Andreas Opitz
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If one is concerned that keepnets can potentially harm the fish, then surely it matters not whether it is for match or pleasure angling...they should not be used full stop...I cannot see how, morally, one can argue for match use but ban pleasure anglers from using them.Well said Chris, my view is Keep nets only for Matches. I really cant see the point for anything else.
Jon
spot on...Well said Chris, my view is Keep nets only for Matches. I really cant see the point for anything else.
Jon
If one is concerned that keepnets can potentially harm the fish, then surely it matters not whether it is for match or pleasure angling...they should not be used full stop...I cannot see how, morally, one can argue for match use but ban pleasure anglers from using them.
Chris... surely the causing distress/accidental death to fish holds true for keepnets in match fishing too?Matches, at least normal matches, can't exist without keepnets. Pleasure angling can. Keepnets are a necessary evil and their impact is minimized by proper use. They most certainly do have an impact so their use should be minimized.
Morals shouldn't really come into it and aren't quite so black and white anyway when faced with necessity in real life. Though shalt not kill, except if it's politically expedient to do so because we deemed you mad, bad, dangerous etc.
Morally, it would be wrong to kill a chicken just for the hell of it. No dramas if you are going to eat it. Just because most of us get it in a plastic tray and didn't do the actual killing doesn't change much.
Chris... surely the causing distress/accidental death to fish holds true for keepnets in match fishing too?
I just believe that getting too moralistic about it puts us on a sticky wicket. After all we stick hooks in fish deliberately and with little reason other than our pleasure, most of us have no intention of taking what we catch, there's no necessity to do what we do. There are plenty out there that will deem this to be morally wrong.
but they're not anglers.:confused:Couldn't agree more
but they're not anglers.:confused: