5 Star Fisheries - Services

Netting & Electrofishing

The removal of fish from a fishery is now a very common practice in modern day fishery management. There are a number of reasons to do this and it can have fantastic benefits for your water. Firstly, to run a successful fishery you ideally need to know the total bio-mass, this is the total amount of fish in weight that the water contains.

Aquatic Weed Control

Aquatic weed is very beneficial to any water body if a balance is maintained. It provides safety in the form of cover from predators and is home to large numbers of macro invertebrates (aquatic insects) which are a fantastic natural food source for fish. Unfortunately in modern day fishing a very large number of waters are severely affected by excessive aquatic weed growth...

Silt Management

Silt is a build up of decaying organic matter that is deposited on the bottom of a water body. If left unmanaged it will build year on year and over time cause a reduction in overall water depth and have huge negative effects on the productivity of your fishery.

A common problem we face is fishery owners struggling with excessive amounts of silt in their lakes. Lakes and ponds that are heavily tree lined are especially prone to heavy siltation as all the leaves that litter the lake in autumn eventually sink and decay on the lake bed causing a new layer of nasty smelling black silt every year.

Pond Construction

Building a pond from scratch can be a mammoth task, and the project complexity also depends on the type of terrain that the pond is to be constructed on. We can run the entire process from initial build, right through to plants and fish stock.

Bank Restoration

Exposed or poorly constructed steep embankments can sometimes cause issues around your lake in the form of erosion or the undercutting of the bank edge. This can be caused by wind and wave erosion slowly washing away the soil structure and can eventually cause large segments of the embankment to give way, or at the very least start warping your bank edges making certain areas of your lake look unsightly and possibly dangerous.

Fish Stock

In recent years we started to breed and grow on our own carp, initially it was to stock a new project water we had lined up but we are now in a position where we can offer our fish for sale. Although there are some very good quality fish farms out there producing fantastic fish we were keen grow our own as we could save large amounts of money on start up costs and we were in the lucky position of being able to hand select our chosen fish for the project. Every fishery owners dream!

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