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As with many laws the key is in the wording ‘reasonable’.

If you’re cutting up bait or gutting a fish while fishing, or at the coast, and transporting your knife to and from fishing in a rucksack in your car etc, that would be a valid and reasonable case for possessing one.

If you stop cutting up bait and wander off down the pier or into another public place carrying your knife, that’s hardly reasonable and questions would quite rightly be asked.

Same as if you walked into a pub or cafe with the knife on your belt.

Saying that I’ve seen people do exactly that going to and from boat trips, but imo that’s probably not really wise. Yes technically they’re transporting it to fishing but there’s no good reason to have it on your belt when it can be in a bag or box.

It’s something I’ve see a few old boys do, not sure why