Quote Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five View Post
Sea anglers often take home their catch for the table. How about coarse fishing - are any river fish suitable for the plate or is it just not acceptable/allowed in coarse fishing circles?
I heard that pike can be quite tasty when baked...
Coarse fish in this country are almost 100 percent returned , most coarse fisherman wouldnt dream of killing and eating a fish

On the continent pike and carp are eaten , especially eastern Europe

Sea anglers come in two breeds , the ones who belong to clubs like sea view in barry , who return all the fish they catch and the tossers who go in their droves to the knap in barry , porthcawl pier , the Ogmore deeps , easy fishing venues basically , drink cans of lager .....and chuck them in the sea......catch small bass and small cod , kill them , catch dogfish , which are lovely fish and chop their heads off and leave them on the beach or drop kick them off porthcawl pier into the sea, a lot of sea fisherman should be locked up . And they leave fishing line , hooks and unused bait in plastic packets around . The pier at porthcawl is a human toilet , quite literally.

I gave up sea fishing many years ago , far too many idiots

I have caught bass , cod , dogfish , conger eels etc and always returned them

A lot of the more conservation minded anglers such as sea view lads or Roy tapper , big city fan , keep fish they catch alive in matches in tanks , they weigh them at the end of the contest and the fish are then put back into barry Dock, there are some huge conger eels in there

But in my experience decent sea anglers are few and far between