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http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/Rod-licence-sales-to-under-16s-crash/

 

That's a big drop. Are they just not buying licences, or, (as I suspect), just getting bored with the angling on offer?

 

John.

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

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Most likelya bit of both, blanking on natural waters and ##### in the woods can be a bit of a turn off for kids.

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

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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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gozzer,

 

Perhaps the "nature" of angling in the UK is becoming far to serious endeavoUr. Kids like to have fun. How long do you think it would take for a novice to learn the "rules of the road" in angling in the UK?

 

Phone

 

Edit: Where do "adult" licenses come from? Are "family" members also on the decline? Something doesn't pass the smell test if fathers are still buying licenses.

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I don't think the summer/autumn/winter/spring of 2012/13 helped one iota. I know my fishing trips halved to their normal due to the dire weather. Getting back into it this season though, even catching some fish!

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For various reasons, it is just more difficult for kids to go fishing these days. There is no free fishing whatsoever locally, compared with hundreds of waters I could fish as a kid without let or hindrance.

 

Over-protective parents, litigation-conscious farm managers, control-freak councils, busybodies everywhere going on about 'elf and safety - we have lost the culture of letting kids loose to play, go fishing, or learn about life.

 

...and cost - whatever happened to improvising with what you have, and making your own tackle? Now there are so many expensive "must have" items that angling periodicals insist are essential.

 

...much safer to confine kids indoors to play computer games :nerd::nerd::nerd:

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Spot on, Dave.

 

Why are we even charging children to go fishing? Do we charge them to kick a ball about, or to go bird watching or canoeing? A concessionary licence costs £5 - is that even profitable to collect and enforce? I rather suspect that it isn't.

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Numbers coarse fishing seem a lot lower these days anyway, not just kids. Club membership has shrunk, banks are empty compared to years ago. Unless everyone is sitting around the carp-stuffed lakes, fishing appears less popular.

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I have to tell you I live 1,100 miles from an ocean. I suspect they are a lot more important on the seacoast. I was in my 20's before I knew what a life jacket was. I was ( to be politically correct) "instructed" to be out of sight til supper. Today I would be a daily "amber alert".

 

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which one are you phone? the future stalker or match man

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I think Vagabond has it right,

Kids can't go anywhere without being accompanied by an adult.

Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

 

 

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