Fishing
A little warning If you fish you must have your licence on your person
Even if you have a licence but don't have it on your person you are liable for a fine of up to £4000 for fishing without one and your tackle can be confiscated.
It then gets worse. If you then want your tackle back you have to pay today's new prices for your tackle even if it was 10 years old
In the financial year 2003/04 the Environment Agency prosecuted 545 people for rod
licence offences in the Anglian region. The total fines for the year were £33,675,
with costs of £30,020 awarded to the Agency. On average, each angler paid £119 for
an unlicensed fishing trip, with the average fine at £61 and the average costs at
£58. In the second quarter of the financial year (July-
September saw the largest number of successful prosecutions with 77 offenders being fined a total of £3,732 and ordered to pay Agency costs of £3,910 each.
Ok that’s the preaching over I enjoy my fishing and at present my Personal bests are
Mirror Carp 31lb 5oz Gran Canaria November 2007
Common Carp 24lb 5oz Twin Lakes 2007
Leather Carp 8lb thought I’d got a 20lb one but it had 4 mirror scales -
Perch 3lb and that was a river perch! no *** camera
Roach 21 /2lb
Tench 5lb -
Crucian 2lb -
Sea Bass 6lb -
Bream 5lb Norfolk Broads
Pike 9lb Wingerworth Lido
Trout 4lb River (escaped from Ladybower) Tasty
Grayling 21 /2lb -
Chubb 5 lb
Mullet 5lb -
Gudgeon 31 /2oz
Pumpkinseed 4oz (they are tiny Google for them)
Cornet Fish 1 ½ lb
Before we start about the largest activity in the UK where people actually take part
as opposed to watching there is some thing that has to be said you need a licence
to fish you get it from the Post Office or online -
