Andrew Burt
Senior Member
Simplest solution would be to remove this ridiculous close season and all the problems disappear.
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..the fish did better because of the constant supply of food.
Kevin,
Your lack of knowledge on the state of fishing where I live is breathtaking. The quality of coarse fishing in our rivers is truly poor and the reason for that is because of the Ph of the water and not the lack of efficient policing. However the standard of the game fishing in said rivers is going from strength to strength and due to the class system in this country the EA are only too willing to prosecute people poaching salmon and sea trout. They are really not interested in roach and perch down here.....or anywhere else for that matter if the threads on here are to be believed.
As for the close season we in Devon have more experience that anyone else regarding the effects of not having one as we were years ahead of the rest of the country on having it removed on still waters. The benefits were two fold. Firstly the fish did better because of the constant supply of food. Secondly we used to get a healthy influx of match anglers from the Midlands every Sunday during the close season who had no idea of how to catch fish on tough waters and we locals were only too happy to relieve them of their money and send them back up the M5.
In my experience people like you tend to be self appointed jobsworths (probably bullied at school) who just like to spoil the fun of others and hide behind antiquated rules to do so.
Quite a few fishing on the Itchen this morning, EA didn't seem interested when I called them..............
When I go fishing I like to catch fish, not extensions of any greed!
I find, in support of the abolishment of the close , the argument that fish cannot do without anglers' bait one of the most loathsome.
While I admit I know little about your rivers I know that Pike fishing on the rivers of the next county towards civilisation was until recently second only to places like the fens and the broads.
Damien,
How do you get from my actual words "the fish did better due to the constant supply of food" to "fish cannot do without the anglers bait"? The former simply means that when fish have a constant supply of food they do better which is pretty much common sense and uncontroversial I would have thought. The latter means that without anglers baits the fish would die........the two statements are not even remotely similar. You read the words that are written but you comprehend what you want to believe.
Your strapline reads "Whilst developing creativity, also cultivate receptivity"............perhaps you might like to give it a try?
Damien,
All animals on this planet, including us, do better when fed on a regular basis. To see an example of what happens when food intake is suddenly cut short watch a Save the Children appeal.