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What are your opinions on night fishing ?

The question is, Damian, do we all come from the same place? Your language is nicely poetic (for want of a better word) but somewhat misplaced. By that I mean you're wrong to suggest the majority of us (as opposed to you) are all about immediate gratification. Your whole slant is a little condescending. Have you never night-fished? Or if you have, are you now a reformed character?

There are many of examples of anglers not being able to fish during daylight hours - would you, with all conscience, deny them that right?
 
I never suggested that everyone in this regard is driven by their ego for night fishing, Richard, and where people have made the point previously that it's almost through personal circumstances that they night fish I have agreed that daylight hours only fishing for those would be frustrating, but still, regardless of the position that people come from, certain restrictions on the time that we're allowed on the banks during any 24hr period and annually be a good thing.
Do you not see a progression of events here?
Stillwater season abolished - year round fishing for those who deprivation of perceived enjoyment during the months of March and June was too much to bear.
The introduction of species like the catfish, pumpkin fish, barbel, zander, sturgeon, to name a few - year round fishing for those whose neediness of such species was too much to bear. What next? Makin's marlin?
Heaven knows what facilities these establishments provide now - tv aerial hookup? Delivery service of the lakeside cafe's refreshments?

It's an age old question used to highlight certain things about nature for which I might be ridiculed using, but - if a tree falls in a forest in which no one living animal habits, does it make a noise?
Similarly, a star burning it's fuel away in the void of space - is it's light able to be viewed, it's heat able to be felt?


Damian
 
I think I have the answer Damian, if you would dearly love to fish the 16th. 17th and 18th of June, show us a little of your restraint and stay at home so someone else can fish your nights.
 
sorry Damian but I get nothing from your posts at all but we are all entitled to are own opinions and so are you I will just refrain from reading yours from now on as they do nothing for me in the slightest.
Not a dig at you personally but they just don`t read well in my opinion jibberish comes to mind.

Andy
 
Hi men,

Yes , the tree makes a noise , it disturbs the air , it's the receptical in which the waves are received that's missing , but the noise is still made .

What's wrong with commercial type fisheries that you discribes Damian
?. They serve a need for anglers , and I'd rather have a thousand of them where you can get kids off the streets , and provide comfortable fishing for many people . There is some sort of angling snobbery involved with these fisheries , because we are all fishing after all ?. This snobbery is unbelievable in angling , as it is deff a starting point for lots of young anglers . Food delivered ?, my god what's wrong with that ?, if someone offers to bring me an all day breakfast roll when I'm on the Kennet , feel free , I'd pay !!!!.

Year round fishing ?, has anyone noticed a downturn in stillwaters / canals ?. The opposite on one water I fished , where the committee running it were against it , out voted democratically at an AGM , now years down the line tell me it's worked fantastically !. It's spred fishing over the season , and other than the initial rush , the perceived pressure never happened . The lake was more secure , better baliffed , and when the fish were obviously spawning closed for a while . It will never happen on rivers for sure . Forced absence from the water in a 24 hour period ? I don't know any rivers that are under that extreme pressure that would warrant depriving normal working anglers the chance to fish . The obvious answer is that if you feel where you fish needs a rest , go watch a game of football , and of its Luton Town good luck !.


Hatter
 
There is absolutely nothing wrong in Damian's posts. He is merely expressing an opinion. That is why forums exist. If you do not like what he says, it is much better to ignore and move on. You are not going to change the way that Damian is, or Paul Boote, or anyone, including the lowly Curgudgeon.



Regards


Hugo Curgudgeon





 
I don't think there's anything wrong with commercial still waters, keeps the riff-raff off the rivers:)

Well, most of them anyway
 
Ian Hugo Arnott said:
No 'who' is correct as it is the subject not an object. The benefits of a public school, classical education!

Such fun!

:D


AS ever

Hugo
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Public School education, damn good chap. I remember when I was fishing the rivers in Scotland, there was never a chance of one of those dreadful takeaway things. The ghillie always provided a splendid hamper full of all sorts of goodies and of course a decent bottle. I'm in agreement with some of the contributors in that the commercial fisheries do a splendid job of keeping the common types coralled in and definitely feed them whatever food is appropriate to keep them there. I would draw the line at fish and chips as this does seem to cross the social barriers.
 
Mark Anderson said:
Hi men,

Yes , the tree makes a noise , it disturbs the air , it's the receptical in which the waves are received that's missing , but the noise is still made .


Hatter
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Unfortunately, Mark, that's contradictory - the tree falling makes no noise until there is something present in the forest that is able to receive the vibrations in the air, translating them to sound. Similarly with the star's energy output in the void of space - the waves of light are just not visible until they fall on something able to translate them to light.
Relationships are key in nature, yet our ego continues to strive for what it perceives as it's enjoyment, not realising that it is only hardship that makes enjoyment what it is.

Jibberish Andy? I don't mind that. As much as I believe the words that I type on here, I would loathe to think of them as being taken as any kind of truth.


Damian
 
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We are not too far away from mentioning Schrödinger’s cat.............. bugger, the cat is out of the bag now!

Does the tree make a sound, yes and no, it has to break the airwaves when it falls producing sound but something has to be there to hear it ergo, if there is no one there then there is no sound!!!

It is i suppose like Catch 22 and the one hand clapping thing.
 
Hi men,

It makes a sound , I asked Prof Brian Cox !, and he said night fishing is ok !

Anyway , back in the real world , night fishing on the stretch of the canal did it no favours . This was prime time for imigrant carp lovers to catch a nice Sunday roast . The baliff that I spoke told me that night fishing would have helped with security .

Hatter

Hatter
 
Sorry to see you being accused of jibberish, Damian.

Let's assume that it means something similar to 'gibberish', which is a word in the English language.
 
Mark Anderson said:
The baliff that I spoke told me that night fishing would have helped with security .

Hatter

Hatter
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Hi Mark,

That echos a point I made in an earlier post - and reinforces, to me at least, that allowing night fishing is the sensible option.

Jon - a misspelt word shouldn't detract from an opinion being expressed. Nor should one's level of education. I enjoyed your book " A Can Of Worms", by the way :)
 
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think you will find it can spelt both ways gibberish or jibberish so no miss spelt words.

Gibberish (sometimes spelled Jibberish) is a generic term in English for talking that sounds like speech, but carries no actual meaning.
This was taken From Wikipedia
Andy
 
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