Health - Fishery News

November 2007 - K.H.V. Outbreak in Berkshire See the news page

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August 2007

KHV is in Essex and Sussex fisheries. Managers should make sure all the anglers dip their footwear and nets prior to fishing.

See the map of outbreaks on the K.H.V. page.

Fish Injuries

The most common cause of injuries like this is spawning - most of these wounds heal themselves, but a spray of iodine would help.
When carp are found round the edges of the lake in this condition it's a combination of poor condition parasites/bacteria and the lake need attention, otherwise heavy losses may occur.
Damage through poor netting, inc. being kept in a keep-net for too long with too many fish, and allowing pegs with long gravel banks and rocks from the water's edge where the fish are dragged in by inexperienced anglers.
The most common course of damage like this is poor removal of hooks, allowing bacterial infection to enter the hook wound.
Due to lack of aeration and heavy water-bound sediments, too much ground bait and over stocking - hence poor condition.
When you let your lake get silted up, all you need is a spell of hot weather and you will lose all your fish, as this client did, through CO² build up i.e. a lack of oxygen.

This picture shows the problem you get when you allow home made boilies to be used on your fisheries. They go rotten inside the fish's gut and poison the blood stream.

Boilies should be seen by the owner and should be in sealed, recognized, manufacturer's packet or supplied by the fisheries manager. All others should be prohibited because you have no idea what ingredients have been used.

I've seen boilies which contain WD40, a freeing oil and other such stupid ingredients as fish attractants.

Note the red spots - classic sign of sepsis. The larger your carp, the more of this rubbish they will eat, so there's a higher degree of contamination. Once the guts are infected death is a certainty.

(Please note: this particular fish has not died of boilies contamination).

Many fish at this time of year die through spawning, but it must be said, many more die from infected wounds when spawning as the water quality is so poor, system are full of water bound sediments. This is poor water management and for no other reason.