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Originally Posted by john
so very easy to catch commercial carp these days even on this £1 crap, think its a disgrace should be some safety laws, only the fish will suffer...
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Good idea how about an E.A. standards similar to the British standards kite mark.
The EA already have the say so on keep nets regarding length diameter and mesh type etc so surely this could be extended to other irems of fishing tackle .
For instance IMHO it should not be left up to the club or fishery owner insisting on all those anglers who are fishing for carp must have an unhooking mat i use my unhooking mat for pike as well other species (tench ,bream etc) and it should be an E.A. rule or Bylaw all anglers targeting specimen fish should use both an unhooking mat and also be in possession of a set up specimen landing net Plus have relevant unhooking tools with them to suit whatever fish they may be targeting .
Years ago i can remember a young teenager(12,13 or poss 14 ) carrying a 6oz roach 5 swims to the next angler which was me on Poynton pool and asking me if i had a disgorger a had a few in my box so i handed him one and told him he could keep it but he did not have a clue how to use the bloody thing .So i unhooked his roach and let it go and he sat next to me while i caught 5 or 6 more fish and i showed him again then when he had unhooked the next 4 or 5 for me he strolled back to his swim with he prize which i heard him bragging to his mates about his disgorger which that bloke down there had given him ...lol . I think back then disgorgers were about 12 or 15 pence well less than 20 pence anyway .
My way of thinking is which is also the same way most if not all of you think is that no matter what species of fish it is wether it be a half pound roach ,perch ,6lb tench or a 20lb carp i treat them all with the utmost respect and do my best to send them back whence they came non the worse or with as little to show for being caught
