem to care what happens to our aquatic environment in instances like this. The farming community would be in an uproar if this happened to their land animals.
Hiya, I ordered one of you're rods, and it's brilliant by the way. I landed a 3.5lb trout from a small burn yesterday, and it fought like a salmon on the super light tip. I couldn't help noticing you haven't been using it. Why is that? Brilliant content as always sad to see this kind of thing, but it's good to see you addressing the issue.
Pretty sure the origianl video was the first video of yours i wafched. Think it will be a good 5 to 10 years before that canal starts to puck up again. But not if the farmer continues to destroy it.
Devastating to see such a number of fish die out, same happened to the can li started fishing but maybe a year before I got there huge numbers recorded.. the neighbours have installed water jets which have helped . Credit to them . Nice pike!
They have always been protected and looked after by the politicians who also are land owners.
I'm definitely not anti-farmer, the work they do is so incredibly important. Situations like this just shouldn't be allowed to happen though!
@@adventurefishinguk I know of two farmers who have a plane and runway, they own vast amounts of land, with livestock and crops, I've seen farmers block footpaths and make it different for people to access the countryside, I've seen them fill in ponds, and destroy trees and wildlife habit, they also kill birds of prey, yep being 74 I have seen it all my life.
DAMN THAT FARMER
Great video look forward to the next one
What else would you expect. Rich landowners with connections in high places get away with it all the time and now they want to dodge the 20% inheritance tax.
Horrible to see, thanks for the video. Hopefully more is done in the future to stop this happening .
Marina should sue farmer for ruining water.
I wouldn't want to sit on my boat with stink and dead fish..
The fish are still there pal I had numerous doubles from that stretch last year on deadbait my pal also had his pb of 16lb down there so they are still there I might have a shorts video of a lure caught one I had down there aswell on my channel 👍
Please post a link?
@alison8526 it's my latest two shorts one with my daughter holding a fish and the other of me hooking the fish close in they are not doubles the bigger fish I have pictures of were caught on deadbaits the two in the shorts are lure caught biggest being about 9lb
Annual profit from muck spreading without carrying out the proper checks = £10,000
Annual fines paid for muck spreading without carrying out the proper checks = £0
Since new legislation was brought in to protect canals and other waterways from pollution from farms improperly fertilizing in 2018, exactly no proceedings have been brought, and no fines have been issued. None.
The farmer settled out of court here, but an out of court settlement could be accepting a warning, or promising to observe the rules in future in place of other sanctions. It is not neccessarily monetary.
There is no deterrent against this happening, and the minimal consequences are a tacit encouragement. Even if the pollution is severe enough to warrant criminal charges being brought, any monies raised from a fine go to central government, where it is swallowed up, and the locals will never see a penny of it. All the businesses that lost out, and everybody who had to clean and decontaminate thier boats and other equipment, will have to carry the cost on thier own.
We have to keep the pressure on local government and the environmental agencies. This happens far too often, and the longer we stay silent, the more it will happen. Keep at them, and report very single instance you see.
This is tragic, so sad to see. If it was bats there’d be uproar!
Heartbreaking isn't it!
Or newts
So sad to see all those dead fish ,shame on you Mr Farmer .
A huge shame isn't it
Disgusting. Farm should be closed down if he doesn't make reparations.
I’m behind the farmers strike but I’m also a fisherman so don’t agree with that needs to be punished
I support the farmers with what they are going through right now with the government attempting to put then out of business and steal their land however this particular farmer should be closed down, heavily fined and put in prison. It is obvious to me that this is quite deliberate and has now happened multiple times.
I agree.
Its not as easy as you say. The slurry is organic fertilizer. The farmer has to make large scaled agricultures because we are so many people as we are on the globe. Remember those farmers feed quite many people in your country and you cannot just stop him. In denmark we have precautions with zones near waters and so on to prevent this. This is not simple as you make it. The nitrogen in the slurry and one of the biggest nutritional needs of plants are also extremely soluable in water and therefore travels a long way in the ground. And also in high amounts make oxygen crash in waters
did you see any dead carp in the marina, i always thought thats where they hold up, my dad had a boat outsife the tith barn pub bridge for 30 years
Very sad but well reported. Feargal Sharkey could include canals in his mission to prevent pollution in natural waterways from human and agricultural waste 😞
It's cheaper for them to pay the fine, that's why they dump it in the river. They have been doing it for years in northern Ireland, most of our local rivers have been decimated!
