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Post by danglinglad2 on Feb 13, 2012 16:41:25 GMT
wow rock salmon another name for doggies and the like , well i never  |
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Post by theoldfart on Feb 13, 2012 16:55:59 GMT
You are forgiven.
After all only us posh people can afford such expensive fish!
You common lot stick with dogfish!
On a serious note I am so pleased that everyone seems on the same side on this one.
Trouble is some people out there are doing this. Hopefully they will read this site and have a re-think
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Post by Sunny on Feb 13, 2012 18:32:28 GMT
Its the slow changes - the drip, drip - which add up to a positive change in attitudes.
I can recall (back in the 70s) when the passengers on charter boats would put a hook through the doggies dorsal fin and tie the other end to an inflated party balloon; then release the fish, towing the ballon along. Obviously the fish would starve to death....
But what may have seemed fun then would now be regarded as pure wickedness. Times change and attitudes evolve. No doubt in 20 years time a fella like the one you described would be regarded in the same light as those that put dogs in a ring to fight !
One thing is for sure ....well done on the challenge TOF
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Post by theoldfart on Feb 13, 2012 19:42:58 GMT
Tell me about it!
The other favorite trick from that time was to get two fish heads , put hooks in them tied together with a length of line and feed them to the seagulls.
I know this went on because I have killed two 'pairs' who washed up on the beach. Tangled up ,gut hooked, starving,dying.
The only thing to do was put the poor bastxxxx out of their misery.
I wondered at the time that if the asshxxx who did it would find it so funny when he saw what he had done.
Drip,drip drip!!!
However at the same time in the States,(around 1975/6) some Red Necks went sharking , caught a small one and 'for a laugh' put a stick of explosive down its gullet, lit it and chucked it over the side.
The fish then swam under the boat and blew up sinking the boat!
From vague memory some of them drowned. I hope it is a true story ,but it did make the newspapers, so it must be!
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Post by snoopy54 on Feb 14, 2012 18:01:50 GMT
Someone else has told me the Seagull tale Old Fart,this is the second time Ive heard it and quite frankly it repulses me - how anyone can be so bloody cruel is beyond my comprehension.The Dogfish anecdote is sickening enough old un  ( |
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Post by thevicar on Feb 14, 2012 18:47:48 GMT
I am glad that a lot of members think that the dogfish event is cruel, yea they can be a pain but at least if you catch one you not blanked, The only time I ever kill a fish is, a, mackeral for bait, or b, Bass or bream for the pot. And as i don't eat what I catch I always ask a friend if they want to eat it. I have even known to put Bass back up to 9lb.
I won't fish island or my own club open comps as i would prefere a catch and relase comp.
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Post by theoldfart on Feb 14, 2012 19:52:07 GMT
Sorry Snoopy but the tale is true.
Like I said I have killed the poor bastxxx on the beach.
It was also a big thing with the Matelots in Portsmouth docks to stop the gulls crapping on the ships
Two bits of bread were favorite in those days
Last time I worked over there (years ago) I heard that some Matelots were put on a charge for this and the 'sport' was stopped
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