by danbrosnan » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:49 am
John please don't get me wrong I respect what your doing I really do, I will never follow a crowd and accept everything I'm told when I feel it isn't right...
To be honest I would have taught you were being paid for your input into the document and you say your not, so I really respect that. Honestly you should have been paid because others are and deserve to 100%....
I don't mind the various changes that are being proposed I really don't but I do feel that the angling community is going down the road of complete c&r and that will be a crying shame...
It's the same with hunting and some people talking about a ban on woodcock hunting etc...
I believe before we know it, we won't be able to keep a fish or bird we hunt and some people might think that's ok but for me that couldn't be more wrong...
The bag limit is proposed to be limited and size increased what's the next step after that?
When you see nets as frequent ad I do and blatant poaching then for me it's easy to tell the angler to take the brunt...
People might think that I am just a moaner and full of s*** but I actually do spend 80% of my life alongside some sort of water. I love angling, I really do and angling should be enjoyed...
At the moment if you kill a bass you are actually discriminated against that for me is wrong, you cannot eat healthier then bass and I believe you should be allowed to keep the fish you catch under the regulations we have now...
Just because I believe in this doesn't make me an outcast or a worse or better angler...
The poll you mentioned that I created was not for a me personally, it was actually for the angling community as a whole and that's why I shared it with the community page I manage and the Tralee Bay Sac which I am PRO...
I knew it would go in favour of the new proposals and that for me is democratic decision and a decision I accept...
I actually do read various reports on bass conservation and I have studied environmental science in collage so I have a fair good idea of all things environmental...
Like it said in the bass policy there was a collapse of the bass stocks in the 70's and since the commercial ban there has been a complete turn around...
One thing you will be aware of tho is the complete lack of proper scientific studies on Atlantic sea bass ere in Ireland, the IFI and marine institute have really not been interested in my opinion in sea bass...
We have a chance of making Ireland one of the best bass destinations in Europe and the world but there needs to be loads more work and studies by both the IFI and various other institutes...
Yourself and henry gilby in my opinion are responsible for a massive amount of exposure and ye really have be thanked for that...
Us anglers, not all but the majority will do what where told but I'm afraid my eyes are wide open...
The amount of blatant poaching is disgraceful and believe me every time I make statements like this I get frowned at...
I was out with friends this year in April and there was nets tied across beaches at three o clock in the afternoon... When I got talking to the lad who set them he told me he was at it for the six months...
I am just back from hunting and fishing all day and I really am hoping the day doesn't come when the anti hunting brigade will be in control and the c&r army will prevent an angler keeping a fish...
I don't mean any harm john, I really don't but if I don't agree I am gonna say it..
Tight lines...
I'd rather be fishing..
2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.