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MarkTheSpark
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It seems to me, Shaun, that individually, no baits are harmful per se but that over-using any bait runs the risk of harming the environment. Whether they were right or wrong, the Danes banned groundbait in many waters because of the sheer volume they saw being chucked in at matches.
Pellets are not much more than hard, HNV 'boilies' (or perhaps 'bakies'). They are, as you have said, fish food (and incidentally, halibut pellets aren't made from halibut but designed to feed farmed halibut).
The problem I have with ALL the fishmeal pellets is that, to produce them, the sandeel and capelin shoals around the world are being devastated; anglers' bait may be only a tiny fraction of the total, but by using them, you are supporting an industry which is wrecking the marine enviroment to the extent that not only predatory fish like turbot, bass and others are suffering, but entire seabird colonies are quite literally starving to death.
It's about time the fish feed producers (and angling bait suppliers) produced products which aren't the equivalent of feeding rendered cattle to cattle. Something sustainable.
Pellets are not much more than hard, HNV 'boilies' (or perhaps 'bakies'). They are, as you have said, fish food (and incidentally, halibut pellets aren't made from halibut but designed to feed farmed halibut).
The problem I have with ALL the fishmeal pellets is that, to produce them, the sandeel and capelin shoals around the world are being devastated; anglers' bait may be only a tiny fraction of the total, but by using them, you are supporting an industry which is wrecking the marine enviroment to the extent that not only predatory fish like turbot, bass and others are suffering, but entire seabird colonies are quite literally starving to death.
It's about time the fish feed producers (and angling bait suppliers) produced products which aren't the equivalent of feeding rendered cattle to cattle. Something sustainable.