Will catch and release fishing be banned in the UK?

[jack1432]

About 5-6 years ago nearly all the carps mouths at a fishery were sideways, even the skimmers. I was fishing on a lake that had a match just on the far bank and one match man was fishing the full length of his pole (16M I guess) and he was dragging 4-7LB carp into his net in a matter of seconds. I know there can be a lot of prize money at stake, but still I thought that they would treat the fish better.

 

However I returned last summer and to my surprize the majority of the fish were in a lot better condition. There was still the older fish that had bad mouths but the younger fish were fine, so maybe the fishery did something about it, or the match men are treating them better. I'm glad this is the case.

Edited February 25, 2013 by jack1432

[barry luxton]

I didn't say it didn't happen anywhere. I just wondered what the point of you posting it up was, since your banner advocates catch and release, yet the photograph is what most would consider to be a very extreme example of what catch and release can do.

 

Either you're for or against C&R. Advocating it yet making the argument against it seems indecisive to me.

 

I'm baffled.

i do catch and release and i'm relativly free to make that choice, that's not the point i was putting across, the point i was making is respect. Now fair play to some in the defence, tumors or mis-bred or whatever, however you cannot hide the facts that there are some total c& r's who don't show fish respect. There's tons of it on the freshwater forums.

 

I'll have to up date me signiture, thanks for the advice.

Edited February 25, 2013 by barry luxton

[Phone]

Barry,

 

For a change we agree 100%. Generally speaking ignoring a problem doesn't make the problem go away.

 

Phone

[azrael]

why would it be no release fish after all the the efforts to ban eating fish

[Steve Walker]

The argument for banning catch and release is simply that you should not put a fish through the ordeal of being caught without a good reason - eating it is seen as a good reason, just for the fun of it is not.

[Now there's a right un.]

Personally, I think that coarse fishing will not be outlawed simply because the elite love to game fish.

 

People also forget the benefits of having reliable and sensible anglers sitting on different venues.

 

How many pollution incidents would have gone/would go unreported or would have been found too late to save a particular water?

In my fishing life I have reported three pollution incidents, one of which could have been devastating for a particular water had I not gone to a British Waterways depot to report it.

 

Anglers also are the first to spot potential disease problems.

 

Anglers also report the ar**h*les from destinations East who regularly plunder our rivers/waters, using unacceptable methods, taking vast quantities of fish from our waters. It has got that bad in my local area that fishing clubs/groups have banned Pike fishing on their waters. A local Carp water caught two Chinese gentleman leaving the site with 15 Carp, between 6lb - 8lb in their car boot, all the Carp died as a result of their treatment. The Police were a waste of space and so they dealt with these gentlement themselves.

 

I believe the benefits of having a fisherman sitting on the bank outweigh the negatives, afterall decent anglers go out of their way not to harm their catch.

 

I also carry treatments for any fish I catch that have wounds or sores.

[gozzer]

Personally, I think that coarse fishing will not be outlawed simply because the elite love to game fish.

 

People also forget the benefits of having reliable and sensible anglers sitting on different venues.

 

How many pollution incidents would have gone/would go unreported or would have been found too late to save a particular water?

In my fishing life I have reported three pollution incidents, one of which could have been devastating for a particular water had I not gone to a British Waterways depot to report it.

 

Anglers also are the first to spot potential disease problems.

 

Anglers also report the ar**h*les from destinations East who regularly plunder our rivers/waters, using unacceptable methods, taking vast quantities of fish from our waters. It has got that bad in my local area that fishing clubs/groups have banned Pike fishing on their waters. A local Carp water caught two Chinese gentleman leaving the site with 15 Carp, between 6lb - 8lb in their car boot, all the Carp died as a result of their treatment. The Police were a waste of space and so they dealt with these gentlement themselves.

 

I believe the benefits of having a fisherman sitting on the bank outweigh the negatives, afterall decent anglers go out of their way not to harm their catch.

 

I also carry treatments for any fish I catch that have wounds or sores.

 

Oh what pleasant picture you paint of anglers. 'Guardians of the waterside', and all that. I'm afraid that your post has more holes in it than the average landing net. If I go on to describe the other side of anglers that I've often witnessed, then I'll be accused of 'feeding the antis', like others have.

Oh and talking of holes, why are you picking on the anglers in the Scunthorpe area? As far as I know they're no worse than many others I've met.

 

John.

[Now there's a right un.]

Oh what pleasant picture you paint of anglers. 'Guardians of the waterside', and all that. I'm afraid that your post has more holes in it than the average landing net. If I go on to describe the other side of anglers that I've often witnessed, then I'll be accused of 'feeding the antis', like others have.

Oh and talking of holes, why are you picking on the anglers in the Scunthorpe area? As far as I know they're no worse than many others I've met.

 

John.

Where did I mention Scunthorpe?? Who am I picking on??

 

In general my post was meant to be a positive and yes I know there are anglers who do not give a cuss but in my area they are at a minimum.

 

Never mind, perhaps you didn't get your leg over last night and are somewhat disgruntled or perhaps you only enjoy picking fault with fellow forum members posts. I do urge you to read my post again and try to find any reference to Scunthorpe.

 

Whatever your motive for the reply to my post I can honestly say, I DON'T GIVE A TINKERS CUSS.

Edited February 26, 2013 by Now there's a right un.

[barry luxton]

Barry,

 

For a change we agree 100%. Generally speaking ignoring a problem doesn't make the problem go away.

 

Phone

why thank you phone, just taken you off the hate the phone list

[Dales]

why thank you phone, just taken you off the hate the phone list

 

Don't worry phone, I have just added you to mine :-)