Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:20 pm
People: Myself and 3 mates
Duration: 5pm 14th - 9am 15th
Tide: All states
Weather: Sunny
Bait: Mackeral/squid, ragworm
Rigs: Various
Results: 14 lsd, 6 plaice, 1 pouting,3 pollack,1 coalfish
Report: Arrived at 5pm and getting a space was near impossible so fished the side of the pier, went without a fish till about 8pm when the mate caught the 1st pollack ( small). The rest of the fish were took after midnite which by that time had seen most leave except a few so was able to get to front of pier.
Not long after we arrived a guy called us over to see a lobster rught up against the wall of the pier in about 2ft of water, a group of younger lads ( late teens early 20,s)came over and then a conger poked its head out beside the lobster so the lads grabed thier rods baited with mackeral and caught the conger ( which was fine) but what happened next shocked me.
The rods werent strong enough to lift it so one got in with chest waders on and tryed to net it then shouted up to one of the others to grab the hurley bat, which he was only too happy to do and climbed down with the other one and batter the conger with the bat. Once the got it up on the pier they then asked who wanted it as they were gonna kick it back in.
I asked why they killed it , thier reply was they wanted thier hook :?
I tryed talking to them explaing the price of hook compared to the sport fishing gives and about catch and release, they agreed but i have no doubt the next conger will get the same fate.
also a ty to the guys that left us the rag as we had finished ours , greatly appreciated.
Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:38 am
the congers seem to be getting a hard summer of it around the island this summer from danglers rather than anglers..... :x
Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:59 am
Yeah it seems that way but id be glad to catch my first ever conger. As i said im only getting back into fishing and never caught a conger or targeted them.
Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:26 am
It is a**h**es like this that give honest anglers a bad name :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
I am getting a bit p/o'd with this but if you make your feelings known it could end in trouble....
Jude
Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:10 am
now now people... what are your favorite places to travel to? :)
Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:07 pm
was on the pier that day myself with my dad, brother and a couple of mates and remember the guys you are talking about because we left them some mackeral bait and gave them some hooks when we were leaving cause they hadnt got any left im disgusted now that we did, they just looked like a couple of eejits and thought why not they are probably just gonna loose the bait and tackle how wrong i was!!
Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:46 pm
you just never know - but i have to say ive been the recipiant of bait hooks etc. over the years and have passed on the favour myself when i can - so on the whole of it dont get too dispondent and pass on the favours when you can - it will come your way again - id like to think.... :D
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