The Pike In The River Taff Are Going To Get Right Leathering This Winter

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Abu Garcia Tormentor , 10 foot

Shimano FX 4000

If you come across some bloke stalking around the back of Sophia Gardens with a big rod in his hands you will know the score

[Moodybluebird]

Abu Garcia Tormentor , 10 foot

Shimano FX 4000

If you come across some bloke stalking around the back of Sophia Gardens with a big rod in his hands you will know the score

I've never been a fisherman (at least I think that's what you're referring to !) but I've always had in interest in nature and wildlife in general. So, as a matter of interest, what fish are there in the Taff nowadays ? I think salmon returning to spawn has been well documented but what other fish have you caught or tried to catch in the river.

[pomeroy]

Abu Garcia Tormentor , 10 foot

Shimano FX 4000

If you come across some bloke stalking around the back of Sophia Gardens with a big rod in his hands you will know the score

Your tackle won’t last long if it’s confiscated by the Glamorgan Anglers bailiff!!

[Rjk]

I would only catch fish if I was going to eat them.
quite fancy catching some signal crayfish, but not in the Taff, as I think the river is still pretty dirty.
a lot cleaner than is once was, but there is still a lot of raw sewage pumped into it.

https://www.ft.com/content/5c1a33e4-...a-05ac2431f453

Scotland's water company have done a far better job of cleaning up their rivers

[ryder bluebird]

Remember catching a small pike many many years ago. Proudly took it home and my mother cooked it.

What a lot of bones!

[life on mars]

Abu Garcia Tormentor , 10 foot

Shimano FX 4000

If you come across some bloke stalking around the back of Sophia Gardens with a big rod in his hands you will know the score

If I see anyone with his tackle and rod , leathering someone called Pike , I'm ringing the old bill

[Moodybluebird]

If I see anyone with his tackle and rod , leathering someone called Pike , I'm ringing the old bill

It would probably be Captain Mainwaring so don't panic you stupid boy !

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I've never been a fisherman (at least I think that's what you're referring to !) but I've always had in interest in nature and wildlife in general. So, as a matter of interest, what fish are there in the Taff nowadays ? I think salmon returning to spawn has been well documented but what other fish have you caught or tried to catch in the river.

Don't tell him (,) Pike/pike!

[SBF1]

Get down Port Talbot Dock for Pike, Sludge. We have regular course fishing matches and the pike are a nuisance.

I have had my keepnet attacked by a pike, that I estimate of at least 30lb.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I would only catch fish if I was going to eat them.
quite fancy catching some signal crayfish, but not in the Taff, as I think the river is still pretty dirty.
a lot cleaner than is once was, but there is still a lot of raw sewage pumped into it.

Is that what gives Brains beer its distinctive taste?

[SBF1]

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[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

[cyril evans awaydays]

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F*cking gutted!

[Rjk]

Is that what gives Brains beer its distinctive taste?

let's hope not

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

I've never been a fisherman (at least I think that's what you're referring to !) but I've always had in interest in nature and wildlife in general. So, as a matter of interest, what fish are there in the Taff nowadays ? I think salmon returning to spawn has been well documented but what other fish have you caught or tried to catch in the river.

Pike , Perch , Chub , Dace , Roach , Barbel , Trout

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Your tackle won’t last long if it’s confiscated by the Glamorgan Anglers bailiff!!

I am a member , if you pardon the expression

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Get down Port Talbot Dock for Pike, Sludge. We have regular course fishing matches and the pike are a nuisance.

I have had my keepnet attacked by a pike, that I estimate of at least 30lb.

The club I am in has the rights to fish there , although I have never fished it

The pike are supposed to be huge in there due to the huge stocks of bream , roach etc to feed on

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Is that a pike that has been killed ?

Hope it wasn't one of the anglers , pike are vital to keep a water in balance

[SBF1]

No idea Sludge, it was on the bank when I got to my peg. Obviously been there a while. It was a 20plus though.
Agree about, the food chain though...

[SBF1]

Yes mate, I have a GA key too.
Although I am not a member, I have a key because I run the matches for "Dai the worm" so I have to have access.
Always getting pike attacks there. Big perch, mullet, bass and flounders in there..

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Yes mate, I have a GA key too.
Although I am not a member, I have a key because I run the matches for "Dai the worm" so I have to have access.
Always getting pike attacks there. Big perch, mullet, bass and flounders in there..

Dai is the baliff down there still ?

The pike in port Talbot Dock are called shovel heads because they feed mostly on the huge bream shoals , as they do in Llangorse

Whats the depth like in the Dock?

I wonder how all the coarse fish got in there , it must have been stocked

[life on mars]

Thought the OP referenced River Taff how the feck did we end up in Port Talbot??

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Thought the OP referenced River Taff how the feck did we end up in Port Talbot??

Both have pike in them