Why do people have to spoil a good days fishing??/

[micky-quayle]

when u turn up at a venue and the rubbish is already there there is'nt a lot u can do apart from pick it up and dispose of it properly. but how many times especially on the piers do we see cans been thrown down, line discarded, daylight packets dropped etc then say nothing to them but complain later. we need to take action not just sit back and let it happen, if the genuine lads band together they'll soon get the message.

[davem2005]

Its not just the peirs and the rocks. many boat anglers have the policy that the sea is a dustbin that will get rid of empty rig packets. It has been a refreshing change for me recent to have been fishing on a boat who provides a bin bag and makes sure everyone uses it for litter and then he disposes of it accordingly. It would be nice to see more charter skippers do the same.

Many coarse angling clubs have a rule whereby an angler can not weigh in if there is litter in his peg regardless of who's it is. Unfortunately its an unworkable system for sea matches but it does highlight the awareness of the coarse guys as to the problems associated with landlords cancelling leases and denying access through litter problems.

lets hope it doesn't happen on our piers as a result of a few numpties.

Cheers
dave.

[Topfly]

Last tuesday, my wife and I took a walk along Sunderland pier,and there must have been about a dozen lads fishing for mackerel. there was not a lot of mess, just a few hokkai packets and a bit line. As we came off the pier there were two sunderland council lads with pick up sticks and black bags going on to clean up. correct me if i am wrong, but south shields pier is a public place, and be cleaned up by south tyneside council. Yes we all have a part to play in the grand scheme of things, but if the pier was treated / and managed as a public amenity with more control by the local authorities, with tourism in mind , then it could be a mutch better place.

[codseeker]

discrace,the mess they leave,i took 6 mackerel today which i was happy enough with ,left for the barrier for a spot of quiet float fishing and bait fishing on bottom,went to second steps to fillet and clean fillets ,even down the steps was mackerel guts etc ,pure laziness the water is reet next to them,anyway i caught nothing else ,heard youngins coming off arguing who had the most lmfao

[Red5]

It boils me as Dunstanburgh is on my doorstep as well as many of the other so called 'top marks' in the North East. I'm not being picky here, but the majority of these 'Plums' come from the cities and just use the countryside as their **** bins.
Friday night I was called out with the Coastguard to the Sugar Sands. When we got there, at the south end of the bay towards sandylands burn, here is a camper van stuck up to it's axle in the sand, apparently stuck there since 7am in the morning. The tide was on it's way in, they'd called out a tow truck to get them out, but they refused to go on the beach as they'd get stuck. Apparently members of the public had offered assistance and been given a load of verbal. The occupants had been drinking for britain and had made some lovely circular patterns in the sand before becoming stuck. Fortunately for them we managed to get one of the local farmers to tow them back up to the slip. Crazy!
As I've said in a previous post come the winter, when the clubs from down country hold their 'Opens' I wish they would stipulate that any egg leaving their detritus or any dead undersize fish would be disqualified from entering subsequent competitions instead of just relying on the charity of local scout and brownie groups to collect it!
Rant Over!

[George]

Feel exactly the the same way mate I personaly rarely fish there now and try to find diffrent spots. for 2 reasons firstly nobody seemed to fish and it was great to fish with quite often only yourself there. secondly the rubbish !

I would prefer now if they would charge folk to get in now, that might keep the fine weather lot out. can see that happening soon if not banned if english heritage found out what was happening.

Happens every year now shame for not only the regular genuine anglers but the wildlife that lives there.

Well done for the tidy not many would do that .....

[marksworld]

I would prefer now if they would charge folk to get in now, that might keep the fine weather lot out. can see that happening soon if not banned if english heritage found out what was happening.

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they already know george, last year i got there about six in the morning and spoke to two lads who had been fishing all night and had been camping also, there were empty cans all over the place and rubish everywhere. they said hello and one of them said he was away for the car, i remember saying that you could not drive up to the gate but the answer i got was "i will just take the gates off their hinges" .
after they went the lad who works at the castle came down on the rocks and gave me a shout asking if all the rubish was mine. i told him no it wasn't and we had a bit chin wag saying they were sick of all the crap that was left.
if it keeps going it wont be long before another good fishing spot gets taken away from the good lads who leave only there footsteps when they leave





cheers
mark