Hi Everyone, Would it not be in the best intere

[louieb]

Hi Everyone,

Would it not be in the best interests of the sport to change the format in which competitions are held, from that of heaviest bag to the heaviest fish (of each species, excluding yellows) instead?

My reasoning is as follows:

• Fish will not be as abused, ie. lugging heavy keep nets to a weigh in;[/*]
• The length of time the fish spend out of the water currently is very high;[/*]
• More fish will be released without undue stress (not even make it to the weigh-in);[/*]
• The amount of time spent during the weigh-in process will be greatly reduced.

[/*]
I believe that guys fishing LTB (light tackle Boat) fish in this manner already?

I'd rather fish for quality than quantity ... just my thoughts ... please share comment, thanks!

 

[Guest]

Touchy subject .. so let me put my foot in it ...

No it will not change.

Quality vs Quantity tests different angles of fishing.

When fishing for quality you need time but you need to apply a big fish hunting mentality.

When fishing for quantity you need to apply a little more i.e. drawing fish as fast as possible, be able to achieve distance, speed ect.

So the 2 are far appart. A fisherman looking for quality fish will not do well in a comp where quantity counts and visa versa (unless he has skills in both)

Feeder angling is as close as it will come in changing the conventional methods --- but then again it is concidered a completely different facet of fishing.

Club should change mentality in preserving fish and thus change their weigh in operations. Will that happen? I do not know.

 

[louieb]

Hey Jacques,

I agree 100% with your comments ... especially with the way fish are treated at some weigh-ins ... the mentality seems to be ... "they are only small fish, not specimens, so it doesn't really matter".

Don't get me wrong, I love bank angling, but I also feel that weigh-in procedures need to be improved upon.

My 5c ...

 

[christodeb]

A lot of changes will take place regarding bank angling from next year.

- The weight of one's bag will still count 10pts per kg
- 5pts will be awarded per fish any size
- Fish friendly keepnets and landing nets must be used
- An unhooking mat must be used when unhooking fish on the bank.

The above will help a lot to improve fish care.

 

[Naruto]

christodeb wrote:

A lot of changes will take place regarding bank angling from next year.

- The weight of one's bag will still count 10pts per kg
- 5pts will be awarded per fish any size
- Fish friendly keepnets and landing nets must be used
- An unhooking mat must be used when unhooking fish on the bank.

The above will help a lot to improve fish care.

If I am correct there will be more weigh ins during the day as well.

 

[steve m]

christodeb wrote:

A lot of changes will take place regarding bank angling from next year.

- The weight of one's bag will still count 10pts per kg
- 5pts will be awarded per fish any size
- Fish friendly keepnets and landing nets must be used
- An unhooking mat must be used when unhooking fish on the bank.

The above will help a lot to improve fish care.

Hi guys i dont fish bank angling competitions but do enjoy fishing for carp and take an interest in reading the carp fishing threads...


sorry if this is completly wrong but...

Am i not right in saying that this means that 5x 200gram fish is worth more than 1x1kg fish by 20 points??

thanks

 

[Vleipadda]

Thats quite right

 

[Naruto]

steve m wrote:

christodeb wrote:

A lot of changes will take place regarding bank angling from next year.

- The weight of one's bag will still count 10pts per kg
- 5pts will be awarded per fish any size
- Fish friendly keepnets and landing nets must be used
- An unhooking mat must be used when unhooking fish on the bank.

The above will help a lot to improve fish care.

Hi guys i dont fish bank angling competitions but do enjoy fishing for carp and take an interest in reading the carp fishing threads...


sorry if this is completly wrong but...

Am i not right in saying that this means that 5x 200gram fish is worth more than 1x1kg fish by 20 points??

thanks

That is true.

 

[steve m]

Naruto wrote:

steve m wrote:

christodeb wrote:

A lot of changes will take place regarding bank angling from next year.

- The weight of one's bag will still count 10pts per kg
- 5pts will be awarded per fish any size
- Fish friendly keepnets and landing nets must be used
- An unhooking mat must be used when unhooking fish on the bank.

The above will help a lot to improve fish care.

Hi guys i dont fish bank angling competitions but do enjoy fishing for carp and take an interest in reading the carp fishing threads...


sorry if this is completly wrong but...

Am i not right in saying that this means that 5x 200gram fish is worth more than 1x1kg fish by 20 points??

thanks

That is true.

Dont get me wrong im not saying that it shouldnt be that way but im just tring to under stand why would you get more points for catching lots of tiny fish compaired to afew good fish?

 

[christodeb]

The current rules are 10pts per fish above 150g and 10pts per kg.

I recon it is a bigger skill to catch huge amounts of fish than to try and catch bigger size fish when bank angling.

It's not always nice to catch the smaller ones but that has become part of the game.

 

[christodeb]

double

 

[christodeb]

double