Catch and release

[baghira]

@ caldaland....... I do not know you mate and so I cannot judge you, but the way you speak sounds like you are targetting whatever is edible.......and that's wrong...If you' re fishing and occasionally hit a fish that is not worth returning to the sea for many factors that's one thing....but if you fish and target whatever comes in, like small groupers/dentici/pagri/pagell etc etc and you do soup with these, then the story is another. I know many people that do like I said, and then they blame the Government.....come on.... I also blame the government for many other reasons but what does this have to do with marine life? Hope I am mistaken, and we do not have similair members in our forum.
We are all liabale to make a mistake, and we all do one time or another. For example it happens to us spearos that sometimes a fish comes by so fast that the decision should be made in seconds, and sometimes you shoot and find a fish that is not decent, and I think about what I have done for the whole day, but once the fish is dead, there is nothing to do. The law also allows (if i remember well) for a certain percentage of mistake in this regard.

@ Placebo.. The subject of inspectors visiting markets and resturants has been raised by my end also with MEPA members. I do not know why the fisheries is still waiting to raise such a body of enforcement officers. It is quite an easy task to perform, I myself do a similair job. Heard for example of the latest fish street vendors regualtions!!

[caldaland]

thank you robby. as for the fishbone,i appreciate your concern but my wife watches over my plate when im eating fish so as to spot the occational odd bone. 4 eyes are better than 2 right?

[caldaland]

baghira,no one targets small groupers/dentici/pagri/pagell.these are by catches. when i say i eat what is eatable i would mean that the fish can be eaten without causing harm or that the size would be adequate so as to be practical to eat. some fish,even if they are large enough to eat i would still not eat them as they possess to many bones like lacci and gringijiet so these go back. i was depicted as some serial killer just because i was honest enough to say that i would eat my own fish instead of buying them. im no hypocrite. i dont have to be.and i dont pose as a saint as some members of this forum tend to do.

[baghira]

okies

agree with you to some extent. (without referring to nobody in particular)

[caldaland]

if i have been labeled as a serial killer just because i eat the fish i catch should'nt those who eat fish roe or caviar be called abortionists! lol!

[robby017]

whatever you say clad......... but nobody said you're a serial killer......... don't imply that we said things we never said.

[caldaland]

i was only joking for petes sake. humour IS getting scarce in this room is'nt it.ah ok,there is a section for jokes!

[robby017]

there is time for everything and for everything there is time   ......... i don't think there's time for humour on such a delicate matter ...... maybe i'm wrong 

[caldaland]

different characters at best!

[sg]

the fish i manage to catch are rather small, just above the minimum - brieqex and gharajjes, mostly. what goes into catching bigger fish -  the time of the day i.e. if you fish at dawn/dusk or night, bigger fish are swimming around, but they vanish at noon (wouldn't they still be in the sea?!) is it the type of bait you use? or the size of hook? the distance from the land? - although some shore fishermen, as i can see from the photos, do land decent fish too.

[placebo]

there are many factors that lead to catching bigger fish from shore ..... terminal tackle, bait, reading and knowing the areas which comes from years of experience, different fishing rods ...... I suggest joining local fishing clubs for those who really want to improve their skills in shore fishing.

You will be amazed how much you will improve in just a year in a club!

[shanook]

if Parit was abolished or at least heavily restricted, than shore fishing would really catch on as there will be decent fish to land.

[placebo]

beleive it or not ..... from information we collect .... fish around our shores are increasing again. We are making big catches in our events like we used to do some 15 years ago.

111kgs of total fish were caught in the last 3 day KSFA tournament. That is by 24 anglers in 15 hours of fishing!