I hear one or two of the big Colemere fish have been killed recently by otters......

mid 40 common and a mid 30 mirror, i see on another forum

only one thing to do

I found the report in Octobers Carpworld about otters decimating carp waters in Cornwall very disturbing........

Two waters I used to enjoy fishing - Shillamill Lakes and Woodley Farm - have lost all their carp due to otter predation and are now finished as carp fisheries....

If it can happen in Cornwall it can happen anywhere......

BBC North West Tonight reports otters have returned to the Mersey Basin, around Warrington..... ...holts are being built to help them stay and breed...Grey Mist carp are now at risk.....

I recently read a report that there are now estimated to be 10,000 otters in England and the fact that most have been hand reared before being released, means that they are not afraid of people. This fact has been underlined by Hugh Miles [maker of Passion for Angling and Catching the impossible] having his pond "ottered" and his large Koi decimated.
It also now appears that the bird on the RSPB "badge", the Avocet is being endangered because otters are taking their eggs and chicks. This may be the one thing that turns some of the public away from the "cuddly, furry animal" and makes them realise that they are an apex predator.

You'd like to think so ...

10,000 otters in England is a lot of dead carp left breathing on the banks with chunks taken out of them..the Carp Society SHOULD BE the lead body in politics to deal with this problem: that is what I and Tim, Les, Derek etc would be striving to do...unfortunately those masquerading as the Carp Society nowadays are just interested in having enough money to pay the salaries of people with little work to do and paying leases on a couple of lakes... that was never our intention, our intention was to make the Carp Society a real force in all angling, not just the controllor of three waters.......