Goldenloch 26/02/2008
To-day, Tuesday there was a flurry of activity by the gulls and crows round one of the boats which I had beached on Sunday night because of the winds forecast, so what were they interested in ??????????? well, would you believe it their was a couple of fish under the floor boards, after removing them I decided to clean the other boats and guess what, under the floorboards in another boat another fish, so what’s the problem here, well I don’t want to be a dictator but if people want to pay catch and release and then kill, to take, that’s not on, so I am afraid the £10 C&R ticket is now no longer available, I really thought that we had past this stage at the Goldenloch, but if everyone has to be watched then so be it, the cheapest ticket now at the Goldenloch is £15 and you can take 2 fish or as many sportsmen do and put all back taking one as and when they need one, is it really necessary to kill fish every time just to get your monies worth or try and smuggle the odd one out now and again when no one is watching, Only a couple of weeks ago I was furious when two elderly gents fishing came off the water after having a good days sport with 3 fish each and returning a few and one said to the other do you want my fish as I don’t use them and the other guy said neither do I, so I said to both why did you kill 6 fish and their answer was that they had paid to take 6 fish, and believe me that comment happens nearly every week, those 6 fish were probably binned, sad isn’t it……………………