Commercial Line Bass Fishing In Southern England.

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[corbyeire]

imagine the craic you would have catching that lot over a lifetime on light poppers

[seanie35]

does the fact that they are tagging individual fish mean that they have some sort of policy/quota for that fishery

[saving private brian]

not a very nice picture

[samo]

Think the tag means they are line caught and it states who caught them dont know if there are quotas. hell of a lot of bass.

[cam123]

No wonder you read the boys in sea angler mag etc. raving about Irish bass fishing compared to theres!!!

Its a wonder they catch any at all if that type of commercial bass fishing is common over there,

Thank God someone in our Government had the sense to ban that type of fishing here,

All that is missing from that pic is 2 lads with signs reading;

DOWN WITH THAT SORT OF THING! and CAREFUL NOW!

[roooster]

i seen an episode of river cottage where he went out on a boat with one of these guys,very interesting...they pull a rubber eel from each side of there punt

[Tanglerat]

I've been out alongside them on boats. They'd fish live-bait - small wrasse. Every so often you see them dash back inshore to catch some more bait closer to shore, then come back out again for Bass.

What you see in that pic is only a fraction of what gets netted.

[Donnyboy1]

i seen an episode of river cottage where he went out on a boat with one of these guys,very interesting...they pull a rubber eel from each side of there punt

I saw that too and its a great way to fish and I fully support those boys!
That is not a lot of fish and I wonder is that the combined result of how many boats, hours or fishermen.

You wanna see sick you just need to look at any of the trawlers scooping up tons of bass.

The thing about line caught bass is there is a higher premium for it. Therefore fishermen catch less but earn more while spending the same amount of time fishing. (compared to trawlers who catch more and sell for less).

No bycatch, no discards, no high grading as far as I know! And I would be surprised if there were no quota's?

[shamoo0804]

I saw that too and its a great way to fish and I fully support those boys!
That is not a lot of fish and I wonder is that the combined result of how many boats, hours or fishermen.

You wanna see sick you just need to look at any of the trawlers scooping up tons of Bass.

The thing about line caught Bass is there is a higher premium for it. Therefore fishermen catch less but earn more while spending the same amount of time fishing. (compared to trawlers who catch more and sell for less).

No bycatch, no discards, no high grading as far as I know! And I would be surprised if there were no quota's?

Agreed, maybe 250 bass in them boxes, probably a days work for a few boats.

Very little bycatch if any, most of which I'd say can be released with a high chance of survival as the boats are only trolling at around 1 knot.

A very sustainable way to fish in my opinion.

Too many people are quick to jump and criticise when they see a few boxes of fish without understanding the background to it.

[roger de dodger]

on the other hand how much will those fish be worth to the lads that caught them £2500 pounds ??great for a days work ,now thats a tenner a fish ,how much would a fish cost an angler if he went away for the weekend fishing and what would it be worth to the local economy ?prob about 100 pounds a fish?its a no brainer !!
i do agree it is the most envoiromently freindly form of fishing commercially for any spieces bar rod and line

[Tanglerat]

i do agree it is the most envoiromently freindly form of fishing commercially for any spieces bar rod and line

errr, those fish were caught by rod and line, roger.

[fisher of bass]

its all ahead of us starting in the summer on hook and line' 2; 7meter boats as far as i know the owners were in the uk to see how is done.. Bim are backing them its all to do with international quota trading

[enda pegger]

The irish lads should be fishing for them aswell it makes no sence that they can t fish for or land bass in there own country but boats from other eu countrys can an do as you can see by daves picture of a days catch for one boat with fleets of 30 boats or more in areas across england/jersey/sheatlands with rods/longlines/2ltr bottles/and i d say when they can nets bass do move a fair bit an i think we as anglers should stop putting the blame on our own fisherman an fisheries board an think more on the eu laws an other countrys i am sure if the bass in the picture were nt caught maybe a box or two of them might have made it to irish shores

[Donnyboy1]

i am sure if the Bass in the picture were nt caught maybe a box or two of them might have made it to irish shores

Doubt it, bass are very territorial.

I don't think line caught bass would be as effective in Ireland.

In the UK the bass are not caught as often so close to shore, they prefer to swim in big shoals in deeper water and love wrecks... That makes fishing for them a little easier from a commercial perspective.

The only efficient form of bass fishing commercially in Ireland would be netting, and I hope that will never come back.

[beachcomber]

Troll feeding time again.

[Tanglerat]

Troll feeding time again.

Not yet. Not quiiiiiite yet...... Mods are keeping an eye out for shennanigans, but as long as they're on the right side of keeping us amused, the big red button doesn't get pressed.

[enda pegger]

i ve heard of bass that were taged in ireland an later caught in france its nonsence to think that bass would nt make it over here from england if they were nt being fished so hard over there "Donnyboy1"]

i am sure if the Bass in the picture were nt caught maybe a box or two of them might have made it to irish shores

Doubt it, Bass are very territorial.

I don't think line caught Bass would be as effective in Ireland.

In the UK the Bass are not caught as often so close to shore, they prefer to swim in big shoals in deeper water and love wrecks... That makes fishing for them a little easier from a commercial perspective.

The only efficient form of Bass fishing commercially in Ireland would be netting, and I hope that will never come back.[/quote]

[Stan]

Bass in the UK seem to have a different pattern to Irish bass. There seems to be quite a bit of migration between France and England.

Huge shoals of fish can be found off the south coast of England and also in parts of France, such as le Harve, at certain times of the year.

On the other hand our bass seem to be localised and do not seem to migrate. Thus if they are heavily fished they disappear quickly. Some older anglers will remember days around the south coast of Ireland in the 60's and 70's when bass were very plentiful. Once they had commercial value and the commercial fishermen got at them they disappeared overnight. It was only when the commercial ban came back that they recovered and even then it took years. I remember years in the 80's and early 90's when a bass was a sight to behold.

There should be NO SUPPORT for any type of commercial fishing for bass here. One year of commercial fishing could wipe out the last few years of recovery.

Every rod caught bass if worth far more than one caught in a commercially.

There should be no comparison between the bass fisheries in the UK and here. We generally do not have huge shoals of migratory fish. Once Irish commercial fishermen target an area then it can be taken that the bass will be lost and will not return. I have personally witnessed the destruction that commercial fishing can cause and hope that I never see it again.

By the way I very much doubt that there is any proof of a bass in Ireland turning up in France. Is there any proof of this statement?

[fisher of bass]

Troll feeding time again.

there only one troll around here and we all got a pm about him,,,