Ian Grant
Senior Member & Supporter
As Ray Thorpe requested i thought i'd start a thread on the subject.
Before we start Ray and i are good mates, and this is not a row nor will one start
In direct answer to you Ray, i know a lot hold the same opinion, but your circumstances of being retired, make it very easy for you to get out on a regular basis, i for one would find that impossible, and i guess the same for at least as many as would agree with you.
My fishing would be severly reduced, to only one day on a regular basis, that would be sunday, maybe the odd saturday, whereas i can usually pick, and choose when i want to fish during the evening hours, albeit having to fish shorter sessions mid week.
So whilst if night fishing were banned would no doubt please some, at least as many i think would see their fishing time severly curtailed.
If fishing were restricted to daylight hours on St Patricks stream, as you suggested, i absolutley guarentee a drop in membership, probably quite severe, though i don't fish the Pats that much, if the ban were extended to the Loddon, i for one would be forced to leave the club, seking others which suited my circumstances more.
The old saying ' you can please some of the people all of the time ' etc etc, comes to mind Ray, but i'm fairly sure the club would see a hefty dent in it's bank balance.
As far as being more difficult to catch Barbel in daylight, i think it's always been that way, but thinking about it some of my biggest fish have come in daylight, though i adimit far more in numbers in darkness, but then i spend most time fishing in darkness so i guess that would follow.
I wouldn't like to see a situation that favoured a group of anglers anymore than the other, which a ban on night fishing would mean, being convenient, only for those who have those kind of hours available to them on a regular basis.
Thats my take on it Ray, i wonder what the others on here think, i'd be interested to know.
Regards
Ian.
Before we start Ray and i are good mates, and this is not a row nor will one start
In direct answer to you Ray, i know a lot hold the same opinion, but your circumstances of being retired, make it very easy for you to get out on a regular basis, i for one would find that impossible, and i guess the same for at least as many as would agree with you.
My fishing would be severly reduced, to only one day on a regular basis, that would be sunday, maybe the odd saturday, whereas i can usually pick, and choose when i want to fish during the evening hours, albeit having to fish shorter sessions mid week.
So whilst if night fishing were banned would no doubt please some, at least as many i think would see their fishing time severly curtailed.
If fishing were restricted to daylight hours on St Patricks stream, as you suggested, i absolutley guarentee a drop in membership, probably quite severe, though i don't fish the Pats that much, if the ban were extended to the Loddon, i for one would be forced to leave the club, seking others which suited my circumstances more.
The old saying ' you can please some of the people all of the time ' etc etc, comes to mind Ray, but i'm fairly sure the club would see a hefty dent in it's bank balance.
As far as being more difficult to catch Barbel in daylight, i think it's always been that way, but thinking about it some of my biggest fish have come in daylight, though i adimit far more in numbers in darkness, but then i spend most time fishing in darkness so i guess that would follow.
I wouldn't like to see a situation that favoured a group of anglers anymore than the other, which a ban on night fishing would mean, being convenient, only for those who have those kind of hours available to them on a regular basis.
Thats my take on it Ray, i wonder what the others on here think, i'd be interested to know.
Regards
Ian.