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Yes i did put that in post 10 & 15.As long as it is legal.
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Yes i did put that in post 10 & 15.As long as it is legal.
The first video does not show where he is, who he is. He has a fixed static net and must know he is doing wrong. So yes i would say in that clip he is totally wrong.Killing & selling fish or game for food is not the issue here Flappy, it was this guy's total disregard for the welfare of the fish, strewing the beach with a line of undersized dead ones that he didn't want to be seen taking, and his total disregard for fish stocks & conservation. Conservation is supposed to be what the IFCA's are all about.
I've killed many fish & some game over the years, but I never take more than I need or can dispose of, and always try to put undersized fish back promptly to give them a chance of survival.
Me and a mate used to go boat fishing a couple of times a week some years back, and on a good day, we caught 150-200 Mackerel and sold them around the local villages for 50p each, but there was never any wastage.
You are admitting to selling your catch.Killing & selling fish or game for food is not the issue here Flappy, it was this guy's total disregard for the welfare of the fish, strewing the beach with a line of undersized dead ones that he didn't want to be seen taking, and his total disregard for fish stocks & conservation. Conservation is supposed to be what the IFCA's are all about.
I've killed many fish & some game over the years, but I never take more than I need or can dispose of, and always try to put undersized fish back promptly to give them a chance of survival.
Me and a mate used to go boat fishing a couple of times a week some years back, and on a good day, we caught 150-200 Mackerel and sold them around the local villages for 50p each, but there was never any wastage.
Without giving opinion on gill netting rights or wrongs, I would just say that the self pronounced 'governing body of angling', the Angling Trust, has no authority to create rules on angling. Everything they publish is either copied from Government statute or is just 'guidance' that they have created that they then want people to think are rules!A lot of areas have different by-laws.
I get news letter from the AT (i am not member or will ever be) and i think recently there was a section about new regulations about fixed netting, i will try and find it later.
I completely agree with you they have no mandate to represent anyone and even discuss regulations at top level, and yes they just jump on and piggy back anything and (if you listen to someone) take the credit.Without giving opinion on gill netting rights or wrongs, I would just say that the self pronounced 'governing body of angling', the Angling Trust, has no authority to create rules on angling. Everything they publish is either copied from Government statute or is just 'guidance' that they have created that they then want people to think are rules!
??live off the coast and land round hereWhere does this opinion that the sea owes you something come from I wonder? This is an angling forum but some seem willing to deploy nets to take a harvest from a shared resource that they consider to be open to their plunder by any means! Get a grip you greedy fools
Are these a fixed net someone has laid on a beach by walking to it or nets laid by boats?Good for you Cfish. I was specifically responding to the OP as I'm in the NWIFCA region where it's fast becoming a disgrace
This is what i am trying to determine what some are seeing!I used to lay gill and herring nets way back when from my boat. Minimal distance from the shore was 1/4mile, east to west. When Herring fishing it was north to south and at least 250yds out from low tide.
Trammel nets and lobster pots were between 4 and 7 miles out, east to west for nets and a max string of 10 pots over rough ground.
So what about Herring nets that have floats along the top and weights at the bottom. Herring hit the net and rise to the surface and you pick them out if you can beat the seagulls. Used to do it at night when they moved through, daytime was a waste of time.Nets on boats should be at least ten foot below the surface at low tide!!!
I take it you were out on the boat drifting with themSo what about Herring nets that have floats along the top and weights at the bottom. Herring hit the net and rise to the surface and you pick them out if you can beat the seagulls. Used to do it at night when they moved through, daytime was a waste of time.
No I used to shoot the nets north to south and fixed, the shoals would hit the net then rise to the surface. B seagulls used to each a few then just peck and take a lump out of then. Cured that by feeding them rivita which used to swell up in their bellies so they couldn't fly off.I take it you were out on the boat drifting with them
Lol might try that! The kids fed them laxative chocolate once on a summer's day!!!! Beach bums got pebble dashed!!!! I was supposed to act responsible and bollock them but I couldn't!!!!! Funny as fuck!!!!!!!!No I used to shoot the nets north to south and fixed, the shoals would hit the net then rise to the surface. B seagulls used to each a few then just peck and take a lump out of then. Cured that by feeding them rivita which used to swell up in their bellies so they couldn't fly off.
That sounds about right for any IFCA scrotes.Quick update - nothing. It was a week ago today I put up the original post and emailed NW IFCA - no reply.