Sea Fishing and Conservation

[Jim Roper]

£3M was the amount put about, after administration was taken out.

 

1.2M sea anglers paying £20 a year = £24M - Admin : £21M

 

Loads of jobs for the sort of people who were 5th stream prefects at school.

 

JUST ANOTHER TAX!!!!!!!!

Edited October 18, 2006 by Jim Roper

[Holmesy]

Dont admit to eating sea bass Holmsey. Some bugger will be making a doll of you and sticking pins in it.

 

As long as they know if they do mate, I'll make a doll that wears Doc Martens or similar comfortable shoes, wears bright shirts and will do the dishes and put the baby to bed, and it won't be pins I stick in it. Oh yeah and I'll make sure that my doll $h1ts hedgehogs....

 

You know mate sooner or later common sense will out, please god let it be sooner than later.

Edited October 18, 2006 by Holmesy

[M.P]

I think before anyone start arguing about keeping sizable fish, we should take a look at all the Undersized fish that anglers keep/kill.

 

Take a walk along the piers or beaches and see how many are being kept for the cat/dog/fishcakes. Bass/cod/whiting etc etc all below the size limits can be seen butchured everywhere. Walton Pier is a fine example.

 

Now there's an argument worth having.

 

As for keeping sizable fish, i think it's down to the individual angler, keep or return, let them do as they wish, it's their choice.

[The doctor]

if people want to take it as personal then fine , we can sort it out others ways like real men.

 

 

That sounds like fighting talk to me, no room for threats of violence on an angling forum

[mr motorola]

That sounds like fighting talk to me, no room for threats of violence on an angling forum

it is not an act of violence or a threat in any way shape or form mate

if it was taken that way then i am sorry to all the real men offended by it.

[wurzel]

That sounds like fighting talk to me, no room for threats of violence on an angling forum

 

 

I'm allergic to violence, break out in cuts and bruises

[John S]

Several posts deleted. It's bad form to start complaining about spelling or lack of grammar on public forums.

 

A repetition will see this thread deleted.

[mr motorola]

I'm allergic to violence, break out in cuts and bruises

lol

good one mate

[BULLDRAGON]

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[The doctor]

Thanks. The purpose of my question is just to get a feeling of angler's opinion on what is sensible to keep before returning fish.

 

Do charters ever have bag limits on their trips or any self-enforced restrictions of fish caught?

 

JRT

 

We operate a 100% return on bass and pollock from our boat, notwithstanding the tope which have always been a C&R species (even before the Tope byelaw). The anglers keep coming back so it seems that such a move does not affect business. I guess sport is the key for some species, of course having a few cod and ling to take home helps as well.

 

 

Cheers

 

Doc.