The lower Padrťský released tons of fish, the farmers want to keep more predators in it
Just shortly after dawn, the fishermen pulled the net for the first time and did it again by lunch.
Right in the heart of the Brdy Protected Landscape Area (PLA), the catch was organized by the Military Forests and Estates (VLS) of the Czech Republic, which manage the territory of the former army training ground in cooperation with the PLA management.
“We prefer to catch predatory fish, so pike and pike got stuck in the nets first. Only then did the carp come. This is related to the fact that breeding in Brdy is no longer so intensive. We will no longer feed and we are just switching to predators, “says VLS spokesman Jan Sotona, adding that the change in management is also evident in the yield.
While they used to pull about 40 tons of fish from Dolejší Padrťský rybník, this year it was only 15 tons. Similarly, VLS retreated from the more massive carp breeding at Hořejší Padrťský rybník.
The beginning of the fishing of Dolejší Padrťský was marked this year by cold and rainy weather. “People didn’t arrive until later in the morning. They often had children with them and it was quite cold in the morning. However, the sales stands were already ready, “stated Sotona.
The first time people could watch the catch of the pond in Brdy after 2016, when it turned into a protected area after decades of military districts. For the first time, they could have been on the dike when the nets were hauled in the autumn of 2017, when fishermen were fishing for the Lower Padrť Pond for the first time.
The military forests were also interested in the years when hundreds of other visitors arrived to see the catch itself and eventually buy fresh fish.
The pair of Padrť ponds belong to the largest bodies of water in the central part of the Brdy uplands. Unlike drinking water reservoirs, such as the Pilská, Lázská reservoirs or the Obecnice reservoir in the Příbram region, however, they retain a purely natural character.
In addition, in the relatively recent past, people lived in the immediate vicinity. It was not until the 1950s that residents of the nearby villages of Padrť, Záběhlá and Kolvín had to leave their homes due to military interests.