In article , louisxiv
wrote:

Don't see how where I caught it was relevant to my OP anyway Derek!

The line asking whether you should have:

just torn the hook out and returned it?

does mean that in the whole UK you'd have been within the law although the
fish would have suffered. I was following up to Alex in Oxford** - where the
closed season does apply - who suggested you keep it which in his area would
have been unlawful.

Cheerio,

**A notorious desperado ;-) Hi Alex are you making the Brenig run?
It doesn't look like I'll be able to get there - again.

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