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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:33:54 +0100, "Derek.Moody"
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You folks don't catch much of anything with anything anymore do you?.
Your neighbors to the north, east and south of you have seen to that.

It's all a matter of adaptation. True, the politico's have created a regime
where the traditional fish/fishing have been severely impacted but, nature
being what it is other species have moved in to exploit the unused resources
so there is plenty of sport to be had, it just ain't quite like it was. Not
necessarily better or worse, different. Naturally many lament the change.

Strange that you have concluded that you are powerless to do anything
about it. Though with the coming of the EU you are now incapable of
doing anything about your "neighbors" virtually raping you. Who needs
any sort of bait when there are no fish to be caught.

Quite. If you're not catching with natural bait artificial bait won't help.

There are dozens of excellent natural baits to be had. It's a safe bet that
the fish will (mostly) be eating whatever is currently abundant locally so
the time to use peeler crab is when peeler crabs are plentiful, the time to
use or imitate small fish is when small-fry are everywhere and the time to
use artificial bait is when the tackle shop on the pier has got fed-up with
it not selling and dumped its entire stock over the side...

Cheerio,

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