⏩ Want to know more about how to run a carp fishery, watch this: ru-vid.com/group/PLHQUkuWLN6mefkilwyR0WiJvPjt7qKoq- Here’s a BTS look at what happens when the weather turns nasty. The summer can be a dangerous time for lakes and it’s not unusual to lose fish, especially following a big storm or heavy rains. As ever, we continue to do our best to protect our fish and the fishing for our guests.
Youve just taught me a few things i didnt know i thought rain put oxygen back into the water and i never knew a storm in summer could upset a lake i didnt know that at all.
Thank you for your excellent description of how a fishery suffers so quickly due to weather and oxygen levels. As a carper I have vey limited knowledge of water management. Now I have a greater understanding. Thanks Matthew
Very educational video Matt. I've had days in stormy rain when I've been so busy in the summer I was convinced rain was the key to a good session, not realising the real impact of pressure on oxygen levels. My ticket water seem to fish amazing in rain. Keep up the good work!
Currently still watching 👀 this one, guess it's a no brainer that you are abroad ? Possibly France? I do not know. But this must be an absolute nightmare of a situation, it's great to have someone explain exactly what is happening with the water & weather. Now beginning to understand more of what goes on and why pumps are going in the lakes hear at home. Your doing a fantastic job Sir. Cheers Les.
Great to hear mate! I've got several other fishery management videos that may be of interest: ru-vid.com/group/PLHQUkuWLN6mefkilwyR0WiJvPjt7qKoq- All the best with your lake.
On very big gravel pits with amazing oxygen levels, this dropping pressure turns them on to feeding like nothing else. But this smaller kind of forest lakes have big problems, we have seen this in our club too. Nice to get it explained once and for all. Thank you and all the best from Germany
Happened to a lake i used to fish, Carp to 35lb, double Tench,Mid double bream, 20lb+ pike. Lost nearly all the fish in 2 days. Was after 3/4 days of around 30 degrees, fish up on top gasping. Its a horrible thing to see.
Might sound like a daft question but would the water being coloured in stillwaters potentially cause the fish to feed, like on rivers? Great video, i was fascinated! Pete 🏴 Stockport
Hi Pete, river fish are triggered into feeding in coloured water due to an increase of available food wafting past them. The oxygen levels in rivers are naturally higher because the water is better mixed so there’s no drop off in oxygen levels that would suppress the feeding response. Rivers and lakes behave differently. Glad you liked the video!
Does the addition and agitation from the rain itself partially compensate and increase oxygenation? Apologies if this is a stupid question, but I'm not fully versed on the process.
@@matthewcollinsanglerHi Matt, I run a small clay pit fishery in Leicestershire. I'm really interested in where you purchased your live bacteria from. Love the videos, keep up the good work.
@@derekroberts8637 Hi Derek, send me an email at matt@frenchcarpandcats.com and I'll send you the details of my fishery consultant who sells the product.
Nightmare bud! I've had this panic for the last few years, and it's horrendous. Thankfully we've just had an aeration system fitted, and it's really helped stabalise the oxyglevels.
Good for you mate 👍 I find now that aerators are just a 'plaster', not a long term solution for us. The bacteria treatment has made a massive difference to us and may well be the solution we've been looking for. Here's a video on it if you don't know it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BCPp1ukKqMI.html
Fascinating insight. Shame you can't implement some reed beds to slow the flow upstream, they could capture some of the sediment too that is destined for your fishery. The task looks nigh on impossible, all the best.
Thank you. We have reed beds in other areas of the property which is good as you say. It's a tricky balance for sure but we feel confident the new bacteria treatments are going to help us make a massive leap in improving our lake quality.
Hi Matthew. This is an education. You go on about high pressure & low pressure, which is good and which is not so good. I have always been told a pressure in the 900s is good for fishing, so in your experience when is the best time to go fishing.
