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I follow what you say Paul. The EA take a risk approach to such matters that a given investment of personnels time will yield a probable result. There is another angle mind that in reporting incidents they are being logged which might influence next years spend resulting in more fisheries...

I am sure there is - Thanks again Tony

So the burden of proof to establish fishery theft is seemingly straight forward enough - photographs of non consented individuals undertaking the activity of fishing (regardless of catching any fish species) taken within the frame of the location, with some evidence of the culprits...

Thanks Tony - Very interesting qualification

Its interesting that a club owning fishing rights on a section of river could claim theft of a fish. For instance, a stretch of river or even canal could have numerous clubs controlling its length & essentially the fish therein, without no obstructions such as weirs/locks, are free to swim...

Thanks Cris & Rich. So one takes the fish from water by whatever means or brevity of time. It makes sense, one cannot borrow (without prior consent) something without having committed theft first, no matter how brief one might have borrowed it for! Hope that makes sense! Cheers, Jon

Congratulations to Phil Smith on the capture of the good conditioned Warwickshire Avon barbel. Great photo too! Cheers, Jon

Rich - Thanks for the time taken to make this addition. If you can outline as to what Act you have quoted from & what paragraph. Hopefully there will be a definition of what constitutes taking / destroying. It is seemingly obvious on the surface of things but these terms are always defined...

Cris - thank you for the further clarification. I take it then if one did not anchor the boat to neither the river bed nor bank side then one could fish unchallenged by the owner i.e. the riparian owner neither owns the water nor the fish. Cheers, Jon

Disgraceful on all counts - both signed

Avons - Excellent scales. Mine are years old & taken a right battering, been bottomed out to point where the hook semi straightened out. Calibrated them against weighed particle via kitchen scales & still bang on after all this time. Was hoping that they would be weighing on the light side - no...

Dave, Thanks for taking the time to expand on this. I have learnt a few things today one of which is this! Gives a definitive extra perspective or two! Cheers, Jon

With Dave on this re the Army surplus. I fish in some open spots & in having various keys can take my car proximate to swims. Problem is it would stand out literally a mile on some of the banks & when the coffers allow I will be adorning my car with said garment. For me, being unobtrusive is...

lol - like it. Good luck with the practice & the hopeful lurching rod bend

Yup - unfortunately too true

PS never seen signs on a far bank stating "Do not cast beyond half way across river - Private"!

They always say ignorance is bliss & I have to hold my hand up & state - yup, maybe not awares of the absolute details of riparian ownership. I always thought that it applied to fishing from the bankside not necessarily fishing from the opposite bankside & that if one is fishing from a boat...

Come on lads - this has become both tiresome & is just a slanging match. No need. Mods - please delete this thread.

Dave, hopefully this following example illustrates the point a little further (?): Whilst fishing the Trent for example I am fishing from a bank side that I have bought a licence to fish (eg Nottingham Anglers Association) but cast across the whole river to fish the opposite margin whose...

Good point Dave. I am not really a specialist on the rights or wrongs of riparian ownership. How about those fishing from an anchored boat in the mid river or downstream of a weir. On some spots on the middle & tidal trent people boat fishing weirs seemingly remain unchallenged?!? Hopefully...