Rain and its effects

[theoldfart2]

Well we have had a drop or two over the last month as we all know.

But..... Being serious, I wonder what effect all this rain has had on the rivers and the Solent?

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of fresh water has been washed into the rivers, along with tons of soil from the fields.

Now the thing is from what I think I know, is that most fields are sprayed with fertiliser , weed killer etc, and I assume a lot of that has gone into the rivers. 

I do know that when I was in Newport, last week I had a look at the river and the water was thicker than a Ghurkas forskin.

So with all that crap in the water, can the fish survive or are they forced out to the sea?

Or with all the dead worms etc being washed into the water, does that encourage fish into the rivers ,and has the river fishing got better or worse since the storms?

Also as the sediment settles, presumably full of organic phosphates , will that encourage that bloody awfull green weed to grow on the rivers this year, and more weed in the Solent.

I suppose that time will tell, but it may be worth keeping this in mind later in the year when fish reports come in.

There again it may not make a tits worth of difference.

[loopy78]

TOF, i'm never sure on this, the river and harbour never seemed to fish as well after heavy rainfall, incidentally, how and when did you get to experience a ghurkas foreskin??!

[eccles]

Having some experience of farming I think I can tell you not to get worked up OF2, cos farmers don't put fertilizer and sprays on this time of year. It's mainly done in spring and early summer so by the beginning of autumn it has mostly dissipated or been absorbed by crops.

[theoldfart2]

A very pleasant young lady from an establishment in Port Said, imparted this information on me.

Apparently the aforesaid Gurkah needed a massage after a back spasm.

When noticing the thickness of the aforesaid forskin , the Gurkah explained to her that it was natural selection, because people without thick forskins  had their willys  frozen off when they went for a pee at   -30 degrees in the Himalayas , and therefore couldn't breed.

This fact is ,as I write this being proved to thousands of Americans.