Trammel nets.

[Lavy]

Do all areas of the coast suffer with these bloody things.Around this area there are miles and miles of them in the water at any time. They start around 200 yards from the shore and continue all the way out to about 5 miles. Its a wonder theres anything left.

[Neil]

Dont like the sound of that, how would you get on in the dark ?? are they well marked? Not to mention the affect on the fishing.

[squideyebarnes]

they are now all mono trammels now in diff size mesh to catch fom sole to turbot and skate.One boat of padstow has 12 miles out a time on the turbot ground there

[Lavy]

Things are a nightmare , some of the boats here have got so much net in the water that they cant pick them all up at once . As for marking them its usually just a flag made out of a bamboo stick and a lump of polystyrene,cant see them at all at night.

[Metal_Micky]

A couple of years ago, a few sole were caught off Deal beach, and word got round. Within the next couple of days, the whole stretch had been covered in nets and we couldnt get a fish. Some were so close to the beach im surprized some of the better casters didnt get caught up. Its about time a proper distance was given for the nets to be kept away from the shore. I'd say about 6 miles, or maybe 7

[dean macey]

i would sink the boats on sight and make the moronic netsman pay for the torpedo i hate nets.they ruin our sport and when there is nothing left we will be the ones picking up the pieces not these pondlife.ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban

[darenw]

deanm said:

i would sink the boats on sight and make the moronic netsman pay for the torpedo i hate nets.they ruin our sport and when there is nothing left we will be the ones picking up the pieces not these pondlife.ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban

I've got nothing against someone making a living but they scrape all the plaice up in the spring then when they've done that they keep trawling until the mussel beds they're trawling over are destroyed too. Anyone who is as old as me knows how good the plaice fishing was around the solent and what the trawlers have done to it.

[Steve (Original Leadchukka)]

Are they actually legal? Are they laid by commercial fishermen? Can they be regulated?

At one time a few years ago the nets were almost continuous (except for port entrances) from Selsey to Dover!

Another problem is that so much gets wasted if they cant get to the nets for a week or more because of bad weather or any other reason.

Grrrrrr

[dean macey]

there is no regulation because so many in our sport are againt proper licensing which would not entirly stop this but would help.

[dean macey]

go into trammel nets on the web then go to the second section trammel nets and look at some of the bycatch pictures it is a disgrace.we call ourselves civilised.i hope someone can download this site and show it on the thread as i cant do it.
no wonder people go veggie

[darenw]

Just read a trammel net must not be set in water under 130cm deep, what a joke,thats only about 4 1/2 ft in old money. Thats why they are so close in and a rowing boat could set one .They probably spent thousands coming up with a law that says set them anywhere you want.

[squideyebarnes]

and if you row them and set them in a rowing boat without engine its legal!!!!!!!!!

[anthonyk]

I have seen them used by rowing boat from Chesil Beach.

[squideyebarnes]

I used to fish them,The old ones wern't to bad but the mono ones now cost bugger all and are deadly.Fished side by side twice the fish also the new ones pick up bass and other fish not just flats,deadly for plaice as they have good eyesight and they could see the old ones not these.The prob is they are so cheap they throw them away each year and ones lost or dumped at sea fish for ever!!!!

[squideyebarnes]

mickmacey said:

A couple of years ago, a few sole were caught off Deal beach, and word got round. Within the next couple of days, the whole stretch had been covered in nets and we couldnt get a fish. Some were so close to the beach im surprized some of the better casters didnt get caught up. Its about time a proper distance was given for the nets to be kept away from the shore. I'd say about 6 miles, or maybe 7

cannot say to much but a boat got burn't here because of that ;D