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My local club nearlly got a hefty fine from the council,the members were dumping black bags full of ytin n flatties(cod were taken home)in the street,the black bags were"stacked high"just left nxt to the public waste bins.Cats/rats etc had ripped the bags open,well you can imagine the mess come Monday morn on the high street.not what the public want to be seeing.
The impact of rod and line on stocks is negligible. I disagree that a 14in cod has no meat on it. I generally return any fish that will survive, except size cod which I love to eat, but if the fish are being eaten by anglers it's far better than eating commercially caught stocks and is certainly better for the World than eating beef, lamb, pork etc.
Well said people forget at one time the size limit for codling was 12" and no body complained about taking bags full of just size fish from the tyne
Just my two-penneth ... I hate to take small fish and I try not to do it but the size of the Codling I keep sort of depends upon where I am fishing, the drop to the water and how the fish is hooked.
I always return undersize Codling but often if I am fishing off a pier or in the river at low tide then the drop to the water is often a good 12 to 30 feet and the fish do not survive the drop so they twitch on the surface until a seagull picks them up. I will not normally keep a Codling intentionally unless it is above about 40 cms as there is not enough meat on small ones to make it worthwhile. However, if a Codling is between 35 and 40 cms and I think it will not survive the drop or is deep hooked and bleeding then I will keep it rather than make fatter seagulls
Gear: Old Skool !
ABU 484 MK I (cork) (1976)
ABU 484 MK II (Foam grips, spigot) (1977)
ABU 484C original guides version (1978)
ABU 484CS Fuji guides version (1980)
ABU 9000C (1976) upgraded bearings
ABU 9000 The red one (1974) upgraded bearings
ABU 7000 (1976) converted to 7000C hybrid ceramic
I know the thread is about Codling but just one more thought (and I am certain many will call me stupid ).
I have never caught a Bass yet and I know there are arguments about the minimum size and whether it should be 36, 41 or even 48 cms. I have already set myself a rule that if (when ) I catch my first Bass then I will release it regardless of the size purely because wild Bass are so rare on our coast and we need them to thrive. If I want to eat Bass then there are plenty of small undersized farmed Bass in Sainsbury's.
Problem is first I have to catch one to test my will power and release it
Gear: Old Skool !
ABU 484 MK I (cork) (1976)
ABU 484 MK II (Foam grips, spigot) (1977)
ABU 484C original guides version (1978)
ABU 484CS Fuji guides version (1980)
ABU 9000C (1976) upgraded bearings
ABU 9000 The red one (1974) upgraded bearings
ABU 7000 (1976) converted to 7000C hybrid ceramic
just shows us how brainfree and random these bylaws usually are.
I prefer to make my own decisions, based on knowledge, respect and personal demands
And as a previous poster says...I rather take an undersized ling home (if barotraumatised or deadly injured) and panfry it instead of tossing him back into the water where seagulls pick it into pieces.
It absolutely sickens me when trawlers "obeye" the laws by throwing bycatch and overquota dead back into the sea
Indeed Norbert, why can't the powers that be give a trawler a "white fish quota?" When it's reached, it's reached, no dead by catch!
Or is that too simple?
Sometimes its hard to explain our hobby as well, Mark.
We go out and stick a hook into a bait and reel a poor creature 50m up...barotraumatise them, rip a treble out of their gills, throw them into the sea and see them eaten by birds.
Or how about catch-n-release ...for pure fun someone is hooking a creature, injures them, takes them out of the water, takes pictures, calls them "She is a beauty!", kisses the fish, releases the fish..."Here she goes...back to fight another day...thanks for entertaining me"
I try not to take fish just on size however as already mentioned, if gut hooked etc i will take them rather than feeding the gulls. A lot of clubs can and do offer catch and release matches which I suppose is a step forward however it would barely make any difference compared to commercial boats. I Personally get a bigger kick seeing a nice fish swim away to fight another day. Rules are rules however so nothing wrong with taking a fish if it is of size... Just depends on your moral compass ...
"In order to becomes old and wise, first you must be young and stupid."
Well said people forget at one time the size limit for codling was 12" and no body complained about taking bags full of just size fish from the tyne
your right ,
but the club i was in at the time( early eighties) put their own restrictions on cod and coley which was 13'' limit as it was a pitiful site when all those
12'' coddies were weighed in
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.not what the public want to be seeing.
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