First posting, Fishing for forty years mainly course but more and more sea. Pondered why a licence and why now?
Fewer and fewer young lads and lasses are taking up course/sea fishing and feel that the administration cost for baliffs and licence may well be falling short, so what better way of topping up the coffers at the old environment agency by fetching the sea anglers into the equation. Would it be a good thing? Ask any salmon angler in england, their's more salmon in scotland and you don't need a licence? Look at the state of some carps lips? what have they done about that? How about overstocking waters, so that the fish have no option but to feed? What about close seasons another area that should be addressed. No I'm afraid the licence is a scam and won't stop or improve any aspects of sea fishing, history proves it. Now you know why they call me Happy.
Fewer and fewer young lads and lasses are taking up course/sea fishing and feel that the administration cost for baliffs and licence may well be falling short, so what better way of topping up the coffers at the old environment agency by fetching the sea anglers into the equation. Would it be a good thing? Ask any salmon angler in england, their's more salmon in scotland and you don't need a licence? Look at the state of some carps lips? what have they done about that? How about overstocking waters, so that the fish have no option but to feed? What about close seasons another area that should be addressed. No I'm afraid the licence is a scam and won't stop or improve any aspects of sea fishing, history proves it. Now you know why they call me Happy.
