Unfortunatly our waterways are being used by illegal fishermen. Whilst an foreign national caught fishing illegally is "outed" in the press and discussed on the many forums (like ourselves), we have to realise that we have as bigger problem with "homegrown" fisherman fishing without licences and with no respect for the fish or the waterways.
i understand that in some countries fish are caught for the table, an it is plausable that some of our european counterparts may genuinely not know that this practice is not acceptable here.
it is therefore our duty to try and educate our overseas friends, in regards to licences and our responsability to UK angling. I've found this easier than trying to explain this to immigrants than to the scallies that come from this country.
as for rickrod's comment towards ANDY SKI it's wrong to tar somebody with the same brush, andy has joined FM so i would imagine that he understands his responabilities regarding his angling.
i do hope that the arrests in the fens result in a decent fine or conviction.
but remember it not just poles/lithuanian/russians that are flaunting the rules regarding angling and it's our responability to report any infractions that we see.
sorry guys it took me so long to write that, that i didn't realise you had resolved your differences