they should be ashamed

[waco]

mate and i went crabbing today, when we got there ther was a massive digger next to mates traps having just demolished a very large concrete jetty, so decided not to do our traps and leave them for another day, so with nowt to do we decided to stop at jarra park and have a chat to the crabbers there, when we got there only one crabbing, when me mate noticed loads of DEAD FLOUNDERS lying there, as a lot of tem were dark side up and made it hard to count them in the dirty manky slurry still managed to counte 30+, we was then told a certain angling club was fishing ther and it was their doing a'll not mention the club just in case it was not them was some orther club that done it and as the title of thread says
THEY SHOULD BE BE ASHAMED as this mass slaughter will sooner or later diminish the flounder stocks and these same match anglers will probably be the first to complain about the dwindling catches

[codseeker]

shame on those flounder murderers so is that the jarrow jetty then bob

[garyp]

Absolutely no excuse for this.

[sk4]

Which club ?

[waco]

shame on those flounder murderers so is that the jarrow jetty then bob

jarra pedestrian tunnel

[waco]

Which club ?

can't say i case i've been told wrong,

but i would like to see a club member come on and try to justify it

[Davey1970]

fished amble open the other week, and all flatfish taken to the scales had to be in a large bucket of sea water, to be released after weighing, good on them.
bad crack wat you`ve seen there like, and your spot on, they`l be the first 1`s to shout wen there not gettin flounders............!

[Bushwhacker]

mate and i went crabbing today, when we got there ther was a massive digger next to mates traps having just demolished a very large concrete jetty, so decided not to do our traps and leave them for another day, so with nowt to do we decided to stop at jarra park and have a chat to the crabbers there, when we got there only one crabbing, when me mate noticed loads of DEAD FLOUNDERS lying there, as a lot of tem were dark side up and made it hard to count them in the dirty manky slurry still managed to counte 30+, we was then told a certain angling club was fishing ther and it was their doing a'll not mention the club just in case it was not them was some orther club that done it and as the title of thread says
THEY SHOULD BE BE ASHAMED as this mass slaughter will sooner or later diminish the flounder stocks and these same match anglers will probably be the first to complain about the dwindling catches

Through the 80, and early 90,s that was common on the Wear.
Loads of Flounders dumped after a match,sometimes over a hundred.
Non of the matches were like 90% these days(measure and release).
Its very unusual for any club to kill as many Flounders these days.Who is to say it wasn,t a few idiots doing the same as they do with the Macky on the piers,catching loads then dumping them.

[blackrat]

Well looking at the results Section on this site, suggests Alberta Club but don't know where they meet to weigh in.

[dabcatcher]

it ... DEFINATELY.. wasnt the Hartlepol Pirates. mainly because we never catch that many fish.

in the rivers we always fish, measure and release. as we will be tonight on the Wear

[Mogthemackem]

The Alberta fished their match on Saturday (unless they do a weekday one also which I don't know about). I'm not a member but know people who are. Also I've been told they transfer fish to an aerated bucket to be returned. Whoever it is that's just shocking

[bigandy]

As an official of the Alberta club I can confirm that we return all fish when ever possible. Most Members keep flats in buckets of water some going as far as having pumps fitted. All members are responsible for the disposal of their fish whether dead or alive, this is for all fish. A large number of fish would not be dumped like this as nobody caught this many fish. We also distribute dead fish within the local community for cat owners.These people are normally friends of members, or Alberta club patrons. The Alberta SAC do recognize this dumping of fish as shameful and consider themselves as taking every step to improving sea angling and the conservation of the environment and its fish.Before this incident was brought to press the Alberta SAC were considering going to measure and release for certain match's next year, (where large numbers of flats and possibly whiting are available) to try to help the conservation of fish.
I hope this clear's up this matter.

[Mogthemackem]

This is what I tried to say about the Alberta as I fish with Coyley and he told me yous keep as many alive as possible but you put it better Andy lol

[bigandy]

I thanks mate.

[cod hunte1]

no need at all