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I have livebaited. It's not something I 'do' regularly (I didn't do any last season). It can be a great method but sometimes it doesn't work. Just like all fishing! My club has a rule: A maximum of 5 fish per day under 6 inches. I abide by these rules.
It's illegal to transfer fish without consent from the EA (Section 30). People who do this (be they livebaiters or not) are breaking the law already.
I love all forms of fishing. I care for every fish I catch and treat them with respect. I understand that livebaiting is not something for everyone and I understand that some people may call me hypocrite. I can live with that. I'm a member of the Angling Trust.
Do some people not understand that antis hate fishing? Full stop. It is ILLEGAL in Switzerland to practice catch and release. EVERY fish has to be killed. Why? Because of fish welfare. Over there it's cruel to catch fish for pleasure. It's cruel to hook them and then release them for your own pleasure. If you play a fish for too long you run the risk of being taken to court for cruelty (I'm not making this up): The lawyer who defends animals
I don't like catching horribly disfigured fish from overstocked filthy puddles but I don't ask for these places to be shut down. I don't ask for a ban on keepnets. Why? Because I don't believe anglers should infringe on the rights and pleasures of other anglers. I really don't care if people like doing the above but I would defend their right to do so.
But I do care when anglers (people who are supposed to support each other) start attacking other anglers because they do things they don't like. I think some people need to start seeing the bigger picture. Angling faces a lot more dangers than a few pikers livebaiting.
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I assume he doesn't sell endangered deadbaits like lamprey and eel..............?
Once again we have so-called anglers picking fights with other anglers. Pure idiocy. When are people going to learn?
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It is certainly possible for £150. Getting all the other "bits" can be just as expensive as the rods and reels!
For budget reels you can't go wrong with Okuma. Their Interceptor range are great. '40' is a good size.
Rods, the choice is almost endless (all the main brands do budget rods), but Budgie has a very good deal there. 2.5lb test curve is the 'norm'. There isn't a need to go higher. If you're beginning then you won't be launching huge leads etc into the distance. I see people with 3lb + on local commercials but there is no need.
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That does look impressive.
I've been wondering what to do recently because float fishing on a 'normal' carp style chair is no good. You need the height and sturdiness of a seat box but I don't like the idea of lugging them around.
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I think Steve Walker is probably right but if we're talking recreational fishing town/cities I think Christchurch would be in with a shout.
The Royalty Fishery (coarse and game)
Clay Pool (where rivers Avon and Stour meet)
The estuary (coarse and sea fish)
Then you've got the sea fishing on the local beaches.
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As great as the fish is, those stupid photos makes it impossible to get any real sense of the size of the fish. What a shame.
I'm not doubting the size but it looks like it could have been anything from 10lb upwards.
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4 pages!
If you're a beginner I would just fish straight through... Tie a hook on the end of the mainline and away you go. But then you need to learn how to tie a hook...
Fishing isn't easy for beginners. There is so much to learn. It's only when you teach beginners that you realise how many skills we (as anglers) have built up over the years.Golden rule of fishing: Keep it simple...
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I've tried the old thermos trick in the past and I found it worked ok. They didn't all open but enough did. I didn't even soak it. Just put the hemp in and added boiling water and left overnight. Amazing smell the next morning.
I've been buying tinned/plastic jars since but I think I'll do back to the thermos.
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Try writing via the publishers on his latest book. I don't have a copy, but I am sue one of the forum brethren will have one
He's with Penguin now. Loved both of his recent books. How to Fish and Out of the Blue.
Not sure he's on email. I'm sure his kids are (doubt they're kids anymore!). I don't know him though I did meet him once at a book signing. Genuinely lovely man.
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Sorry to drag up an old thread but my IBF30 is still going strong. Have since had 10lb and 11lb barbel from the Hants Avon. I use/abuse it for lure fishing too. I love this smaller version.
My IBF40 is a bit worse for wear but I really abused this (sea fishing, piking, bass lure fishing - everything!). I still use it.
I always keep it in anti-reverse but sometimes it forgets and thinks it isn't! Have to double check the baitrunner is fully engaged too sometimes.
Overall they're fine and great value. Does anyone own the 'newer' Interceptors?
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This may be of interest. Not exactly 'traditional' rudd tactics but a good piece of film
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Up to speed now with all episodes so far, really enjoying the programmes. Still haven't watched anything antagonistic (maybe a not so subtle p*ss take of carp fishing), is it still to come or am I watching the wrong show?
You probably haven't seen the papers, heard the radio shows or watched the TV interviews. GRJ has been slagging off anglers all summer.
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Local access agreements with canoeists do work and is surely the way forward to avoid either party impacting on the other. Unfortunately it is often done without the angling club being informed but still....................
This is from the website of a small fishing club that has water on the Dorset Stour.
Members are advised that local man, Mr Harrison, has negotiated rights with the Hinton Estate to allow him to run 'canoeing safaris' on the river Stour, initially for a period until 5th April 2010. Use of and access to the river is to be strictly controlled. During the fishing season access is available above Sturminster Mill at that point where the relief channel commences and paddling is allowed up to Dunch Mouth. During the close season this is extended almost to Cutt Mill. Similarly access is available on the south bank above Fiddleford Mill opposite the rolling bays with paddling available through the Sowley and Little Ham stretches. No paddling is allowed in Steart.The agreement allows up to 8 canoes at any time and authorised canoes will be coloured blue except one which will be coloured yellow. Mr Harrison is required not to canoe on stretches used for matches and specifically not to cause nuisance or annoyance to members. Any difficulties should be reported immediately to Martin Drake on .................
