LASTEST FLOUNDERS
I have ascertained that two men in a blue canoe have been netting all winter in Holes Bay for flounders for pot baiting.Have even been doing it in the F pontoon channel at Cobbs Quay.THIS IS 100% information.
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LASTEST FLOUNDERS
I have ascertained that two men in a blue canoe have been netting all winter in Holes Bay for flounders for pot baiting.Have even been doing it in the F pontoon channel at Cobbs Quay.THIS IS 100% information.
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Is it legal or just anti conservation?
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It is not illegal to catch and keep flounders but using a net in the harbour which is anchored to the sea floor and left and later collected is illegal and is enforced by the EA.I presume to stop the illegal catching of. salmon and sea trout.I have some evidence that they are using a fixed engine.I will inform the EA.
Re Holes Bay flounders and my above reports,for those who are not aware a net which is attached to the seabed and is left in situ is known as a fixed engine.I have now reported the matter to the EA.
Well done Kipper...
When we had a beach hut at Dunster beach near Minehead I had a license for fixed engine I fished it for 10 years when on my hols but at night 2-3 in the morning if was a long walk out and easy to get lost
but with good fortune had a few fish doing it the way I did you were never going to wipe out the Bristol channel and fished off my mates charter boat Fulmar his name is Steve Pilbrow he's still there
graham
I spoke with Dave, one of the SIFCA Fisheries Officers, at the last Poole Bay and District Monthly Meeting. If there is any evidence of fixed nets being used in Holes Bay or the Harbour they would be interested in having details. They have already had several reports and, as he said, they know all those that are licenced, but it won't do any harm to look in their nets.Those that aren't licenced, can be followed up if they have information.
According to Dave, they are responsible for most of the harbour rather than the EA, so it could be worth contacting him at SIFCA.
64 Ashley Road, Poole. BH14 9BN. Tel.01202721373. They are very approachable.
Allan.
Just a quick up date from some of our shore fishing friends. I spoke to Steve Lawrence, who amongst other things, is heavily involved with local Winter Flounder Leagues, especially at Junior Level. Following his recent "Protect Poole Bay Flounders" posting on Facebook, he spent an hour or so with Southern IFCA at their Ashley Road Office in Poole.
He was able to present them with a mass of catch returns, nos, dates, venues, lenghts, weights etc.going back years to give credence to the problem of a total collapse, not only in munbers but also size.
As we spoke on the phone, he was actually fishing along Holes Bay Road alongside visitors from Southampton and Christchurch who were catching very little. He was expecting the netters to come for their nets around 11pm.
It is always worth reporting fixed nets in the harbour. They are probably not always legal.
Allan.