dezza
Well-known member
We can do without!
I have had a lovely morning on the Trent today, trotting a stick float. I caught a variety of fish: 2 barbel about 6 lbs each, two chub, best about 3 lbs, 4 roach to 1/2 a pound and 6 perch to 1 1/2 lbs, and two dace. I used a large stick float loaded with 8 AAAs and 2 number 8s shirt button, 6lbs reel line, 4lbs fluoro hook length and size 14 specialist barbel hook baited with 4 maggots.
As I was packing up at the bottom of a low tide, I spotted two barbel "anglers" setting up their tackle on the opposite bank. What struck me first about these anglers was that they were both wearing life jackets. Why, I wondered? It didn't take long for me to find out.
They had a blow up boat and on the bank no less than 3 large buckets of what looked like bait, and yes it was bait.
They rowed the bait and and dumped it in the river about 20 yards from the bank!!!
Not only that, they had more bait on the bank and it looked like they were going to dump that in as well.
And they had two sets of 4 rod rods mounted on pods!!!!
I happen to know that the stretch in question doesn't allow more than 2 rods per person.
But seriously guys, I'm not a kill joy and I hate rules, but is this fair angling with rod and line?
Maybe "anglers" like this should use a trawl net!
I have had a lovely morning on the Trent today, trotting a stick float. I caught a variety of fish: 2 barbel about 6 lbs each, two chub, best about 3 lbs, 4 roach to 1/2 a pound and 6 perch to 1 1/2 lbs, and two dace. I used a large stick float loaded with 8 AAAs and 2 number 8s shirt button, 6lbs reel line, 4lbs fluoro hook length and size 14 specialist barbel hook baited with 4 maggots.
As I was packing up at the bottom of a low tide, I spotted two barbel "anglers" setting up their tackle on the opposite bank. What struck me first about these anglers was that they were both wearing life jackets. Why, I wondered? It didn't take long for me to find out.
They had a blow up boat and on the bank no less than 3 large buckets of what looked like bait, and yes it was bait.
They rowed the bait and and dumped it in the river about 20 yards from the bank!!!
Not only that, they had more bait on the bank and it looked like they were going to dump that in as well.
And they had two sets of 4 rod rods mounted on pods!!!!
I happen to know that the stretch in question doesn't allow more than 2 rods per person.
But seriously guys, I'm not a kill joy and I hate rules, but is this fair angling with rod and line?
Maybe "anglers" like this should use a trawl net!
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