On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:12:58 +0100, "Ian" wrote:

Don't listen to moody Moody he's just spent sixteen hours adrift in
his charter wreck with yet another engine breakdown. Still I s'pose it
beats the nervous breakdowns he usually suffers, which means we the
taxpayer must fund his benefits.

Why do people still pay to go on that tub?

We all know the angling gnomes treat everything with contempt in their
desperate quest for canned angling. Where they think it's sporting to
sit on the same spot for years on end throwing loaves of bread in to a
river in the hope the fish get to fat to struggle and outwit the
gnomes hook.

Eels are disappearing due to gnomes not habitat loss.

Bid to boost eel numbers in East

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7399974.stm
Two thousand elvers are to be released at a wildlife park in a bid to
address the decline of the species in the UK and the rest of Europe.

The Environment Agency and the RSPB are boosting the eel stocks at the
Minsmere reserve in Suffolk where the habitat is described as ideal
for eel development.

"It has shallow lakes with reed-beds, connection to rivers and no
commercial fishing," an agency spokeswoman said.

"Numbers of eels reaching maturity and migrating to spawn will
increase too."

The only known spawning ground for eels is the Sargasso Sea, south of
Bermuda.

On Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:28 +0100, Campaign for Fresh Air
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/fishingforums/Forum-Landing/Forum-Categories/Topic/?&topic...

gooby says:
cruel practice

i heard about something last night that in my opinion is totally out
of order, somebody recently caught a 8lb cod out of my local dock and
decided to take it home for the table , now there is nothing wrong
with that , what is wrong is that this person kept the fish alive
lying on the promenade, the fish was still gasping for breath over an
hour later thats when my friend who witnessed it left, so it could
have been alive for much longer . when my friend asked if it's being
kept for the table why not despatch it

the answer that came back was i want to keep it as fresh as possible.
this practise is cruel and sensless if a fish is to be kept please
despatch it STRAIGHT AWAY, not after you have made your next cast but
straight away , that was one of the first things i was taught when i
first started sea fishing and that's what i will do till the day i
can't fish anymore.

From the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, first published Wednesday 14th
May 1997.

THAT fishing is one of the most popular pastimes may be true, but when
actor Geoffrey Palmer tried to cast some light on the 'sport' in a new
TV series (LET, May 12) this is not true.

For whatever angling is, it is most certainly not a sport.

To be a sport, both sides must have an equal chance.

Some say boxing is cruel, but that is not so, for both contestants
enter the ring freely.

But anglers take advantage of harmless, innocent fish by every unfair
and cowardly means.

So 'pastime' I will agree, but 'sport' - never.

The angler tries to give a fish the impression he is being kind by
offering the fish a tempting morsel.

If the fish takes it, it gets a barbed hook in its mouth.

So, at best, an angler is a cowardly con-artist who has not the guts
to take up a real sport where the competion is equal and fair.

LEN RUSHTON, Bowland House, Larkhill, Blackburn.

Interesting to see the gnomes admit it's cruel and painful these days
and yet go on to completely disregard that fact. What makes a gnome
want to take up angling? Where's the fun in sitting on your fat arse
all day beside an oversize fish tank and throwing loaves of bread and
cans of sweetcorn in to the water. It's taken canned hunting for fun
to the extreme. Are anglers the laziest slobs in the world?

Is angling a cruel sport?
Fish have the same nerve endings as mammals and can feel pain, British
scientists have concluded.

Researchers injected bee venom into the lips of rainbow trout and the
fish reacted in the tests by rocking and rubbing their lips on gravel
and tank walls.

Dr Lynne Sneddon claims these behavioural changes are not reflexes but
signs that fish can feel discomfort, challenging previous thinking
that fish brains are not developed enough to experience pain.

Fish farms should now be regulated in adopting humane methods to
slaughter fish, an animal welfare group has responded.

Is fishing cruel?
http://tinyurl.com/6lnq6m

Scientists have just proved that fish feel pain.
Does this make fishing cruel? Do you think having a hook put through
their mouths is a horrid way of catching them?

Maybe you won't eat fish anymore?

Or perhaps you think it's not a problem, and that it's wrong to put
human feeliings in a fish's head?

I think fishing is very cruel. Just because fish can't show they are
experiencing agonising pain, doesn't mean it's ok to still stick a
hook through their mouths for fun.
Marie, 12, Boston

I think that it's horrible. How would you like to have a huge, sharp
hook stuck in YOUR mouth? It wouldn't be that pleasant.
Chantal, 12, Sevenoaks

I come from one of the fishing ports in Cornwall and our lives depend
on fishing, because people love to come down here and fish. We would
hardly be able to live down here if it wasn't for fishing.
Shona, 12, Cornwall

http://tinyurl.com/55hnk2

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:46:57 +0000, Derek Moody

farm-direct.co.uk> wrote:

Now now Moody. You might like to dress up as an overweight gnome and
fish all day, claim it as an exercise and still wonder why you're
overweight,then come here and bully the regulars but we don't like
that kind of thing round here.

On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:28:42 +0100, Derek Moody
farm-direct.co.uk> wrote:

Have fun trying you sick prick. Isn't that something you have been
trying on all your victims?

Google don't listen to dirty old men with a grudge so it looks like
you'll just have to live with it LOL

On Fri, 9 May 2008 10:44:48 +0100, Derek Moody
farm-direct.co.uk> wrote: