Sized fish ( mainly cod )

[sammy talbot]

Mer

Cant see much point in this at the end of the day i dont feel guilty about what i take from the sea after what the commercial boats take and throw back dead thats undersized !!!!!!!!!!!! i dont think im making much of a difference although been a coarse match angler in the past i have done my fair deed and fish for sport alone saying that if i deep hook a fish and its got little or no chance why not feed the dog like i said i aint trawling the sea bed robbing it of its worth im mearly chucking a line out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Changes are needed across the board for commercial and leisure fisherman, for the good of peoples lively hoods and sport , to help keep our fish stocks healthy and sustainable , as I said above I have no problem with people taking legal size fish and nobody should feel guilty taking them it's there right , .

[paulthespark]

there is a school of thought that says it's better to keep the small ones and let the bigger ones go as they are the ones that can spawn, not sure about that but I can see the point.

[Pete from shields]

there is a school of thought that says it's better to keep the small ones and let the bigger ones go as they are the ones that can spawn, not sure about that but I can see the point.

I was thinking the exact same thing, a 1lb 3 yro cod can lay something like 250.000 eggs compared to say an 8lb cod that can lay upto 2.5 million eggs. Makes more sense putting the bigger sexually mature fish back.

Many a time my lads been told to put a legal sized whiting and pollock back by grown fisherman because its not in there mind "big enough" to keep, pure ignorance by some of the I know best brigade. If its sized and you want to keep it then keep it, as said it costs enough for bait and tackle/equipment.

[Bassboyo]

What If MLS was raised up-to a size when different species of fish become sexually mature or just above. This way the sizeable fish that can be taken for the table have possibly had the chance to breed, larger fillet sizes & worth more money to the commercial fisherman. It could also encourage commercials to use a greater mesh size, reducing by catch. This obviously isn't going to improve fish stocks overnight but surely we have to start somewhere.

[ian871]

I keep every fish I catch, regardless of size.

I don't eat them though as I hate the taste. They get liquidized in a blender and spread on my garden as fertiliser.

[cod magnet]

I keep every fish I catch, regardless of size.

I don't eat them though as I hate the taste. They get liquidized in a blender and spread on my garden as fertiliser.

what a pile of crap lol

[waco]

[QUOTE=ian871;601693]I keep every fish I catch, regardless of size.

I don't eat them though as I hate the taste. They get liquidized in a blender and spread on my garden as fertiliser.[/QUOTE

if its true thats wat you do its you whos hould be put in a blender and blitzed then fed to the fish

[mackem_steve]

I keep every fish I catch, regardless of size.

I don't eat them though as I hate the taste. They get liquidized in a blender and spread on my garden as fertiliser.

Trolls or natural born idiots who post ****e should suffer the same fate.

[ian871]

Trolls or natural born idiots who post ****e should suffer the same fate.

What do propose then Steve, maybe a digital head butt sent over a fibre link or do we just strip to the waist and fight like gypsies?

Or accept the fact that your sarcasm detector requires calibrating........

As an aside point, I shot a baby rabbit last night and the carcass is currently providing sustenance to a chilli plant.

[mackem_steve]

What do propose then Steve, maybe a digital head butt sent over a fibre link or do we just strip to the waist and fight like gypsies?

Or accept the fact that your sarcasm detector requires calibrating........

As an aside point, I shot a baby rabbit last night and the carcass is currently providing sustenance to a chilli plant.

Sorry fella, there's been a lot of decent posts brought down by clowns recently, so I did miss the sarcasm maybe a little smiley would have helped.

I'm all for shooting baby rabbits tho.

[paulthespark]

[QUOTE=ian871;602429]What do propose then Steve, maybe a digital head butt sent over a fibre link or do we just strip to the waist and fight like gypsies?

Or accept the fact that your sarcasm detector requires calibrating........

As an aside point, I shot a baby rabbit last night and the carcass is currently providing sustenance to a chilli plant.[/QU

I chopped up a chilli plant last night its now currently providing sustenance for my kids baby rabbit [took the fruits off first ]

[broon shoe]

there is a school of thought that says it's better to keep the small ones and let the bigger ones go as they are the ones that can spawn, not sure about that but I can see the point.

But if you take all the small fish it will greatly reduce the number of bigger fish. I think litttle common sense is needed only my opinion

[paulthespark]

But if you take all the small fish it will greatly reduce the number of bigger fish. I think litttle common sense is needed only my opinion

I didn't say that I agreed with it just that I can see the point of it. big fish spawn small juvenile fish don't

[Daz65]

If they are undersized they should go back if legal its the individuals choice I chuck them back unless bass or cod legal size but has to be clean nothing from the river just my choice