Well there you go Ian. That is your opinion, and every man is entitled to that....it is just a shame you get so upset at times when other people express theirs. It is also a little unfair to utterly misquote people, and then claim they are talking "Total and utter trash" don't you think?
Nobody actually said that they were upset because they had just been fishing and blanked, and that this was all down to EE's, now did they? What they actually said was that they were sick of seeing indisputable evidence of EE poachers taking vast numbers of course fish from the waters that they, as legal anglers, pay good money to fish. To add insult to injury, it is plain that the authorities they pay their money to are doing very little about it. This practice may or may not completely destroy some fisheries if left uncontrolled....you will no doubt view the reports of the state of some EE fisheries with some scepticism.... Either way, I think you would need to be a little bit 'in denial', even for the most rabid of 'politically correct' head in the sand types to actually think it would do a fishery any good! So...I think in those circumstances they are quite justified in being a little upset, don't you?
As for the otter issue....well, that has been kicked about for long enough, hasn't it? It is something that is not going to go away, and as such we have no option but to accept it. I, and quite a few others, just find it a little.....'untimely' shall we say, that they were (in a minor way, I fully admit) artificially 'encouraged' to repopulate areas which were, for reasons you yourself quite rightly list, in no fit state to support an apex predator. Otters are of course part of our heritage, and as such have every right to be here....and I don't think you will find many denying that fact. The ONLY issue for many was the timing of the 'encouragement'....another example of unthinking people interfering with nature perhaps? Again, when there IS ample evidence of the harm that can ensue when a large predator is introduced to a fishery unable to support it (ask those who used to fish Adams mill for their thoughts on that)...then I for one cannot blame them for complaining.
Of course the issues of water quality and over abstraction are the major long term dangers facing our fisheries. They always have been, and sadly, probably always will be....the massive increase in our population due to government madness over the last eight or ten years will probably guarantee that. However, that doesn't mean that those other two issues you bought up and ridiculed are not valid as well. You may be surprised to learn that the fact that you see fit to label other peoples opinions as "Total and utter trash" does not automatically make them wrong.
That's only my opinion of course....and being a genial sort of bloke, I am actually quite happy for you to rant away to your hearts content if it pleases you Ian
Cheers, Dave.