Worst place for rats?

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g.ordon

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Where's the worst place around here for being plagued by rats when fishing? Just wondered as was having a bag of chips for lunch down at the middens carpark when a giant one jumped out of the rocks in front of me. Put chips in the bin and fu**ed off as the sight of a rat completely fu*ks my whole day up.
I had a look up cambois the day and was just thinking that the estuary bank next to north blyth could be a canny shot for them.
 
g.ordon said:
Where's the worst place around here for being plagued by rats when fishing? Just wondered as was having a bag of chips for lunch down at the middens carpark when a giant one jumped out of the rocks in front of me. Put chips in the bin and fu**ed off as the sight of a rat completely fu*ks my whole day up.
I had a look up cambois the day and was just thinking that the estuary bank next to north blyth could be a canny shot for them.
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the rat house:D at sunderland
 
The Wear is wick with them where theres any rock armour on the banks.
Business park,Southwick and the glass center.
Also where theres loads of bushes, around the high and low ledges is lifting with them..
 
down the lane towards the low drum at hendon is the worste for me. one night i fished from the top of the wall it was that bad (good few years back now)


would off ****ed off home but the fishing was that good that night:D

cullernose point hides a few big rats too along with loads of mice. had a few near encounters at night there when they try to nick your bait
 
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Deans said:
down the lane towards the low drum at hendon is the worste for me. one night i fished from the top of the wall it was that bad (good few years back now)


would off ****ed off home but the fishing was that good that night:D

cullernose point hides a few big rats too along with loads of mice. had a few near encounters at night there when they try to nick your bait
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The Low drum itself was really bad for them,they appeared from where the old post was in the middle.
Had them climbing in my bag a few times...
They don,t really bother me,but its the chance of catching Weils desease from there p!ss thats the worry.
You can catch it just by putting your bare hand where they have p!ssed.
 
Bushwhacker said:
The Low drum itself was really bad for them,they appeared from where the old post was in the middle.
Had them climbing in my bag a few times...
They don,t really bother me,but its the chance of catching Weils desease from there p!ss thats the worry.
You can catch it just by putting your bare hand where they have p!ssed.
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That's a newin for me bushwacker, I previously thought they had to actually bite you to get that.
 
rats

rats

rats i hate the bl****Y things,the only i animal i would go out of my way and exterminate and in my opinion the worst places are
(1) ice house and the N S fish quay
(2) rat house
(3) glass centre followed closely by jarra park

did you know weils disease is not just from rats, cows can get it as well, learned that on health and safety course
 
theres a place in westminster in london where you will find a rat at every 8 feet
















its called the houses of paliment,n no matter how you try you cannot extermanate them.:eek:
 
waco said:
rats i hate the bl****Y things,the only i animal i would go out of my way and exterminate and in my opinion the worst places are
(1) ice house and the N S fish quay
(2) rat house
(3) glass centre followed closely by jarra park

did you know weils disease is not just from rats, cows can get it as well, learned that on health and safety course
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But all these places are all overshadowed by the amount of big rats found at the customs house (mill dam)/middle docks area. The place is heaving with the foul bait stealing buggers. Go down there on a low tide and fish and then shine your headlight on the rocks below. All you will see is the eyeshine of many, many rats :o!

From past experience I absolutely hate wild rats, had too many close encounters fishing the mill dam. A can remember on one occasion when i was fishing on a cold November night.

I was sat on my seatbox in the corner next to the pontoon gate, happily watching my rod-tip nod away with small whiting. I had a packet of bluey infront of me that I had already half used. It was time to reel in the small whiting and as a stood up I remember feeling something underfoot and before a could react there was a really loud screaming noise...

I had accidentaly stood on the tail of a greedy rat that was stuffing itself on my bluey. I physically fell over with fright and that night I think a did 100mtrs away from me seat box faster than Usane Bolt :D:D:D:D:D...

When a eventually creeped back to me away box am glad a reacted the way a did, and am glad a wore my steel toe boots... when a checked the ground around my fishing area a got a glimpse of me shoe and noticed a distinct bite mark where the rat had obviously struck out in self defence :o:exclam:.

Always keep food and bait tucked away now in me seatbox and baitbox, never want an experience like that again. ;)
 
The fish quay last year was crawling with them, however since the redevelopment of it i haven't seen any at all.
Fresh water fishing its got to be eden meadows which is the worst for rats when the harvesting was going on, they were swimming across the lake in front of me and could see them all day scuttling about.
 

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