The bad one
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Well last night I went to a consultative fishing meeting, it's dominated with Game anglers, mainly salmon, don't have a problem at all with them btw. One discussion was about a 2 fish per season bag kill limit from next year onwards. In principle they agree with it, but bemoan the fact that stocks are still on the downward cycle and getting less and less each year.
Now it could just be me, but as a coarse angler sat listening to all this, the thought struck me, why are you talking about any bag limit at all?
Surly you should be talking about a moratorium of a no bag limit for the next 10 years.
If it's as bad as you're saying it is, then your fiddling whilst Rome Burns? To me the only logical answer to the diminishing stocks is not to take any and allow the stocks to build up then look at it in the hence period.
Should add there is two fish counters on the river, so it's not like there isn't any way of known how many year on year are running the river.
Opinions please!
Now it could just be me, but as a coarse angler sat listening to all this, the thought struck me, why are you talking about any bag limit at all?
Surly you should be talking about a moratorium of a no bag limit for the next 10 years.
If it's as bad as you're saying it is, then your fiddling whilst Rome Burns? To me the only logical answer to the diminishing stocks is not to take any and allow the stocks to build up then look at it in the hence period.
Should add there is two fish counters on the river, so it's not like there isn't any way of known how many year on year are running the river.
Opinions please!