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cab

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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 05 12:20 pm Post subject: Netting from the shore?

A friend of mine lives by a little beach, which he owns. Next time we visit him (might not be for a long time, could be years), I've got the idea of hammering four posts into the silt just above the low tide mark, stretching net (lots of fishing nets have washed up there, so he has net) around three sides (the open side facing inland) and waiting till the tide comes and goes.

Is this practical? Is it legal?

dunny
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 4:51 pm Post subject:
Hi m8, its not illegal,unless you are planning to sell any fish caught in the net. what you have to think about is the damage stake/gill net do the wildlife/fish tangled up in them. stake nets are notorious for trapping birds, seals, porpoise, stake nets entrap all kinds off fish not just the edible kind. something to think about

dpack

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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 8:05 pm Post subject:

what kind of british fish are not edible?by catch is a matter of fact but can minimised . harm to popular creatures should be avoided .some are quite tasty though .please try not to be unsustainable,and eat your mistakes.if it is a big mistake you will not need to hunt for a while , that will sort of even things out, maybe we should discuss mistakes , maybe not , for legal and other reasons . i hate to have to kill a fish that is not my target ,but ...sometimes by hooking it i have killed it even if it aint dead yet so the only thing to do is eat it .

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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 8:09 pm Post subject:
What about the old practice of putting out a long line at low tide with multiple baited hooks? I'm sure this was on TV recently.

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 8:43 am Post subject:
I guess it depends on the type of net you use, you should have some success with a gill net, if you keep it close to the bottom and stake regularly then a porpoise should pick it up with echolocation. if he has a tributory flowing into the beach then you could net that for grey mullet,

Lozzie

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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 8:55 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

What about the old practice of putting out a long line at low tide with multiple baited hooks? I'm sure this was on TV recently.

Rick Stein did this in coastal waters off the coast of Scotland - looking for haddock. The line was baited with mussels. He was on a boat, though - albeit close to the shore.

This type of fishing is obsolete of the Scottish coast now due to the virtual disappearance of haddock

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 9:00 am Post subject:
You're right, it would probably be more successful to buy a couple of mackerel and use strips for bait rather than mussels, you'll attract a greater variety of fish that way. I would try both, even running the long line from the net as an attractor....and don't foget to put a crab pot out while you are there!

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 11:06 am Post subject:

Lozzie wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

What about the old practice of putting out a long line at low tide with multiple baited hooks? I'm sure this was on TV recently.

I thought it was Rick Stein but I'm sure the line was pegged on the shore at low tide. Tide comes in and goes out and there were several flat fish cought.

fairbrook

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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 06 2:48 pm Post subject:
COULD TRY MAKING A SHRIMPING NET AND GOING OUT LOOKING FOR SHRIMPS. HAS TO BE A SANDY BOTTOM THOUGH. JUST IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING ONE MYSELF TO TRY OUT.

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 06 3:08 pm Post subject:

I use beach nets evey winter and will be starting again in the next few weeks.
I posted about this on RC and got a fearfull hammering from some quarters.
Instead of a 50 metre net you would have thought that I was using a five mile net and sweeping the sea bare.
As long as it doessn't cause ructions ( I really am quite sensitive

) I'm quite happy to post photos of how its done and of what I catch.

I use bass nets which float on the surface and dangle downwards and also plaice nets which have a lead bottom line and float from the bottom a few feet up towards the surface.

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 06 3:11 pm Post subject:
Sounds interesting Bodger, go for it. Although I expect there may be some reasonable questions raised.

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 06 3:30 pm Post subject:
Reasonable is good. I can live with that. Just got to get a weeks holiday out of the way next week and then I'll be hard at it !

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 06 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Netting from the shore?

cab wrote:

cab with a gill net you need the net going down the beach rather than across it

spanky

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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 06 10:20 pm Post subject:

yeh go for it mate post away ., and for those who want to use the nets ,, please be careful as you are still bound by legal net sizes
long lines are more selective and you can use a variety of baits . buy whole mackeral now while its cheap fillet and put on a layer of salt in a plastic box .put more slat on top carry on till the box is full and then make another box up ,, when you come to bait it on your hooks cut to 1 inch strips by the fillet width, or you can follow this idea i use as well do same with herring or cut up and freeze it in butter containers with cling film between each level lasts for months ,, salted lasts for a year or more ( kept dry )

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