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A little warning to those who want to start fishing in the UK. 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) there were 199 successful prosecutions, more than two-and-a-half times that of April-June with fines totalling £9,938 and costs of £9,600 awarded to the Agency.
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.
Personal bests are
Mirror Carp 27.5lb Twin Lakes 2007
Perch 3lb and that was a river perch! no *** camera
Roach 2lb
Tench 5lb the ponds record was 51 /2lb
Crucian 2lb
Bass 6lb Newquay 1999 Rapala lure
Bream 5lb Norfolk Broads
Pike 6lb a tiddler really
Trout 4lb River (escaped from Ladybower)
Grayling 21 /2lb
Chubb 5 lb
Mullet 5lb
Gudgeon 31 /2oz
Pumpkinseed 4oz (they are tiny Google for them)
I have never won a match and am not bothered about fishing them
though my sons regularly fish and win matches. Marc won almost all the prizes in 2000 from Clay Cross AA
Some of My fish
PB Mirror Carp
Peace perfect peace
River Trent at Laneham
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That pike mentioned above
© G.A.Wilson
© G.A.Wilson
© G.A.Wilson
No Steph doesn’t fish !!!!
This is what she caught at Twin Lakes France
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Look for this little fellow on reviews