sand weel

[waco]

was on shields pier the day mainly bait fishing, ( only small coli and flatties taken till 6.30,( no macki about for second day running.

was talking too one guy and he said it was illegal to take sand eel now, is this true ? . can any one confirm this, if true does this mean shops wiil not be allowed to sell sand eel and use it for bait or is it just the ordinary that we are not allowed to take

[codseeker]

what are these sand weels

[jonny_s]

Sand Eel are not directly related to true Eels so I would imagine they do not have the same legal protection as Eels. I am not aware of any ban on catching them. Very popular bait so I reckon there would be a few upset anglers on here.

Jonny

[waco]

what are these sand weels

well at least i spelled it right whe i asked the question

[codseeker]

what they are catching on shields pier is launce and probs fouled hooked and not sandeel seen one guy walking off with a bag full after using feathers

[mark]

totally unprotected and have no quotas. think the figure for last years was around 1.5million tons taken from the north sea, mainly for farmed salmon & trout feed & fertilizer, some also goes to fire the power stations in denmark!

commercial sand eels fisheries have had a huge impact right through the food chain, from fish to birds

[jonny_s]

what they are catching on shields pier is launce and probs fouled hooked and not sandeel seen one guy walking off with a bag full after using feathers

Is sandeel not just a common name for a number of fish in the sand lance or launce family ?

jonny

[codseeker]

2 different species i think

[mickbrennan]

well at least i spelled it right whe i asked the question

i once caught a bmx weel fishing the river at walker i wonder if there related?

[jonny_s]

i once caught a bmx weel fishing the river at walker i wonder if there related?

If you had counted the spokes we could have told you