The same sort of thing happened at Bardney Lock on the Witham a few years ago. The farmer sprayed pesticides into the canal and killed about 1000 fish. I fished it before which was amazing, and after, not knowing what had happened, and blanked. The lock keeper came out and told us what went on.
unfortunately, in the summer of 2022, the same accident happened in Estonia, where silage water from a farm leaked into the river Umbusi and more than five thousand brown trout were killed. Fishing is still prohibited on this river.
Sadly some farmers behave like this !!
No one gives a shit about canals unfortunately. All the e.a. are bothererd about these days is making sure the dog walkers and cyclists are good. Licence paying anglers are an afterthought. They came down to the Rochdale canal and stripped out all the cover, the bushes and rushes were all but gone, then the big roots that the roach,bream perch and such would spawn in all died back and just left bare stretches with no fish in 🙄 no matches any more, not heard of a tench coming out for over a decade. Dont even see them fizzing like we used to. Its dead, but the cyclists are ok tho 🤬 im boycotting the licence fee until they stop sending all my money to fix rivers down south, and start spending it locally, on FISHING!
Heartbreaking situation(s)! It never should have happened even the first time! Had similar situation when relocated to Cyprus from Essex…beautiful dam (achna) full of carp (average 5lb to 6lb) but then water completely disappeared. After couple of weeks they pumped it full again. All fish lost. Again…heartbreaking
The EA have no teeth George I’m afraid 🎣🎣🎣🎣
Can’t even watch this 😩
I knew Boris had to be good for something 😂
is that pike at the end on sunnyside 2 at wyreside by any chance and what weight was it ?
Same thing happened to a local pond near me about 20 years ago a lot of specimen fish wiped out and it never recovered they filled it in not that long ago n made a new pond in the local park great fishing but no wear near as special as the old pond doh the angling club tried to save what they could but the best stomp of fish were dead sad to see alright
Ahh thats gutting to hear :( Happy that there's a new pond at least!
That Farmer should have faced huge reparations to fix the place. Reminds me of the recent stretch in Walsall that got impacted by corporate chemical spills. Doesn't seem like anyone will be held to a serious account there either.
Nowthen buddy. Hope you and the family are well …. Yeah I remember this and herd it on the news whilst in the area and the watching your video….
It’s disgusting and to me he should receive the same pain the fish / canal life had to endure ….
One day buddy !!!
Anyways let’s hope nature fights back and all the best to you and yours my lad 👍😁🤞 🎣
Surly he cant be allowed to be a farmer after numerus environmental violation. A government agench should close his facility down as the fatmer clearly have no respect either for nature or otherfarmes who will get a backlash from this. Good on ya George useing the platform.
It's definitely time this kind of issue is taken more seriously!
@@adventurefishinguk take more seriously like you have
Hope these crazy environmentalists don't get hold of his address 😳😳😳
From maybe the BBC report/ google earth/fb something like that?
What is the address that you don't want them getting hold of?
If the recent budget has taught us anything, some (most) farmers think they're 'special' and shouldn't be governed by the same laws as everyone else.
We had the same thing on our river by a big business, emptying the wash water into the shuck then into the river and killed thousands of wild brown, sea trout and salmon parr, £2000 fine and hes done it a few times,
That’s such a shame to hear, it becomes a real problem when environmental issues are caused by cost cutting, and fines are smaller than the amount saved
It defo does, we watch him like a hawk now, our river bounced back and is producing some fine fish but we are vigilant and patrol quite regularly, if your ever over here ill take you for a day on it,
There is fish near the marina. I've caught a few little perch lately, but it's not as good as before the disaster.
idiots that do this to our water ways obviously care more about money and profits than they do the environment , poor sad sacks they are.
Most farmers care but there's a few that just prioritise themselves over everything else and unfortunately they are often.the ones who know the right people who can make consequences go away. Likely he will not change his behavior.
Yeah i'm definitely not anti-farmer, the work they do is so incredibly important. Just a huge shame repeated negligence is allowed to go largely unanswered for
lancaster canal,,, Garstang marina... you can goole earth the rest, im sure
Very sad, happened at Sandon lock in the 70s we were gutted.
was the full canal affected or just a small area ?
Just as i was feeling sympathetic towards the farmers outrage re the newly imposed inheritance taxe rules this outrageous display of contempt for the environment has altered my perspective!
0:00 The start FEW YEARS AGO I filmed heartbreaking scenes well if there were that heartbreaking why haven't you named him please he has done this twice would people get away with it if they started to drop poison in his animals water pots
Looking at the amount of algae growth and surface weed, my guess is the problem is ongoing.
