Top Ten Excuses Heard on the East Coast From Those Still Fishing Yesterday:
1. I'm only fishing for sea trout (a regularly identified guzzler of peeler crab).
2. I'm fishin for smoothounds (an even more regular guzzler of plastic plugs).
3. I'm practising my casting, and the only way to do it is with bait on the hooks. And aerodynamically peeler crab is different to rag worm.
4. I have diplomatic immunity, as ambassador of wankovia.
5. I really just wanted to take photographs of the wind farm behind us but got confused between a fishing rod and a digital camera. I'll get me coat.
6. The foreigners will take them and eat them anyway, and I voted Yes in Lisbon, so I'm only furthering social cohesion.
7. The commercial fishermen will catch them and sell them anyway. It would be shame not show some entrepreneurial flair, and it's really a kind of job for me. Ask Mary Coughlan.
8. I'm really, really desperate to get my picture with a big dead bass on the CFB web site.
9. I'm really, really desperate to get my picture with a big dead bass into the Irish Times Angling Notes column.
10. Laws apply to everyone else except me. Did I mention I am also a sitting TD?
(sound of gun going off in background)
reminds me of this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF6eRIAA6mE
(and the wonderful Easterly winds to try and squeeze the last few hours before that 
) I thought it would be a good idea to get a list of contacts (yes, again!) in case anyone sees and wishes to report bass fishing activities and some sort of procedure or a list of details to report. I will be exploring part of the Eastern coastline myself for marks for when the season reopens but have no idea who to call if I see something suspicious or what to tell them exactly. Perhaps the administrators would like to send a reminder of the closing dates to all members of the forum and also make this sticky? Any other suggestions welcomed.
