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Not so sure of the benfits of individuals joining but seems a sensable move for a club to join.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Steve Burke Member

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You'll get a lot of negative feedback here about the Angling Trust, especially from those who go sea fishing. Indeed, some on here will be anti whatever the AT does, good or bad. With a few it's almost a crusade! In this respect it's like any form of politics - those who have the strongest views shout louder than the rest, especially if they're against.

 

However as a fishery owner I have no doubt whatsoever that membership of the Angling Trust is beneficial. So Wingham Fisheries is a member, as I am as an individual. This is despite not agreeing with everything they've done. But then I don't agree with everything any single political party has done!

 

Partly I'm a member because angling needs a strong and united voice. And whatever anyone says the Angling Trust is the angling body the government most listens to. The Trust has done and continues to do a lot of work behind the scenes.

 

Partly it's self-interest. Fish Legal will represent your club if it has any legal issues, including pollution. In this respect think of it as an insurance policy.

 

In fact, if I were a member of your club and one of your waters was polluted I'd be asking questions of the committee if the club weren't a member of the Angling Trust, especially now it's been raised.

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I haven't joined as an individual, because essentially I would not want some of the things that the Trust has said to be said in my name.

 

If the option of joining Fish Legal without joining the Trust were extended to those living in England as it is to those in Scotland, Wales and NI, I would do so.

 

I think a fishery owner would be nuts not to have fish legal membership, whether via the trust or directly. It's OK for an individual to take a position on principle, but for someone with responsibility for a water practicality must be foremost.

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I haven't joined as an individual, because essentially I would not want some of the things that the Trust has said to be said in my name.

 

If the option of joining Fish Legal without joining the Trust were extended to those living in England as it is to those in Scotland, Wales and NI, I would do so.

 

I think a fishery owner would be nuts not to have fish legal membership, whether via the trust or directly. It's OK for an individual to take a position on principle, but for someone with responsibility for a water practicality must be foremost.

 

I'm with pretty much with Steve on this. I haven't, and won't, join as an individual because there is much that I don't trust about the Trust. I see them as a self elected body, formed with no mandate from the people they say they represent. I don't agree with their reported views on aquatic predators, their stance on the freshwater catch and release policy, and the apparent secrecy that seems to surround some of their actions.

I wish that the ACA had been kept separate from the ATr, and I would have continued to support it as a separate body, as it stands now, I can't.

There still seems some confusion as how they see their roll in angling. Some see it as a representative body, others (may be wishful thinking), as a governing body.

In the future, I can see them attempting to take over much of the angling work done by the EA. In my opinion this would be a disaster for angling.

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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