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Bit of a hot potato this one, isn't it?!
Firstly, GRJ comments were bang out of order. For a man with such high profile to say such things is nothing short of disgraceful. Sadly he will claim it "worked" because of the publicity it bought it series. Imagine the uproar if an angler called on anglers to disturb bird watchers etc.
Also worth remembering, no matter what GRJ & Co. will tell you, that anglers DON'T have any more access rights than canoeists and other water users. We pay a licence to fish but that doesn't give us a right to fish anywhere. We can't fish anywhere without permission. And canoeist can't paddle without permission. That's the law of the land. Not "superior rights of anglers". We, as anglers, are an easy target for the canoeists because "the Great British public" don't seem to have much sympathy for anglers.
The issue of "we pay a licence so that gives us more 'rights' is a dodgy one. £26 a year to fish is peanuts. As I mentioned, although it doesn't actually give us a right to fish anywhere I'm sure the vast majority of canoeists would be willing to pay MUCH more than a, frankly, paltry £26 a year if it gave them accesss to all the waterways. So be careful what you wish for.
I'm not anti canoeist but I'm not pro canoeist either. I don't think they should be allowed to impact on other water users unfairly. If they had complete access to all waterways they would disturb some anglers. They say they don't/wouldn't but they would. Some of us fish small rivers etc. Fishing on the Dorset Stour I've heard groups of canoeists bangling/clattering oars, disturbing swans from way upstream until they've come past me without having any idea I was there. It does happen.
Man has been owning/diverting/managing waterways for centuries so a lot of what GRJ etc say is guff. There are no 'rights of way" on most waterways. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed more accesss but they would do well to actually take a leaf out of angler's book and work together with landowners etc to get more access. Not just say "WE WANT 100% ACCESS AND BUGGER EVERYONE ELSE".
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I've got to say that what little respect I had for the AT has all but disappeared in recent months with their constant otter bashing articles. I don't know what they're trying to achieve.
Yes, there are more otters than there used to be and, yes, they eat fish but like it or not they're here to stay now. So either get used to it or take up golf. Angling is under far more pressure from other factors.
I presume the AT sees themselves as the defenders of anglers and angling but they're way off the mark with this one. Anglers should be looking at constructive ways of protecting fish habitats and looking at the deeper causes of declining fish stocks. Pollution, abstraction, loss of spawning sites, fry refuges etc etc. All the boring stuff, basically............
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Not sure why you've named three established television presenters to illustrate the point that any one can present a TV show?
To be fair Chris and Bob weren't established TV presenters in the early 90s and Cribbins was just the narrator.
Personally I think RG is a prat (that's being polite) so I'm not a fan of the show.
To me extreme fishing is catching a 3lb river roach.
Jeremy Wade's Jungle Hooks (Amazon and India) was great as it involved a quality (and intelligent) angler.
Different strokes for different folks and all that.
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Oh no, another R*bson Gr*en post!
Is this guy being paid by P*TA?
There are a few lovely quotes from our favourite angling icon in a weekly TV listings mag.
Q: But you can't eat all the fish we see you catch. Sturgeon are protected, aren't they? And don't pike - which we see you spearing through a hole in Alaska - taste terrible?RG: Sturgeon are protected so we put them back. And pike from Northumberland taste horrendous, but Artic pike is just divine. They're fit, healthy fish. We were going to eat the pike irrespective of how we killed it. But dispatching them through the head, as the Inuit do, kills them immediately. Pulling them in on a hook will only make the suffering last that little bit longer.
Q: But some say fish don't feel pain.
RG: Of course it hurts the fish. This notion that they haven't got a nervous system - how do you know? Of course they have. Why do you think it's flapping? Why is it jumping 6ft out of the water? When fish are distressed they click. It is their last ditch attempt at screaming. That's why you've got to kill them and eat them.
Lovely man, isn't he? Now it's becoming clear why he's our only representave on terrestrial TV. He's a fisherman who thinks fishing is cruel. Hugh Miles and co. haven't got a chance.
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I'm with you on this one Andy but sadly Channel 5 have discovered there's an audience for this crap so "we" are getting another series.
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Oops.
Sorry didn't see that thread.Great minds think alike?
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I was in a Jet garage and saw they have some multi-bladed shredder scissors (to cut up personal info, bank stuff etc). Anyway they look great for chopping worms. I didn't actually buy a pair. Don't know why! They're a large size. £2.99.
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There is no statutory close season on canals anymore. Some sections of the Grand Western used to be closed off for nesting birds etc but now it's open all year round.
June should be ok but to be honest I haven't fished there for a couple of years. I remember there being decent weed growth on June 16th but it was still perfectly fishable. The worst of it is that terrible duck weed that covers every inch of water but at 11 miles long there are always clear areas too.
Note that it is near the busy A361.
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There is one I know of in mid-Devon called Minnows Caravan Park. I've never stayed there but have fished the adjacent canal. Nice tench in the canal and loads of silver fish. Pretty place, the canal is clear water with lillies etc but some stretches can become unfishable because of weed in high summer.
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Don't know much about Kev Green (I think he's an ok presenter, nothing more) but he was involved in a classic piece of angling tele co-starring Anglers Net's very own Steve Burke. This was for a series called 'Predators'. On the perch episodes he hooks a huge perch (4lb+) that comes off right at the net! The look on their faces is priceless.
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Youtube Video ->
Check out this video too
Forgot to mention Spam is good too.
Yet Another Angler Trying To Ban Livebaiting
in Coarse Fishing
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Nice post watatoad.
You forgot Rule 12 though:
No hooks allowed.