Well thanks for all you comments. Very interesting.

I'm off fishing tomorrow morning. The drains near Ramsey, so hopefully
a few pike, roach, bream will be the catch of the day. And you never
know, maybe even a Gudgen!

Enjoy your fishing.

Russ

Derek.Moody wrote:
In article , Alec Powell
wrote:

to be very popular years ago. Now sadly even the gudgeon is becoming
scarce in some rivers.

I've noticed them come and go - they seem to be very dependant on the nature
of the bottom. There's a stretch near here where dredging more or less got
rid of them and now after some more bottom work, they are becoming common
again. All the while another stretch of the same river has had plenty.

Cheerio,

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