Hi Steve it’s been polluted by chemicals same happened on the Irwell , we went one season fantastic fish and fishing went the next year no fish no crayfish , a couple of barrels found in a side stream still with some form of chemical in them, I don’t fish it now so I don’t know how it is now. Regards Robby
It's criminal the water companies are allowed to do what ever they want. I was in Lambourne recently and the sewage is bubbling up onto the road 8ft from the river.
Great video Steve, who knows these days, fertiliser from the rains. Run off from the road , poaching. I doubt it would be sewrage run off in such a small brook but who knows.
It's the same on a lot of rivers i have fished the clyde for 50 years still has ok heads of fish but nothing compared to what it used to have in last 15 years you see cormerants on it and otters which you never saw before they wiped out the section of river i fished in a winter there was over 10 birds just working up all the river and devastated it its starting to get better again but nothing like back then
How Many Sewage treatment plants and Dairy farms upstream on the catchment? Judging by the amount and type of foam on the river in the last section, it looks like there is a siignificant sewage discharge going in there.
In my area, northeast England our rivers are suffering, from pollution, predators, otters now, last 30+ years gossander and cormorant, first time I saw a gossander I had to go home and check a bird book as had know Idea what it was. Still get salmon and sea trout in the river but they are reduced in numbers, as this winter has been very wet the future stocks may be a lot less, As for one comment about cycles,yes rivers do have good and bad years, but when numbers drop so low and water quality is very low then they will be gone for good, Given time and good water fish will look after themselves, but they need good clean water first
I hope your worst fears aren’t realised that something has killed off the stocks. I guess a burn like that could bounce back. I take it that it is a tributary to another river? If so, has that been affected do you know? I would have thought in the warmer months you would physically see if there were fish either if clear enough or trout or coarse fish showing, especially on an evening. Best of luck hope there is good news.
I’ve felt the same at my little local burn bud. They ripped through the landscape installing huge pipes & built a big shopping area a mile up & there’s a little stream that runs behind that feeds into the one I use. I’ve really struggled to get much fish at all & im thinking I’m just making excuses as I’ve not caught as many as a normally would but this stuff has been playing on my mind
I will add to what people have posted. Farmers pumping out surplus slurry onto sodden ground. Then all the rain 🌧 the last 4 months. It washes it of fields, then into the rivers and burns. A local fishery to me has just lost one of there stocked and resident fish lochs to what I have just said. Lost a lot of fish.the water had a white scum to it.
Poaching, pollution and people who have no consideration for the eco-system. Our local river is raped by set nets, spears and people who consider they have special rights to pillage. The world has become lawless and the consequences are too small with a slap on the hand and pathetic fines when caught. Regards from down under in NZ.
Everyone always has their one thing they want to blame, Eastern Europeans, pollution, whatever. As ever, it's not quite as simple I don't think, there's so many factors that combine - predation, farm pollution, road pollution, sewage pollution, the list is endless. Sadly they're all detrimental to fish. My local burn of the same size is dead, was electrofished by the river trust 12 years ago and all they found was the odd stone loach. Used to be full of trout, flows under the airport and there's also signs of leaking septic tanks into it too, it's like 5 folk old bathwater, all the time. Incredibly, it stiill seems to get a wee run of migratory fish. Sad days mate.
I know exactly what's happened here this little river / burn has had the guts poached out it eastern Europeans are bad for eating coarse and game fish a lot a places in Scotland have been a victim to this
Apart from poaching - Eastern Europeans., don’t forget goosanders. Out of season, when there’s nobody about, the youngsters flock up into big groups and work their way up and down rivers, streams, brooks, whatever. They’ll empty the waterway almost completely.
I really recommend you start having a look into HAARP and cloud seeding as this maybe contributing to eco system disruptions, abnormal weather patterns and disappearing fish?
It’s so easy to blame blame and blame factories and environmental issues when in fact fisheries go through cycles of good years and bad years. It’s all a big cycle with many factors contributing to a fishery having great growth or bad growth. Here ya go, my opinion for most cycle changes, it’s just how our creator has designed it.
Unfortunately it's almost as bad in Ireland..50% of rivers and lakes polluted by agriculture run off and pesticides...fly life disappearing on lots of streams
Hi Steve it’s been polluted by chemicals same happened on the Irwell , we went one season fantastic fish and fishing went the next year no fish no crayfish , a couple of barrels found in a side stream still with some form of chemical in them, I don’t fish it now so I don’t know how it is now. Regards Robby
More videos like this Steve 👍🏻🎣
It's criminal the water companies are allowed to do what ever they want. I was in Lambourne recently and the sewage is bubbling up onto the road 8ft from the river.
