foul hooking fish!!

[MARKYMARK]

As a match fisherman,i am disgusted to watch other fisherman deliberatly foul hooking big carp

during matches,and therefore snatching all the cash and they dont care,that to me is not fishing

and takes the @iss,you are meant to catch fish head first.!!!!!

 

mark

[peter mccue]

Quite right Mark,

 

It makes a mockery of the whole sport if these clowns go out to deliberately foulhook fish.

 

If it hasn't been hooked in the mouth it doesn't count, however, am I right in believing that within the matchfishing circles foulhooked fish do count?

[ridgeacre]

Sorry to say foul hooked fish still count in matches and we all now a lot are fouled on purpose.How many times have you seen fishermen strike before retreiving there tackle no indication of a bite what so ever. Some places have introduced a min distance you can fish to stop this practice during spawning.Its happened to us all sitting on a shed full lift up, miss and foul hook one.I have seen were they want them banned if its not in the area of the mouth you would need stewards every five pegs on some fisherys

[Rogerb]

Scuse my ignorance here lads but how do you 'deliberately' foul hook em??

 

Must be near the top I guess??

[nick_gilbert]

when you have a lot of fish feeding in a small area it is inevitable you are going to foul hook the odd one

 

But if you ban foul hooked fish in matches how are you going to police it? and what counts as a foul hooked fish? just outside the mouth? behind the eye?

 

I really don't belive that matchmen go out to deliberatly foul hook a fish it just happens sometimes, it has happened to me once, i must admit it was a fish that helped me come second that day, it was a carp that was hooked just under the chin in the fin, i belive it took the bait and the line paseed underneath and there is nothing you can do about it , well apart from fishing without a hook!!! LOL

[MARKYMARK]

The most common way ive seen is oversized hooks,

and strike at any movement of the float,and tends to be fished in the margins were the bigger fish tend to be.

 

mark

[Dick Dastardly]

I was always under the impression that foul hooked fish along with dead fish were not allowed to be weighed in in matchs? any way like allready said it would be nigh on impossible to steward.

Any way its bolox really as a good matchman would be able to catch a higher weight of "fairly" caught fish rather than disturbing the shoal by constantly foul hooking.

[Newt]

Rogerb:

Scuse my ignorance here lads but how do you 'deliberately' foul hook em??

 

Must be near the top I guess??

[Andy Macfarlane]

It must be different up here. Any competitions I've been in, or any permits up here I've ever had, have clearly stated that foul-hooked fish are not legitimate captures.