How do you see the carp fishing scene 10 or 20 years from now?

do you reckon carp will still exist in this country, will increased interest mean exclusivity and massively increased prices making it unavailable to the average Joe?

Personally i feel more and more fisheries will turn to wronguns and the trade will increase, as a result khv will destroy our fish stocks over the next 10-20 years and we will all be playing golf, spunking our wages in fruit machines and bangin one out watching xfactor

not a pretty picture is it

How do you guys see the next 10-20 years panning out Carp wise?

gotta to say i agree with most of the above mate, but there are better things to bang one out over than xfactor.....lol...oh the joys of the internet.

seriously.....

carp angling has grown massively and the amount of 40's seen in the weeklys and monthlys is mind blowing, a large quanities of them are from seriously over priced day ticket waters where the owner is laughing all the way too the bank due to some wanting that 40 pounder so badly that they dont care weather its a wrong-un...or weather its riddled up to the eye balls with khv, they want a massive PB instantly, now, not tomorrow.......TODAY.

i have heard recently of a water that may of actually taken a picture of an angler holding what seems too be dead carp in order to pull anglers through the gates. so basically what i'm saying is its down to human greed, angler wanting massive fish now.....fishery owner wanting too get rich now. put the two together and you have the reason and motive for the wrong-un trade. i personally dont like it and wouldn't entertain such a place but the market is there and someone will forfill the requirement or needs and get rich quickly even at the cost of carp in general.

but what will they do if it happens?........they buy a shit load more garlic carp and re-stock......if that stocking fails, they'll do the same.

the thing that i dont understand is this.......if a dog breeder was carrying out actions that threatened the british dog population then the RSPCA would be on them like a seagull on battered sausage and chips.

yet the likes of richard and ruth work hard to educate but the message doesn't register or get across and no-one seems too take notice of there
words.....probably due too pound signs clouding the greedy humans eyes.

keep up the good work rich and ruth, you've got a hard fight on your hands but i hope you win.

i can see it going full circle to be honest i mean haw many more can come into the sport before the banks are so buisy everywhere you cant get a line in the water then people will look for quiet else were in the mean time the unedjucated people coming in will prob spoil the once loved sport we all share chin up guys untill we can buy a lake of our own we just have to keep putting up with it

My own Angling won't change, hasn't changed much for me over the last 10/20 years other than i have to look harder for quieter more exclusive waters.

I stay away from the crowds, I no longer read mags and rarely visit forums, it is bliss & to a point i suppose im quite sheilded & ignorant to a lot of negative things in Carp angling.

When I do see or visit busy waters & parouse "know all" comments from self professed "so called" experts & egos on Forums it makes me realise that there seems to be another side to it all. A very negative bitchy selfish & almost competative jealous side to Angling! Maybe this side of it will fade away & vanish back up it's own arse from whence it came?

Me? I'll still be relaxing at a quiet pool/lake or mere somewhere after a hard week at work.
The "TRUE" spirit of carp angling (for me) is still very much alive where simmos baitboats mallets & orange tented noddies with no ettiquette do not exist.

Like minded anglers with bankside courtesy who gleen genuine pleasure from "just being there" & who share in the Joy of EVERY capture be it there own or there fellow angler is where it's at for me, guess it always has & will be

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Andy that post more or less describes how i see it myself, i might be taking the subject off topic but the feeling i get from my angling is almost exactly the same as yours it seems.

One thing i will add is that I get pleasure from seeing others catch but when they disappear up their own arses and think that big fish from easy waters makes them good anglers i cringe at their complete lack of respect for nature and because my idea of angling is very personal i do keep it to myself and just nod and say wel done but i do feel very bitter that these people cant see the very deep pleasures of angling that dont come from the easy route and to me big fish mean absolutely nothing without hard work and serious thought and sacrifice behind them

saying that the actual fish mean very little to me, a sunset or a dawn in beautiful and peaceful surroundings and with a magical suspense that lifts me from the daily stresses of life is what does it for me, the fish are a bonus at best

There is much much more to angling than catching fish and those who dont see it are missing out. In my own personal opinion of course

and of course there are no 'good anglers' the whole idea that one angler is better than another comes from the media hype

The best angler, if there has to be one is the guy who goes home happy whatever the session yeilded or didnt, and for me a blank session is still very very positive, i am constantly learning and you learn more from mistakes and bad decisions than ever you will from chucking a load of bait out and catching a load of fish off it!

For my two pennies, having not read all the thread.

I hope the future still has kids getting involved, but through the proper channels and learning the basics.

Although I fear with the overload of fishing programmes on Sky mostly focusing on big fish, they will lose sight of the fun of the sport when they dont bank a big twenty within 2 goes

From my own personal point of view, I hope the sport continues to go from strength to strength, and the youngsters of today will hopefully carry our favourite pastime forward. There are young members of this forum who set a fine example in their fishing and their obvious passion for the sport comes through in their messages and blogs, so we want more youngsters to follow these great examples.

The youngsters should learn from experienced anglers, join forums, learn from their mistakes and see through the hype and marketing of some of the companies, and also sadly, some of the celebrity anglers we see today.

My own plan for the future is to return to England in a few years time, and try and get my two grandsons involved in this great sport. As has been said before, going to the lake, reservoir or river and absorbing all the nature around us, the sun sets and sun rises, this is all part of fishing. It is not all about catching the biggest fish, or catching the most fish, but learning from your mistakes, and boy have I made some in the past. No doubt, I will make more in the future, but that is how we learn to improve our own techniques and gain experience. I absolutely love my days fishing and cannot see myself not continuing in the sport for years to come, health permitting of course.

I truly hope the carp waters in the U.K. continue in a good state and are not affected to much by the terrible viruses we see in some fisheries today.
Hopefully, someone will find a way of eradicating these viruses before to long and our fisheries are a safe and healthy environment for fish to breed and grow.
All for our future enjoyment of course.

Good luck in the future to all fellow forum members.