maverick 7
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I see the unofficial Close Season is here again for us river anglers....I am talking about teh annual floods of course which prevents much of the river fishing in this country for a further couple of months...so including the Official Close Season...we must lose 5 months of fishing per year.
However, we still have to pay the FULL cost of the licence fee......why is this?....The authorities have created two different types of fishing with the aid of the CS. Stillwaters and such don't have a Close Season but rivers do...so why can't we take it further and have a licence for rivers and a licence for the rest?
Because of less time on the bank due to the floods.... and the CS....the river licence would be cheaper by at least a third of the full cost and the licence would only be valid for rivers....If caught fishing other stillwater venues with only a river licence then you would be treated as if you hadn't got a licence at all.
A river licence wouldn't cause too many logistical problems either......I think it is a good idea and a valid suggestion. I can't think of any other way to level the playing field when it comes to the two types of angling .....or perhaps a better idea would be to abolish the CS altogether...sorry, I know it's an old chestnut but I think that's a valid suggestion too.
Along with September and October.....April and May are two of the best months in the year for river fishing....don't ask me how I know....you'll be disappointed.
What do you think?
Maverick
However, we still have to pay the FULL cost of the licence fee......why is this?....The authorities have created two different types of fishing with the aid of the CS. Stillwaters and such don't have a Close Season but rivers do...so why can't we take it further and have a licence for rivers and a licence for the rest?
Because of less time on the bank due to the floods.... and the CS....the river licence would be cheaper by at least a third of the full cost and the licence would only be valid for rivers....If caught fishing other stillwater venues with only a river licence then you would be treated as if you hadn't got a licence at all.
A river licence wouldn't cause too many logistical problems either......I think it is a good idea and a valid suggestion. I can't think of any other way to level the playing field when it comes to the two types of angling .....or perhaps a better idea would be to abolish the CS altogether...sorry, I know it's an old chestnut but I think that's a valid suggestion too.
Along with September and October.....April and May are two of the best months in the year for river fishing....don't ask me how I know....you'll be disappointed.
What do you think?
Maverick