Removing roach

As stated in another thread, my brother in law has his own pond about 1/4 acre stcked with carp tench 1 perch
3 years ago he stocked 4 roach into it, well they have taken it over!
It is full with em, in summer if you throw a handful of mixers in there must be 20 around each biscuit!!

We need to get rid of them all and are wondering the best way, would you just net it?
What about a jack or 2???
All ideas V. welcome!!!
also what types of net are best!!
Thanks in advance

get a jack in mate soon sort em out

[Stig]

Net it or electro fish it get on to some localish fish farm and see if they will come and take em away if theres enough of them . Stocking a couple of Jacks in there wont do anything as they will only eat as much as they need and will probably never see them all off

[Barbz]

Only real way would be as others have said net it with a micro mesh net and then ud get all the fry from the last spawning session, otherwise come next summer ud have the same problems!

or you could net it a couple of times then stick in a jack who would clean up the ones you missed!

[Julian Grattidge]

All with EA consent of course.

[DIRTY DOG]

Zander would do it

Originally Posted by DIRTY DOG

Zander would do it

lol, have u got any mate???

Originally Posted by Julian Grattidge

All with EA consent of course.

Do you need consent on private land???

[richk]

My mate had the same problem and he was advised to put a couple of Jacks in and within 2 weeks the lot had gone belly up...Except for...you guessed it the Jacks!....

Originally Posted by richk

My mate had the same problem and he was advised to put a couple of Jacks in and within 2 weeks the lot had gone belly up...Except for...you guessed it the Jacks!....

all fish including carp or just siver fish???
i guess the silver fish would die of shock......?

[PJW]

Originally Posted by amateurblanker

Do you need consent on private land???

You need EA approval to move the fish. You could always give Geoff and Liz a call to see if they could help with the removal.

[Julian Grattidge]

Originally Posted by amateurblanker

Do you need consent on private land???

You need consent to net a water, and you also need consent to move fish from a water, and depending on where you intend to move fish to, you also need a health check carried out on the fish you intend to move (which needs to be done in advance). The result of which would determine if movement was possible.

Thus, to effectively net and remove fish from a water, you are looking at netting consent to take a sample of fish for a health check, and then consent to net again to remove, along with consent for the actual movement from one water to another. Much to be considered, I'd check with the EA before you consider anything as only then will you get a true idea of the work involved.

Having just overseen a similar project I can tell you it can be bloody hard work, but worth it if we are to protect and maintain the quality and health of our fisheries.

J

Originally Posted by Julian Grattidge

You need consent to net a water, and you also need consent to move fish from a water, and depending on where you intend to move fish to, you also need a health check carried out on the fish you intend to move (which needs to be done in advance). The result of which would determine if movement was possible.

Thus, to effectively net and remove fish from a water, you are looking at netting consent to take a sample of fish for a health check, and then consent to net again to remove, along with consent for the actual movement from one water to another. Much to be considered, I'd check with the EA before you consider anything as only then will you get a true idea of the work involved.

Having just overseen a similar project I can tell you it can be bloody hard work, but worth it if we are to protect and maintain the quality and health of our fisheries.

J

we were just going to net the roach and put them in the canal