is the word getting out?

not wanting to get into the wrongs or rights of the argument but is word of the bass laws actually getting out. while working in the shop today, a good few members of the public approached me asking for the number one bass lures, marks for bass, tactics for bass etc
how many people not in the angling circle actually know about these laws, when i told them about it, the look of shock on the faces was as if they didn't believe me,i then went on to say that there was a minimum size and bag limit, neither of which they knew about either, is the cfb doing enough to publicize these rules?

Big outstanding in-their-face poster right besides your till sounds like the way to go, eric.









































Pay me enough and I'll happily stand there and shout at them as long as the closed season lasts. :mrgreen:

Go down Poolbeg and you'll find people fishing bass off-season every year, disregard for the law is a tradition in Ireland, and this one doesn't rank very highly on a lot of peoples radar unless they're serious about their fishing.

dont think its really getting out there at all i was fishing an open a few weeks ago and the bloke next to me caught a bass which was 29cm i stuck it back after measuring it while the bloke was getting his card marked by another angler the then came back over to me and asked for the bass i said what do you want the bass for and he said for his dinner he was shocked when i told him that it was under size

I think we could be doing with a few more signs about alright. I fully understand however that tackle shop owners may not wish to lose revenue by displaying posters, not saying I agree with that either but I can see where they would be coming from. Spotted a couple of lads whilst out and about on the boat spinning at known bass hot spots on Saturday. I would say, entirely due to ignorance of the law to be honest.

talking to my dad about the fishing around lahinch at the moment as i'm planning a trip over on the 20th , mentioned there were 3 lads fishing for bass off the promenade on friday night but hadn't caught anything but they happily told him about the 9lber they caught last week. There is a sign about the bass bye laws not 5 feet from where they were fishing.

Not ignorance of the law , just plain ignorance i think.

I think any tackle shop owner with half a business brain will realise that the long term protection of fish stocks (not only bass) equates to the long term viability of his tackle shop!

This is one angle I intend to approach campaigning for bass protection from.

Regards,
John D.

The Shannon Regional Fishery Board have the coarse and pike bylaws translated into 8 languages and printed out for anyone to order.
See here: http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/gui ... _guide.htm
And the Central Fisheries Board have their multilanguage versions here:
http://www.cfb.ie/fishing_in_ireland/An ... ations.htm

I think it's a very good idea ... no excuses "me cannot understand" from now on. "OK that's no problem sir, which language do you want to see the rules in"

I'm sure that the RFBs would set up the bass regulations the same way if requested ....(I'm sending my email tomorrow)
Can some other readers send in a similar request to the local Regional Fishery Board?

Of course that leaves the local individuals who bag everything that comes out of the water ..... better print some copies out in English too !

I've written to the Executive Officer in the ERFB about getting some signs in that region. Will post back when I get a response.

We should ask about Wexford Harbour as well- I noticed people fishing off the bridge in town a few night ago (bass mark), and I have seen people keep undersize fish on the quay..

only the other day i saw 2 lads fishing 4 bass in north dublin and wen i told dem bout the bass ban they pretended they didnt understand :twisted: :twisted:

I've split the discussion about suggested locations for new signs to here ...

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... hp?t=16566

One thought Eric.....you are doing a dis-service to a customer if you sell him a bass lure and he is unaware of the ban and then gets caught....he will tell the officer that he was sold a lure and nothing was said to him about the ban...kind of shifts liability to the shop.. I think if you tell people about the ban in a friendly and helpful manner there would be no problems ...probably result in repeat custom. The yo-yos that snigger see if you can find out where they are fishing and report it to the boards. :P

I think if you tell people about the ban in a friendly and helpful manner there would be no problems ...probably result in repeat custom.:P

do nothing but that,simply point them to another target species and tell them to come back to me on june16th

Hey Eric.....got any redgills in the siopa?

yep

if you need a polish translastion for the signs My better half is polish

she doesnt eat carp by the way

derek

she doesnt eat carp by the way

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sfunny get crap served to me every night i come home from work. :shock:

P.S Derek put your spell check on :wink: you got it bass ackwards

Hi Derek,

You said your better half is Polish.

I've often thought about trying to communicate directly to the Polish people living in Ireland about fish conservation issues etc.

Can you ask your better half if there is any sort of website that provides general information for Polish people living in Ireland. If there is I feel this would be at least one good way to try and educate Polish people about our fishing policies.

Many thanks,
John D.