In article , Keith Hampson
wrote:
What do you think about the closed season now, do you think it should be
abolished and is out dated, or do you think its a good thing, I can not
really make my mind up but I do really miss fishing my local river on, I
know you can still fish some canals and Stillwater's but I miss the river.

Imo it should be re-established on stillwaters too. The banks on some local
ponds never get a chance to recover. As it happens I don't care much for
pond fishing and I've only once been coarse fishing in the old closed
period. Mind you I'm lucky enough to be able to go game or sea fishing
instead.

I do feel the closed period is a couple of weeks too early. Too often fish
are still in breeding condition at the end of June but with the exception of
pike I've never seen any at it before the end of the season in mid March.

Cheerio,

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