New Posts For Thread: You never see a dead duckhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duckI go fishing a lot and can't recall seeing a dead duck in the water or on the bankOn a recent visit to the river Wye we had to fish above a large group of swans. Apparently they pull up the weed to feed which floats downstream and wraps round your line. Bad enough atm contending with the leaveshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944331#555944331On a recent visit to the river Wye we had to fish above a large group of swans. Apparently they pull up the weed to feed which floats downstream and wraps round your line. Bad enough atm contending with the leavesSat, 10 Nov 2018 12:37:35 -0600Oh yeah birds, I forgot about them swooping down.Swans are to be avoided, they'll ruin your days fishing.I used to feed them bread until they cleared off burping.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944305#555944305Oh yeah birds, I forgot about them swooping down.Swans are to be avoided, they'll ruin your days fishing.I used to feed them bread until they cleared off burping.Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:33:54 -0600Had a water vole come up to me at a lake once so I threw him a bit of groudbait which he/she duly eat. Obviously I wasn't feeding said creature quick enough so it just jumped in my groudbait bowl and started helping himself. Right beside mehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944297#555944297Had a water vole come up to me at a lake once so I threw him a bit of groudbait which he/she duly eat. Obviously I wasn't feeding said creature quick enough so it just jumped in my groudbait bowl and started helping himself. Right beside meSat, 10 Nov 2018 12:33:10 -0600I mainly river fish now so the wildlife is far more wary than on the commercial lakeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944277#555944277I mainly river fish now so the wildlife is far more wary than on the commercial lakesSat, 10 Nov 2018 12:29:12 -0600the other one is seagulls either trying to catch free offerings being catapulted out or diving in after boilieshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944269#555944269the other one is seagulls either trying to catch free offerings being catapulted out or diving in after boiliesSat, 10 Nov 2018 12:28:10 -0600You've been there then dan.I used to fish a pool for carp. Because I used floating bread, of course the ducks would be sitting waiting for every cast to get the bread.I only had to hook one and start to reel it in and the rest would go berserk.A soonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944247#555944247You've been there then dan.I used to fish a pool for carp. Because I used floating bread, of course the ducks would be sitting waiting for every cast to get the bread.I only had to hook one and start to reel it in and the rest would go berserk.A soonSat, 10 Nov 2018 12:25:51 -0600True...........foxes no doubt the wildlife's undertakershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944227#555944227True...........foxes no doubt the wildlife's undertakersSat, 10 Nov 2018 12:24:27 -0600Tbf, you rarely see dead sparrows, blackbirds, crows...I presume it's because they get eaten by other wildlife.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944223#555944223Tbf, you rarely see dead sparrows, blackbirds, crows...I presume it's because they get eaten by other wildlife.Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:22:57 -0600Yep caught a few, had a Glebe once Thankfully I only use barbless hooks so all returned unharmed other than a few ruffled feathers.........literallyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944197#555944197Yep caught a few, had a Glebe once Thankfully I only use barbless hooks so all returned unharmed other than a few ruffled feathers.........literallySat, 10 Nov 2018 12:18:28 -0600If the water isn't too deep, they dive down to take your bait off the bottom and hook themselves.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31465077/you-never-see-a-dead-duck?post_id=555944189#555944189If the water isn't too deep, they dive down to take your bait off the bottom and hook themselves.Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:16:58 -0600