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Working on that basis Brummy would £40 be worth it? Or £30? We all know our licence fees are well spent on EA patrols - I got checked 32 times last season, oh hold on, no sorry, got that wrong been checked once in 32 years that's it.
If were using that as an argument we need to think again, should we propose a scrapping of the licence fees as canoeists don't pay one, nor do dog walkers nor do... I could go on
You should see the flood defences in Somerset,or the dredging that's gone on nationwide, totally messed up the fishing but the expensive floodplane building plans are safer now., so least we payed for that
Posted on January 25, 2019 at 7:07 PM
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I'll be honest Stew and say i'll fish rivers despite wanting the close season to stay, mind you I fish them during the current close season (Trotting for Bass and Mullet on tidal rivers which is totally legal) I'd stay well away from shallows and breeding tributaries but i'm pretty sure not everyone would given all the fish are going to be up there.
Breeding fish do feed as do gravid fish and fish that are recovering from breeding, look at Salmon and how they will take a fly eventually despite having no stomach contents.
The removal of the close season could risk fish like Chub and Barbel becoming as rare as Salmon are, the trouble is we wont see long term effects until around 7 -10 years in. There's a lot at stake and maybe our greed should be set aside just in case as there's plenty of other places to fish in May. Too risky as the change can't ever be reversed. Could you imagine the field day the antis would have if we wanted the close season reinstalled due to plummeting fish stocks in our rivers?
If it ain't broke..... as they say
Posted on January 25, 2019 at 12:01 PM
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I'd keep it too
Would have liked there to be an April/May inclusive option which would simplify the close season.
Not sure where they got their alternative dates from and it seems over complicated to change it to mid April to July. Also to do away with the 16th of June seems a bit crazy and wont prove popular, it's almost as if they are angling(pardon the pun) for a yes or no vote
Don't worry if the vote doesn't go your way as there will be a second referendum straight after 
Posted on January 21, 2019 at 5:19 PM
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