Great content!! How can I get them devices to check oxygen levels? I need one to show evidence to the council about one of the park lake's I fish that's really bad at the moment.. thanks
Hi mate, glad you liked the video! So that device is called a Handy Polaris Oxyguard meter, it’s a very specialised piece of kit and very expensive. Oxygen levels need to be measured early in the morning every day or every few days over a period of time to really understand what is the degree of the problem if there is one. It's not designed to take a one-off reading if that's what you're thinking about.
Hey mister Collins,i need your help please...We fished the Vaalriver here is SA this weekend,it is our last winter month before spring starts next month...The weather was pretty constant at 25°C..We were feeding Maize and Tigers and using them as hookbaits as well..the first night we got 6 carp between 10:35PM and 8:45AM the next morning,then the bite almost goes off completely.The second night we got 8 fish between 11:45PM and 08:20AM and then the bite also almost suddenly just go off....Is it more than a coinsidence that they start and stop biting almost the same time of the day?...What can perhaps be the reason for this?..Where do the carp go during this time?..Do they stop feeding?...Would apreciate your input please...Keep well😊😊
Hi, this is absolutely normal 😊 Carp feed vigorously when the natural food is available. Based on what you’ve experienced, what’s happening is that the oxygen level is dropping overnight (due to no sunlight), and this is causing a corresponding drop in the oxygen levels in the silt. This then causes the natural food (bloodworms, larvae etc) to sit higher in the silt to avoid death by hypoxia. The carp have learned to detect this change and make the most of the easy meal that’s available to them. Saves them digging deep for food and wasting energy. What’s happening right now for you is what I describe here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rjzMptoW3zg.html
@@matthewcollinsanglerSo im Thinking now...When the sun rises and thus the Oxygen levels rise,and the carp stop feeding when the Bloodworm go deeper into the silt,what will the carp be doing the rest of the day?....And do carp rather go into the shallows for warmt or would they rather rise to the surface for warmt?..Thank you sir👍😊
@@peter1873 The truth is that they are complicated and mysterious creatures whose habits can take a lifetime to learn on a particular water. All we can do is study the patterns and draw conclusions to the best of our ability. My explanation of the behaviour of bloodworms based on oxygen levels is a theory that potentially explains one aspect of their behaviour. It’s certainly not complete. Each water is different, behaviours change week to week, season to season etc my advice is focus on what you can see and hear, only you can draw conclusions for the waters you fish.
i have good expirence with warm weather, rain or even better with or after a storm/weather. Warm weather is not good, the only time i catch with warm weather is in the evening or night and early in the morning. Even when its a wide/ long deep canal with wind
Very interesting. Have you considered koi filtration techniques? A bakki shower installed near the inflow would filter the water and add loads of oxygen. Leave it running 24/7 all year maybe 🤷♂️
We've got various filtration elements and are looking to increase that next winter, but it's the bacteria treatment that we believe is going to have the biggest impact on the lake going forward.
Blimey😮😮😮 you don't realise how much thought,consideration and effort is needed to mantain/look after a fishery. Its not just a hole in the ground with water and a few fish you just leave alone to get on with it. I'd like to think that fisheries here in Britain are looked after to the same standard as yours but i doubt that very much.
Try filling the stream with iris reeds and various size stones and rocks it will help with oxygen levels as water flows through the rocks. similar to a waterfall
Could you add some floating plants in a controlled area? Something like water lettuce. Not going to root to the bottom to create snags will help oxygenate and help soak up the excess nitrates in the water and big enough that can be scooped out when you start getting to many on the surface. Plus if you float a rope you can control the area they are in.
