Hi to all fellow anglers concerning conservation of fish at our club outings,
We have recently been trying to do our bit for conservation of dwindling fish stocks by using freshwater type keep nets with a rope attached, this has been very effective in reducing the amount of fish kill, it can be a bit hard in rough conditions however a bit of patience often pays. I cant say that its 100% effective but it is definatley the way forward in our club master angler outings. I have been able to return many species including the larger species like rays and dogfish, wrasse, pollock coalies and codling also cope well as they are getting a good supply of fresh sea water and able to recoop after the initial shock of capture, ther will always be the casualties that have taken hooks to greedly and have damaged thier insides, we have also used keepnets in areas of low tidal influx for example river roe estuary, little did we no that some idiot would cause a major pollution incident with salmon and sea trout being the casualties , we will find out in two weeks whether there has been any damage to the superb estuary flounder fishing as we are competing there in an open competition, so to all anglers have a try at the keepnets or if you dont want to purchase one use a make shift net out of hessian sach or something similar that would let a good flow of water through
tight lines from stuart langridge carrickfergu :wink: