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DIABOLOS, No-one is blaming or singling out any individual country, Scotland-England-Wales-Ireland-Spain-France and the rest are ALL to blame, for the lack of fish..OK MADAM.

 

Scooty T, this is not a highjack, a guy asked if it could be worse, the reply is YES, UNLESS WE STICK TOGETHER AND STOP TRAWLING...OK.

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Trawling has to end, there is no future for this method of commercial fishing in any fishery, anywhere in this world, that understands how eco-systems work.

Is anyone up to date on the most recent types of nets/trawling systems? I gather the Danes developed specialised systems which they could stake out previously unassailable wrecks with; I understand the latest trawls plough up the seabed destroying the whole eco-system. Trawling has been compared to cutting down the forest to capture the deer but the reality is worse, the "forest" is totally uprooted and laid to waste.

What has this to do with blanks? Well even the best of anglers will blank if the sea in front of him or her has been trawled to extinction. Crikey I blanked for the second time this year on Sunday (I have a liberal interpretation of what saves a blank, anything fishy, no matter the size counts!) but I have no concerns about the odd blank. However, the continuing rape of the North Sea and British Waters in general does cause me great concern. I must think about the seriousness of what threatens the seas at least five times a day or more. I suspect most of you do the same, particularly if some fishing related item appears on the TV.

 

Make our collective voices count!

 

Support Leon Roskilly and others who seek to inform and influence our political masters as and when they request action. E-mails are good, a written protest is even better, though time consuming.

 

Do not report good catches on this forum! The area will probably be trawled or longlined within a few days. In fact, the more I think about it, I think I have blanked on every trip this year

 

Hi Diabolos, bad to see you! You dish out the Heavy metal! demon

Rockling.

PS I wonder if my new blank free politically correct atavar has been arranged?

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Just another point here, I fished in the sixties when it was considered very good. We did have some terrific catches. But guess what? We also used to blank on a regular basis, sometimes several sessions in a row.I suppose we did have the consolation of catching good fish now and again, not like today.

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Manxman:

Have you tried off the pier at Port Logan? usually pretty good for a cod or two after dark.

is that still aiming for the fish pond then or more out to sea?

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hooksizes 2 or 4 on three hook patenoster
was using pulley rig pennel rigged with big baits and 3/0 and 2/0 hooks casting 70+ yds over breakers but very weedy :confused:

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with the original remark gone, this reply made no sense so ....

 

About another half dozen other replies below this one removed since they had nothing to do with the thread.

 

Newt

 

[ 13. December 2004, 09:58 PM: Message edited by: Newt ]

No Luck This Time..............Roll On Next Time

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