questions questions

[bribones]

been having a look round the forum the last couple of days and noticed some quite heated debates re peelers v eaters and fish sizes
so

what is the legal size for a fish ? does it vary from spieces to spieces

why cant you use eating crab as bait ?,isnt a crab a crab

oh and how far upriver can you fish before a rod licence is required ?

side note caught my first codling of the year last night ,north side of blyth from the wooden jetti things,it was that small i didnt know it was there till i reeled in still a fish is a fish i gave it my phone number returned it after asking it to call once it had gained a few pounds

[Edited on 13/7/2004 by bribones]

[bribones]

http://www.mikestackleshop.co.uk/sizes.htm

found this for anyone whos wanting to know

i would have thought it was better to judge fish by weight instead of length i mean what happens if you catch a skinny looking cod youd have to make up the difference with extra chips

[LING_BASHER]

Has anyone been to the coast today? (wed) was thinking about taking a spinning rod down after night shift friday but never wanted a wasted trip if the sea is still up.

[micky-quayle]

richy, had the dog down roker beach this morning the sea was as flat as a witches t!t, might give it a go myself on shields pier tomorrow.

[willywetegg]

Cheers Micky. I might just have a look down myself tomorrow some time.

Jim.

[LING_BASHER]

Think i will head down as well..thats if i get up before 1pm

[mark]

been out today, choppy as hell off sunderland but settling so might perfect by the morra

[TC]

\"Questions, questions\"............that\'s what we\'re all about, Brian (well THAT and ANSWERS aswell......lol)

Fish sizes........yes size DOES matter and varies from species to species (as well as from boat or shore)....take a look here.....

http://www.msbfc.org.uk/size.htm

Edible crab as bait.........the subject of many a post on NESA over the years.......basically it all depends on where you live as to the legality of collecting / using edibles.

How far up river........?.........I haven\'t got a clue, m8. But I\'m sure somebody will be able to put you wise on THAT one.

[bribones]

tried a few chucks from behind the customs house at s shields (mill dam )a tad on the windy side though so jumped over to middens carpark then up to spillers for an hour wheres the personal non catch reports thread lol ,popped into billybs and got me a box seat so didnt go home empty handed might try a few chucks today from somewhere

[Edited on 15/7/2004 by bribones]