Super video👌
The amount of money the government give to the waterways board and environment agency it’s no wonder atrocities like this happen all over the country. Our waterways are so important to all wildlife but seem to be ignored.
i am just saying ..looking at it it looks like there a hell of lot weed could that also be the cause of it.. as the weed grows it need,, Duckweed is a mass of small plants that group together to form larger “carpets” that we see on rivers. Most varieties of duckweed you are likely to see are native to the UK and are often put into ponds in gardens and rivers Though they can quickly get out of hand it not treated will know. The mass of plants can double in size every two or three days meaning it can spread quickly and The plants are eaten by aquatic animals and fish and , washed down through the system during heavy rain or die off during winter conditions... so that might be one problem the weed...that caused it.. and starving the fish of oxergen... good video and yes as every said it sad and i agree all fishemen should take there stuff home after i been fishing i always spend and extra 30 seconds just looking around my fishing area to see i dropped anyting anything..its
Did you name the canal, and the precise stretch ?
Such details can inform authorities and anglers to preserve such waterways.
The farmer is most probably related to the local MP so in essence is bullet proof.
Do we know if Fish Legal have are aware or have been involved? They are usually very keen to ensure people who cause pollution are held to account. If there is clear evidence of further incidents by the same farmer then surely they need to be subject to further prosecution with a more significant fine or a prison sentence. The treatment of our waterways in pursuit of profit is an absolute scandal . There needs to be more done to highlight this appalling behaviour
I imagine this is coming out because the farmers are protesting. If not this is really bad timing.
The farmer was obviously the cause the pollution. However the real people to blame are the water authorities. They didn't take it seriously and take proper action, they obviously exist just in name and don't really care about the waterways. They have the authority to prosecute those responsible and force them to pay for at least the restocking,
Farming nowadays is not so profitable, so you would expect if they get fined properly for the environmental impact, it should hit them hard and they wont do it again.
Unfortunately its not just the farmers, the amount of raw sewage that ends up in waterways - why the heck rainwater is allowed to enter sewage systems is beyond me - over 464000 incidents last year alone - let that sink in, over 1200 raw sewage incidents daily - it beggars belief.
The environment agency needs to start coming down hard on offenders, including every single water authority that allows this to happen.
fat cat bonuses and profits need to be quashed until our antiquated Victorian sewage system is fixed so the large majority of rainwater drains separately to sewage.
Rant over
Where is the canal? Who is the farmer? Surely this is all in the public domain. This information could help others to be vigilant and hopefully ensure that either it doesn’t happen again or the perpetrator gets dealt with effectively and appropriately.
When they do get done it's only usually a very small fine, it's a disgrace.
It definitely seems like that is what's happened here!
George, would you mind if I passed this onto a friend who is an editor of a national daily tabloid?
I won't tell you which one but if you remember the Boris Johnson swimbait(?) edition and my comment suggesting a Liz Truss plug, in view of her £243m cuts to pollution monitoring et al you can guess it's not a tory one.
Third offence is an incarceration, surely, as lessons have not been learned nor remedial measures taken?
Tight lines, my man...
Let's use the extra inheritance tax to clean it up 😂
That is quite funny 😂 in a dark way 😂
So sad 😔
Unbelievable, that farmer will be looking for sympathy because of losing grants His peers should strip him of affiliated membership, the NFU needs to be involved together with anyone buying produce. Sad this.
Heartbreaking isn't it, it's time things like this were taken more seriously!
I honestly cant say im surprised. Im not sure if its the EA that didnt press hard enough for a bigger fine or if was the judge who let him off with the slap on the wrist but Im not surprised at all at the result. Theres no justice in the UK.
which canal was it ?
Lancaster....
The authorities don't care about the local people.
Heartbreaking 💔
Oh oh my grandson won’t be happy
We’re all being encouraged to support our farmers. But when an arrogant farmer constantly pollutes waterways they need naming and shaming. Let’s know who he is.
Why has this not been reported to the EA OR CANAL TRUST! report him and get him don't for it
So when will all our waterways be polluted? Its certainly going that way with these irresponcible, ignorant farmers!.
So where did money from the fine go? Surely towards reinvesting the fish in the canal?
The same has happened in Northern Ireland laugh Neagh where farmers and sies pit,s over flow and not being emptied regularly by the home owners and the best thing is that's meant to supplie most off the drinking water in Northern Ireland 🤬🤬🤬🤬
That's terrible to hear!
Where did this happen
Has friends in the council, the water ways in wales get the same treatment