Time for change?

[glennk]

Given that many on here have no interest in securing a positive future for sea angling, or consider those representing our sport unworthy of their consideration and that they are doing such a poor job, what do you all think the way ahead should be. Maybe its time for those representing RSA to step down and let others who can do a much better job in. I'm sure Leon et al would much prefer to be fishing.

 

There are those who have been extrenmely critical of the way these representatives have taken forward the angling view, are they prepared to step up to the metal.

 

Doc.

 

Could you highlight some posts Nigel then we know who and what were talking about.

 

Scrub that, just been reading around and now see what your talking about.

Edited October 22, 2006 by glennk

[FishingGuernsey]

Quite happy to let someone else do the work if anyone else could be bothered to get off their arse and write a simple letter when required (e.g. response to a consultation) or a letter to the local paper to highlight something, or try and get peoples views on a subject, gather information on a particular subject and present it to whomever but as I can't see anyone else bothering and i wish to make a difference to the fishing which has been the worst year for me ever this year, I have to do it myself.

 

It comes back the the analogy that If you want something done, do it yourself...

[Paddlepower]

Your very much like me in that you have seen better and still like to think that if you keep on trying that big one is just round the corner.

 

But if you are just starting out it is a different story and after a couple of blanking sessions you kick it into touch.

 

It is not about us mate it is about the future our grand children and their kids.

 

Ha ha, love the avatay

[Paddlepower]

But if you go shore fishing thats all that may be available at certain times of the year and in certain areas.

 

I'm sure that there aren't toooo many pouting well off.

 

Cod is the only target species around my haunt, wish there were more

 

Good luck lads

[barry luxton]

Quite happy to let someone else do the work if anyone else could be bothered to get off their arse and write a simple letter when required (e.g. response to a consultation) or a letter to the local paper to highlight something, or try and get peoples views on a subject, gather information on a particular subject and present it to whomever but as I can't see anyone else bothering and i wish to make a difference to the fishing which has been the worst year for me ever this year, I have to do it myself.

 

It comes back the the analogy that If you want something done, do it yourself...

 

 

Hy guys, my first post, don't try to treat me too gently as i assure you that you will have a robust discussion from me. I am a fanatical boat RSA and fish top, middle and bottom end of the channel, this year i did my first excellant channel isle trip, then found out about the proposels for the RSA by the fisheries department.

Personally, i have sent two letters of objection and also have three letters printed in The Guernsey (you forum) press because i do care about the future of boat angling and i know that a huge ammount of others have done the same. Thanks to Elton for getting me online, i apologise if i have messed up my first post due to any technical detail. Regards Barry

[essexbuoy]

Hy guys, my first post, don't try to treat me too gently as i assure you that you will have a robust discussion from me. I am a fanatical boat RSA and fish top, middle and bottom end of the channel, this year i did my first excellant channel isle trip, then found out about the proposels for the RSA by the fisheries department.

Personally, i have sent two letters of objection and also have three letters printed in The Guernsey (you forum) press because i do care about the future of boat angling and i know that a huge ammount of others have done the same. Thanks to Elton for getting me online, i apologise if i have messed up my first post due to any technical detail. Regards Barry

 

Hi Barry

[glennk]

Will the audited skippers take the auditors to the fishing grounds or to the desert ?

[Guest challenge]

Will the audited skippers take the auditors to the fishing grounds or to the desert ?

I cannot speak for John and Michele but if it was me I would take them to where we have been fishing this year. We could show them where we fish, when the last time was we fished there the state of the tide when we fished, the weather conditions the time and date and weather conditions we fished the same mark the previous year and the year before that.

We could give them the names and addresses of the anglers who fished that mark, more or less how much fish they took individually off that mark and weather they re-booked with us again.

We can show them exactly where we steamed every trip this summer what areas we fished and why we fished them areas.

Every mile we steamed is electronically charted and every mile is accounted for.

In fact they don’t have to come to sea with us at all, they just need to come down to the boat and we could give them all the information that they need.

We have nothing to hide. In fact we have been stoned on here for not hiding what we and our anglers at times achieve.

I suppose commercial fishermen have a point, because there is no more effective way of catching fish in a wreck (when conditions are correct) than with a rod and line. You could do more damage to a wreck angling (if you wanted to) than any net fisherman (practically) could hope to. What we need to show commercial fishermen and DEFRA is that we do manage our fishery as best we can.

They would be able to tell from the results that we have done and the fact that this last year has proven our management strategy to be working successfully.

So yes glenk you send them to us.