col wrote:Could be wrong here but a good while ago I think there was an article in Irish anglers digest where 2 contributers went spear fishing for mullet. The following issue contained an appology where they said something along the lines of: this type of fishing is ilegal and the contributor actually just stuck these spears into them after they were caught on rod and line.
Could well be wrong on that but will have a look for the issue to clarify it (may have thrown it out)
Think that was actually fishing with bow and arrow - the arrow being attached to a line, once you've shot the fish you just pull in the line. Different from spear fishing in that the projectile is fired from above the water I suppose, but same principle. The fact that they were fishing in freshwater/tidal water was why it was illegal - only legal method allowed in FW is rod and line