well I had promised myself a session on the hounds (or an attempt at least) so spent the early part of last week making a ton of leads, tying umpteen pulley pennels, cutting shockleaders to length and storing them all on tronix rig winders aswell as 2 hard crab hunting expeditions only for the powers to be to literally rain on my parade!!!! I did`nt think I`d be getting out this weekend and had reserved myself to watching the lions and wales reak havoc (always optimistic and positive!!) I was halfway through a take-away and a cold beverage (feeling a little sorry for myself i suppose) when the fpo said `why don`t you go fishing tommorrow?` not letting her know that i am the boss i played to her more sensitive side and replied `would that be ok?`in an attempt to make her feel like she was the boss!!!!! So that was it, fishing trip on! Unfortunately a couple of guys I often fish with had been on all-dayers because of the rugby and were not to keen for an early one so decided a bit of roaming with plugs would be very theraputic indeed! Through darkness and lashing rain i finally found my way to `the mark` parked up, got the gear on and trudged off thinking the fpo is laughing her head off at me whilst having a lie-in. the sea looked perfect, the sky cleared (briefly) and with anxious hands i finally rigged up and threw the first plug of the day, it bearly hit the water before a bass had nailed it. in my excitement i forgot i had slackened the drag to feed the braided mainline through the rings so after 3-4 minutes of watching the spool empty and what i thought was a new shore record bass the penny dropped and eventually a very exhausetd a bass of 2lbs was netted. I followed this bass with another 6 fish all between 2lbs and 4lbs before all went quiet. I don`t kno how long i sat down for the adrenaline had kicked in big time. No matter how many times i get a popper hit off the surface i feel electric. After several shaky ciggarettes i switched to a diving plug and it gets whacked another 5 times!!! all fish around the 2lb-2.5lb weight!! smiles all round :yeah:
Bass, plugs and smiles all round!!!!
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I was going to keep stum and maybe I should :laugh: BUT
My post is not mumbo jumbo it is based on conservative figures already being used against us by commercials and DEFRA
Now I go bass fishing at least ten times per year average catch 2 fish per session of keep able size, now I happen to think that that is nearer the truth and then your looking at some serious tonnage.
Now we are talking currently shore fishing, if we take a look at boat fishing and we counted fifteen on the bank on Saturday say average of 6 persons per boat keeping three or four fish per person every Saturday and Sunday for let's say 12 weeks, each fish should average 2lb and we stick with only two fish each bearing in mind some will take a lot more. We now have 12x2x15x2x12weeks= 8640lb or 3.86tons.
I have known far more boats drift that one bank up to forty or so and we are talking just one mark.
I might not be the smartest one on the block but I ain't no idiot either, I am afraid the fact half a dozen of us blanked in Vic's appraisal has little bearing on the total, yes we do show on the scale of things, maybe only a little dent compared to the commercial effort but it is still a considerable amount of bass.
As I have already stated it is purely a matter of balance, I love a fresh caught bass and I see little harm in taking a few through the season, but I do remember at all times people are watching our every move looking for ways to curtail our sport.
We have enough problems with idiots leaving their rubbish behind and killing doggies just for the sake of it without adding further problems.
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Couldunt agree more. Well said. :clap2::clap2::clap2:
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zzippy's new at sea fishing. just imagine how many zzippy will catch when he's been fishing for a while! :laugh:
seriously though, i reckon he won't get anywhere as near as many as that in his future sessions. so i don't see this as an issue. but i will admit: i'm jealous. big deal.
seriously though, i reckon he won't get anywhere as near as many as that in his future sessions. so i don't see this as an issue. but i will admit: i'm jealous. big deal.
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ACCIDENTALLY, while you were fishing for mega growlers then?:g:
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HE WILL PROBABLY NEVER HAVE ANOTHER SESSION LIKE THAT IN HIS LIFE! I dont catch that many mackerel in a single session usually.:whistling:
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as i said ken mumbo jumbo at the end of the day he caught the fish he kept them they were all sizeble what the hell are bringing all these statistics into it for if you have been around for so long you know there is more bass around now than ever around our coastline i agree with what your saying about boats to an extent but were talking about a beach angler that has had a good session why are boats being brought into it. anyway i think the mods should shut this now because the thread has been ruined
Thats odd Ken, you look like you have a touch of the Shane Williamses in you :lmao:
Sorry, just trying to throw some humour into what is becoming an increasingly heated mix
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Sorry guys but enough is enough on this thread. I am both saddened and sickened by some of the comments on here. The guy has had a cracking session, one he may never repeat and decided to keep the fish he caught, well within his rights to do so. For those that have moaned about it, read site rules again before commenting on other peoples posts. The rate some of you are going, there won't be any reports made on this site unless it's C&R.
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