Hi mate, thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I've seen some lakes do that, the lake configuration is not really suitable for this solution. We've pursued another option this year with the application of a bacterial treatment and that's working amazingly well for us. Cheers, Matt
@@matthewcollinsangler hi Matt thanks for replying. I can only imagine how difficult it is your constantly fighting a losing battle. With no clear long term solution. Anything that would help with the algae will have a negative effect on the fishing. So I guess the bacteria is only real option You need to keep the plant bio mass load down so you don’t have to many snags. The filament algae will be smothering the few plants you do have which will be preventing them from growing/removing the nutrients. As for the bga when I had that in my aquarium adding an extra circulation pump in the low flow area helped as it normally appears in low flow/stagnant areas. Where you get a build up of detritus/decomposing organics. But once again not really something you could add to a fishing lake.
Yes we have. We don't have the space to put solar panels but we ran aeration for several hours at a time in previous years and it doesn't work. The aerators need to be on 24/7 to be really effective and to stop the green algae proliferating. However, we've found a bacteria treatment now that's working really well and we're not using the aerators this summer. Video on this is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BCPp1ukKqMI.html
Thanks, it's something most fishery owners do, and no, never heard of that product. I've just looked it up. I buy fish from a professional fish farmer and the fish arrive in an oxygenated tank, but I don't actually know if there's a product added to that water. I'll find out!
@@matthewcollinsangler if you ever get fish in a bag and the water is blue there's a good chance it's U2 pro formula or something like it, it's more of a trout and bass thing in the usa though. I've seen U2 pro formula stop bleeding in deep hooked brown trout and i know a few pond owners that use it to treat there koi if they get caught and are deep hooked or get a hook in a gill raker, there's also a slightly weaker version called "T-H Marine U216-FW" that does the same thing, since you can't put Medicarp on gills i thought you should know about it. Oh!! and you can't just put it on you have to treat a tank of water and put the fish in it.1
I've just looked on that companies website, and the one you are using looks like the one for measuring oxygen levels in gas, not water?? They do a black one called the polaris c for use in water???? Just an observation.
Well, they're not wrong, it's just that the drop in air pressure has a much greater negative effect on the oxygen levels compared to the relative small amount introduced by the rain.
@@matthewcollinsangler I love the fishery manager approach you have. Anglers can be very one track minded I find and don't go into any depth with regards to the health of the fishery if that makes sense?
@@fishinmalarkey9830 I see what you mean but there's not a lot of information out there on how carp lakes are managed to be fair. I just hope these videos help anglers understand their environment better.
@@matthewcollinsangler you are apart from Simon? I'm rubbish with names... The river monsters fish doctor guy. But he is more on aquaculture side I believe 🤷♂️. Sorry for waffling on Keep it up 🙌
Maybe you should get in contact with Crete Lakes and let Jamie hay know about the consequences of oxygen levels dropping and give him some guidance to invest in aerators for each lake
I've had several fisheries get in touch with me over the years and I'm always happy to recommend our fishery consultant - all we've done and learnt comes from him.
I was told of a lake near me that had a tree in the middle that was hit by Lightning wiped the entire stock out? I have looked at the Maintenace of a fishery for some time now and it fills me with horror. Plus It can be a fortune to restock!
It's certainly scary at times but with the right professional advice, we're now at a stage where we have a number of measures we can take when the situation requires it.
We've got a massive filamentous algae bloom on my lake at the moment due to summer storms and a failing drainage system leading to runoff, all we can do is try to skim it and keep the surface as open as possible but it's getting scary
We've got a bit of filamentous algae but it's never been as invasive as the green algae that creates that 'paint' effect on the lake, all the best mate.
Lakes that are left to nature survive, but sudden events like this can trigger a large fish kill, I've seen it happen here last year in a local village lake.
I’d like to add you are THE MOST INFORMATIVE fish pond content creator that deals with Realistic scenarios. Well done, you are an inspiration. Anyone else here are just dumping $$$ and creating fake landscapes with garden dwarfs and plastic herons.
Yes, steady water exchange is a positive but transfer of silt into the lake is a negative, and the big drop in air pressure is a negative as it removes the dissolved oxygen from the water - so all in all, in my experience, these sudden events do more harm than good.
