Discussion re Survey on Bass Angling

[lure fisher]

Cheers Marlinman

maybe its no harm for peeps to see what the commercials think of our bass stocks$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


Its up to us to keep OUR CAMPAIGN active.


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[fisher of bass]

its all about money,,,,this country is made of greed,,,,two years on a trawler my ass,,,he owns one,,,

[dbrock]

Nothing wrong with hearing both sides of the story lads,
Your right it is all about money, but isnt the bass survey I filled in also about how much they are worth to the recreational angler,

[rossie]

I never met anyone selling wild bass.

[hugo]

I never met anyone selling wild Bass.

And you wont. Its nearly all sold directly into the food trade - restaurants, hotels etc - often before its even caught.

I dispute Home From The Seas' assertion that there are less salmon in rivers after the drift net ban. Up here on the Moy system and general North Mayo/Sligo area, there was little change for the first two seasons following the ban, but last year there was a dramatic increase in fish entering the rivers from the sea. The ban works.

[rossie]

I never met anyone selling wild Bass.

And you wont. Its nearly all sold directly into the food trade - restaurants, hotels etc - often before its even caught.

I dispute Home From The Seas' assertion that there are less salmon in rivers after the drift net ban. Up here on the Moy system and general North Mayo/Sligo area, there was little change for the first two seasons following the ban, but last year there was a dramatic increase in fish entering the rivers from the sea. The ban works.

Fair enough.

[patk]

I got the Cliff House Hotel cookbook for xmas. Its a hotel on the cliff overlooking the bay with Ardmore ballyquinn etc. The chef a dutch guy who uses all local produce/ingredients in his cooking. He has a recipe for bass and says " as tempting as it is to accept the wild bass from many anglers offering it to me at the hotel I source the bass from france because of regulations etc"