Great video Steve, who knows these days, fertiliser from the rains. Run off from the road , poaching. I doubt it would be sewrage run off in such a small brook but who knows.
It's the same on a lot of rivers i have fished the clyde for 50 years still has ok heads of fish but nothing compared to what it used to have in last 15 years you see cormerants on it and otters which you never saw before they wiped out the section of river i fished in a winter there was over 10 birds just working up all the river and devastated it its starting to get better again but nothing like back then
How Many Sewage treatment plants and Dairy farms upstream on the catchment?
Judging by the amount and type of foam on the river in the last section, it looks like there is a siignificant sewage discharge going in there.
In my area, northeast England our rivers are suffering, from pollution, predators, otters now, last 30+ years gossander and cormorant, first time I saw a gossander I had to go home and check a bird book as had know Idea what it was. Still get salmon and sea trout in the river but they are reduced in numbers, as this winter has been very wet the future stocks may be a lot less,
As for one comment about cycles,yes rivers do have good and bad years, but when numbers drop so low and water quality is very low then they will be gone for good,
Given time and good water fish will look after themselves, but they need good clean water first
Pollution the main reason
but migratory fishi would suggest the feeding at sea has been impaired with overfishing
I hope your worst fears aren’t realised that something has killed off the stocks. I guess a burn like that could bounce back. I take it that it is a tributary to another river? If so, has that been affected do you know? I would have thought in the warmer months you would physically see if there were fish either if clear enough or trout or coarse fish showing, especially on an evening. Best of luck hope there is good news.
I’ve felt the same at my little local burn bud. They ripped through the landscape installing huge pipes & built a big shopping area a mile up & there’s a little stream that runs behind that feeds into the one I use. I’ve really struggled to get much fish at all & im thinking I’m just making excuses as I’ve not caught as many as a normally would but this stuff has been playing on my mind
I will add to what people have posted. Farmers pumping out surplus slurry onto sodden ground. Then all the rain 🌧 the last 4 months. It washes it of fields, then into the rivers and burns. A local fishery to me has just lost one of there stocked and resident fish lochs to what I have just said. Lost a lot of fish.the water had a white scum to it.
Poaching, pollution and people who have no consideration for the eco-system. Our local river is raped by set nets, spears and people who consider they have special rights to pillage. The world has become lawless and the consequences are too small with a slap on the hand and pathetic fines when caught. Regards from down under in NZ.
Have they been caught and eaten. Some folk kill anything they catch you know, doesn’t take long to wipe out a wee river.
Hi Steve,
Does this stream still produce hatches? Have you turned any stones from the stream bed over? Any nymphs or bugs?
Hi Pal, I have never seen fly hatch on it, ever! crayfish and small coarse fsh are the mainstay, they feed on bloodworm
Everyone always has their one thing they want to blame, Eastern Europeans, pollution, whatever. As ever, it's not quite as simple I don't think, there's so many factors that combine - predation, farm pollution, road pollution, sewage pollution, the list is endless. Sadly they're all detrimental to fish. My local burn of the same size is dead, was electrofished by the river trust 12 years ago and all they found was the odd stone loach. Used to be full of trout, flows under the airport and there's also signs of leaking septic tanks into it too, it's like 5 folk old bathwater, all the time. Incredibly, it stiill seems to get a wee run of migratory fish. Sad days mate.
I know exactly what's happened here this little river / burn has had the guts poached out it eastern Europeans are bad for eating coarse and game fish a lot a places in Scotland have been a victim to this
Same here in Rotherham and surrounding areas. Poaching openly with no respect for the fish or environment
Apart from poaching - Eastern Europeans., don’t forget goosanders. Out of season, when there’s nobody about, the youngsters flock up into big groups and work their way up and down rivers, streams, brooks, whatever. They’ll empty the waterway almost completely.
I really recommend you start having a look into HAARP and cloud seeding as this maybe contributing to eco system disruptions, abnormal weather patterns and disappearing fish?
It’s so easy to blame blame and blame factories and environmental issues when in fact fisheries go through cycles of good years and bad years. It’s all a big cycle with many factors contributing to a fishery having great growth or bad growth. Here ya go, my opinion for most cycle changes, it’s just how our creator has designed it.
Ha, ha. What a bizarre post!
Unfortunately it's almost as bad in Ireland..50% of rivers and lakes polluted by agriculture run off and pesticides...fly life disappearing on lots of streams