BASS FARMING

[Leon Roskilly]

samuel-cox:

I found Graham Xes post very interesting, I have had, mullut, flounder, whitting, pour cod, put, bass, horse mackeral, mackeral, gobbies, blennies, sand smelt, eels, small pollock & coalies all on bread

Arrrghh!!! Stumhhhh fellas stummhhhh!

 

 

TL - leon

[guernseybass]

samuel-cox:

 I have had, mullut, flounder, whitting, pour cod, put, bass, horse mackeral, mackeral, gobbies, blennies, sand smelt, eels, small pollock & coalies all on bread

jesus that is a helluva sandwich.

 

graham - you may not be jealous but i bloney am.

 

GB

[Guest sslatter]

Oh I am GB, I am..

[Leon Roskilly]

samuel-cox:

I found Graham Xes post very interesting, I have had, mullut, flounder, whitting, pour cod, put, bass, horse mackeral, mackeral, gobbies, blennies, sand smelt, eels, small pollock & coalies all on bread

You forgot crabs Graham

 

 

(Try laying bread hookbait on the bottom and they snip the hook off! )

 

[ 29. December 2004, 11:29 PM: Message edited by: Newt ]

[Guest sslatter]

Ummm.. that was samuel-cox Leon, but now you mention it.. they tie pretty good knots too.

[Newt]

Graham - are you SURE this is samuel-cox?

 

[maximo]

anyone who has been over to ireland for the dingle pairs will know how much money gets pumped into the local economy through angling.

and i have never even bass fished in three years over there.

 

if there is good fishing for all people are prepared to spend a bit of money.

especially on drink.

[Leon Roskilly]

maximo:

anyone who has been over to ireland for the dingle pairs will know how much money gets pumped into the local economy through angling.

and i have never even bass fished in three years over there.

 

if there is good fishing for all people are prepared to spend a bit of money.

especially on drink.

In Irleland they have recognised just how much recreational fishing for bass is worth to their leisure and tourism industry, and have passed legislation which forbids their commercial fishermen from taking bass and which imposes bag limits on bass anglers. (As always there are problems of enforcement).

 

It is the Welsh, who also highly value their leisure and tourism industry, who are most frustrated to see people passing through the beautiful country of North Wales, with some of the potentially best sea fishing areas in Europe, who are most frustrated to see so many of those people bypass the pituresque harbours, estuaries, rocky cliffs and wide beaches of North Wales, to catch the ferry to Ireland, just because the bass fishing is so much better there.

 

One of their most valuable natural resources wasted as commercial catch when it would have a vastly superior value if managed as a recreational resource.

 

Tight Lines - leon

[samuel-cox]

Well said,

but you wont ever get totaly rid of commercial fishing, hopefully it will come down to a number that will not effect the angling trade.Not only that but farmed fish tast very bland.