Going right back to nigels original post I would like to say that we must not forget the cod. It has indeed been hunted close to extinction by our commercails friends. I am pleased to see all the other species being caught from our area. Im sure Chris Mack will tell you that there is no one more enthusiastic about reading about his great fishing adventures than me. I like to here about big bass being caught (however if you listen to some of the old timers its nothing new - they've been here 30 years or more).
The point of my post is that to a lot of anglers the north east is about cod. Its about rocks, scars, peeler crabs, lugworms, slackline bites, northerly gales, huge seas and stonking great cod. Fishing for cod is my passion as it is many of the north east lads. Its nice to here about other species but for me it will not touch cod fishing. Call me misguided, lost in the past or whatever. We must not forget the cod and we must fight to make sure they survive. To divert our thinking at this vital time is the wrong thing to do. We need to make it clear to defar and the eu what we think should happen to this years good year class. We need to complain loudly at every opportunity about the mismanagement of cod stocks, so that hopefully the future can be a little brighter.
Rant over
