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Dave Feeney
Guest
A lot has been writen about fish welfare and quite rightly so, what with unhooking mats becoming compulsory on some waters, no sleeping when night fishing( agree or disagree your choice!!) keepnets having to be notless ect ect,but no comment has been raised about a pet hate of mine... the dry cloth.... how many times have you seen someone catch a fish, reach down into the net and wrap it up in a piece of old towel to "help" in keeping it still or what ever other purpose when unhooking it.
The damage must be considerable as the cloth often looks like someone's used it to wallpaper with, by the end of the day, covered in fish slime.
why can't they just unhook it in the net and return it via the net without ever having to touch it??.
O.K if a photo is called for then the appropriate measures can be applied, but please lets try and get this awful practise stopped.
Another one is throwing fish back instead of taking them to the waters edge and releasing them, once saw a guy catch a carp, drop in on the bank then use his landing net handle to "roll" and push it back into the water.
These people are the first to complain when the fishing is not so good, we wonder why!!!!!! .
Dry clothes are for drying your hands not to pick fish up with, lets try and keep it that way and help convert others.
thanks
p.s whats your pet hates?????
The damage must be considerable as the cloth often looks like someone's used it to wallpaper with, by the end of the day, covered in fish slime.
why can't they just unhook it in the net and return it via the net without ever having to touch it??.
O.K if a photo is called for then the appropriate measures can be applied, but please lets try and get this awful practise stopped.
Another one is throwing fish back instead of taking them to the waters edge and releasing them, once saw a guy catch a carp, drop in on the bank then use his landing net handle to "roll" and push it back into the water.
These people are the first to complain when the fishing is not so good, we wonder why!!!!!! .
Dry clothes are for drying your hands not to pick fish up with, lets try and keep it that way and help convert others.
thanks
p.s whats your pet hates?????