Yeah mate fish monger reckons he can get us some that look fresh enough to use in the piccys. He said if we just payed him a fiver to use them then give em back. Nice bloke
Short-term memory lapse some people Too many instant-experts online,read it one day quote it the next,now I have to do a web-search on photo-shopping
fishy1 wrote:
I reckon I'm beginning to get the hang of gill nets, however I'm convinced I'm rigging them an unneccessarily long way. What I do is cut the length of net I need, keeping some string through the top and bottom rloops. I then pass leadline through the holes, and tye a plastic ring used for creels around the ends of the leadline. When I don't do this, the leadline tends to tangle horrifically as it goes back through the rings and through other rings and is a nightmare. Then, I untie the piece of string through the top loops, and tie it to the headrope whilst tieing the other end of the string to a post. I then move over enough loops, untie the headrope and string, then slide on a float. I then tie the string and headline back together, then slide over more loops, and repeat the process until all my floats are added. The main problem I have is the net gets caught on the knot when I'm sliding it over, which takes a few seconds to untangle. I thought about using a krab instead of a knot, would this improve my method?
Tidal wear, yes, I am man enough to ask for advice.
And I am getting the hang of these gill net thingys, been on a course, supplied a few boats with nets recently.
While I'm honourable enough to not post someone's pm's without asking them, I do recall you saying something about electrofishing razorfish being impossible.
This is strange, those solway firth partenership folk seem to be saying people have done it and it should reported if anyone sees it.
"There have been concerns that electrofishing for razorshells has been taking place in the Solway Firth. Electrofishing applies an electric current to the sea bed, causing the razorfish to ‘jump’ out of their protective seabed environment and so making them available for harvest by waiting boats. Whilst some consider electrofishing to be minimally invasive, highly specific and with little impact on neighbouring biota and habitats, it is currently illegal to use electrical stimuli for fishing in European Waters (Council Regulation (EC) 580/1998, article 31). Electrical currents used in excess can kill other marine life, and there are reports of dead fish floating on the water in areas where electrofishing has been carried out. Additionally, electrofishing may incapacitate non-target marine life making it vulnerable to predation. Of particular concerns is the effect of electrofishing in areas where there are populations of electrically sensitive fish such as sharks, skates and rays. And there are also considerable Health and Safety issues in areas where recreational water sports, such as SCUBA diving, are carried out. There is currently insufficient data to assess the environmental impact of razorfishing. Whilst it remains an illegal practice, any records or sightings of electrofishing for razor fish or any other species should be reported on the 'Report Suspicious Activity' facility on the Scottish Fisheries Protection website http://www.sfpa.gov.uk/suspicious.asp, or phoned in directly to 0845 270 3990. Both routes can be done anonymously."
But of course, it must be wrong, as you are always right.
Not at all fishy,I was totally wrong on that,but I still havent set myself up as an instant expert anywhere,and that wasnt a PM,its in a post on the forums Please show me a photo-shopped pic
TW, I was joking about the photoshopping, that you have so many fish, and some of them in a gill net, which would be illegal, but I know that you are really a good law obiding guy so that picture must have been photoshopped.
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