Say no to killing pike...please sign

[redgils]

NO!!!! Dont interupt the food chain, but i will take exceptions too comorants and otters. Sorry if that offends anyone but only looking out for the welfare of our rivers which used to have an abundance of fish life in them!!

[bennygesserit]

Originally Posted by Jeff Woodhouse

Seems a bit of a selfish protest to me. Pikers can kill as many other fish for dead/livebaits that they like under specified size limits, but these pikers don't want anyone killing a pike under those same regulatory size limits. And what's all this "have Pike relocated to a suitable location." Who would want them?

Not very well thought through and typical of Pike Anglers Drama Class.






Tin hat, into the foxholes...

I have seen a big pike eating a small jack , if you kill the large pike you will end up with too many pike and a lot less fish.

Pike are a sign that fish are present and if you leave large pike alone a balance will be achieved. Otherwise the pike would eat themselves out of existence.

[Fred Bonney]

Originally Posted by redgils

NO!!!! Dont interupt the food chain, but i will take exceptions too comorants and otters. Sorry if that offends anyone but only looking out for the welfare of our rivers which used to have an abundance of fish life in them!!

Some rivers used to have an abundance of water!!

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Another pointless, poorly worded petition.

What section of the public are they expecting to sign this ?

[john m h]

Signed.
My club used to have a 'kill all pike policy' Our waters became overrun with small jacks

From its latest newsletter the Angling Trust appears to be calling for all restrictions on eel fishing the be scrapped, can this be right? or has the eel suddenly recovered in numbers to where they are becoming a problem, like otters?

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Originally Posted by redgils

NO!!!! Don't interrupt the food chain. Sorry if that offends anyone but only looking out for the welfare of our rivers which used to have an abundance of fish life in them!!

Does that mean without the intervention of man

[the blanker]

Originally Posted by Jeff Woodhouse

Ah, so it's a racist post again?

It happens that I know a lot of EEs (are we specifically talking Poles, or including my friend who's Lithuanian, or one of my other acquaintances whose from Latvia?) who fish according to EA byelaws and do return all fish, pike included. I too fish for pike and I too return them - alive and well. The people you are getting at are the ones that fish illegally, either poaching or under cover of darkness and no laws, even such as you are proposing, will stop them - and they take ALL species, not just pike. Fortunately, it isn't that many now, it's more of a smoke screen put around by people who are less acquainted with the facts.

What are the facts regarding illegal taking of fish then Jeff ?

Oh i have signed the petition.

[Derek Gibson]

For me it seems the only option, and one I have no hesitation in signing done.

[cg74]

I might have considered putting my name down, but for this line: "This would include private waters who would be required to work with local authorities to have Pike relocated to a suitable location."

So why exactly should an owner of a man made refrain from culling pike as he sees fit?
Why such a dispensation for pike and not all species?

Sorry but you've set yourself a wholly unrealistic goal.

[redgils]

I feel that pike have just as much right being left alone as do all the other species.

[Windy]

Ridiculous.

[redgils]

Originally Posted by Fred Bonney

Some rivers used to have an abundance of water!!

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Another pointless, poorly worded petition.

What section of the public are they expecting to sign this ?

exactly even less chance for fish to escape then!!