Graham Whatmore
Senior Member
If there is going to be a river closed season for a month less then forever to give the river a rest (what the hell does that mean?) then lets have a complete closed season, and that means all branches of angling cease to fish and all walking along the bank is forbidden to protect the wildlife which apparently can't continue without it even though it does.
This would be a blow to the game anglers I know and their defence that fish know the difference between game and coarse anglers as do the grasses, trees, bushes, wildlife along the bank and the fish themselves who don't object to game anglers clodhopping though the shallows where they have laid their eggs, they are after all game anglers don't you know. This would also alleviate the problem of so called game anglers fly casting their way along the river in search of good dace and chub and maybe the odd wild trout (if they are unlucky).
Perhaps we should lobby parliament for a complete three month ban on all angling while we're at it, rivers, enclosed waters and the sea because I am sure an argument could be made to protect the seafish, the beach and the very sea itself which is under more threat than our rivers or lakes. Let us not be selfish in our desire to protect the fish and wildlife of our islands, ban angling in all its forms for three months and if we can succeed in this why not go for a longer ban and who knows one day we might actually get angling banned completely, what a slap in the face for the antis that would be eh!
This would be a blow to the game anglers I know and their defence that fish know the difference between game and coarse anglers as do the grasses, trees, bushes, wildlife along the bank and the fish themselves who don't object to game anglers clodhopping though the shallows where they have laid their eggs, they are after all game anglers don't you know. This would also alleviate the problem of so called game anglers fly casting their way along the river in search of good dace and chub and maybe the odd wild trout (if they are unlucky).
Perhaps we should lobby parliament for a complete three month ban on all angling while we're at it, rivers, enclosed waters and the sea because I am sure an argument could be made to protect the seafish, the beach and the very sea itself which is under more threat than our rivers or lakes. Let us not be selfish in our desire to protect the fish and wildlife of our islands, ban angling in all its forms for three months and if we can succeed in this why not go for a longer ban and who knows one day we might actually get angling banned completely, what a slap in the face for the antis that would be eh!