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Two of my biggest hobbies are hunting and fishing. Some years I do more hunting than others but I get pretty grumpy when I can't get out on some water and catch some fish. Texas and the south in general are real big in freshwater fishing and hunting but I know people across the nation who are avid hunters and anglers. Obviously with the gun laws in the UK I doubt many people are hunting much but is fishing very popular? Fresh or Salt water?
There was a thread here about fishing I was amazed the amount of saddos that enjoyed the "sport".
Fishing is pretty big in most places, we're an island so most places aren't far from water, so it's quite natural.
I like lake fishing, carp. Haven't done it in ages though. Can't beat lazing around with beer and smoke and food. Catch the odd fish, enjoy the battle.
Hunting is mainly in the countryside though and shooting much, much shitter things than you will be shooting.
I saw some guns you guys used to hunt with on here before. Looked like something out of Die Hard! Nothing that cool here.
Fishing is huge in the UK, I do alot of fishing myself. Only freshwater, never been interested in sea fishing. Prefer to fish lakes and ponds, for the likes of carp, tench, roach, rudd etc. Biggest carp i've caught was 22lb. I used to work on a golf course many years ago as a chef, It was a live in job, so i lived above the clubhouse, when not working i was either golfing or fishing the many lakes on the course. One day i stalked the two biggest carp in the ponds, one was 22lb the other was 20lb, managed to catch them both on the same session, was totally buzzing !!!
I won a sea fishing trip going back many moons, for winning a badminton competition ;D
Was great fun until someone caught a massive conger eel and it got a bit lively on the boat, one of the fisherman had to stab it, put me off a little bit, that and my dad taking me beachcasting at Chessel beach in the freezing cold.
I love freshwater fishing, not too keen on the carp world though, too many gizmos and gadgets for my liking. Give me a pole a pint of maggots and a canal and Im happy as a pig in shit, sun would be nice too.
I hate having to pay for fishing, its not on god damit
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Originally Posted by Memphis
I read somewhere recently that Fishing was the most particpated 'sport' in the UK, more so than even Football. It's not something I like personally, went carp fishing as a kid but just sat there trying to shoot the water rats with my Dad's catapult.
I also went Pirahnna fishing when doing a boat trip down the Amazon in Bolivia. Our guide said we could eat whatever we caught but there's feck all meat on them. In fact we would've had a better meal if we just ate the beef we were using as bait to catch the little fuckers.
Hunting in the UK is not particularly popular as far as I know. Fox hunting is now banned and we aren't allowed to own guns as such. I think you can hunt certain 'game' such as Pheasant, Partridge & Rabbits etc But definitely nothing like in the US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQKk99I3wTQ
I have no particular objections to hunting if it is to provide food, or if it is to eradicate pests, but I find the trophy hunting especially distasteful. There was a recent case where the largest stag in an area was killed, and the body left to rot once the hunters had taken the antlers which were immense. If the meat or hide gets used, then my objections lessen, I'm not sure where exactly I draw the line though. Toffs on horses though, I absolutely cannot stand. If I believed in God I'd be praying for 15-20 stray bullets, then torn to pieces by their own pack of dogs. The people who go on the large hunts in their best red coat and with their minions marshalling the dogs will always say it's a country thing and people from the town wouldn't understand. I'm country through and through, and I don't understand either.
Fishing too, I don't really get. There's always guys pitching up at lakes especially in a camo tent and some stand for their rod, and the only time I see them is about 7am on a Sunday when I'm going to work. The rewards must be really great to drag someone out of bed at that time on a Sunday.
@VictorCharlie what do you fish for on your side of the pond?
Fishing is popular but from what my friends tell me decent places to fish require a license, which can be quite expensive.
Why is fox hunting banned? They are as bad as cats gone wild out in the bush here they kill most things they can smaller than themselves.
Local fishing we get these flatheads great tasting tails but dont ever get spiked they hurt as in a sharp prick ache for a long time.
Flathead (fish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally Posted by Andre
Yes Andre I have caught and eaten flatheads in port Philip bay.
In London, down on the Thames, I know some down-and-outs that catch eels and sell them to pubs, fiver a time. Good people (when they're not drunk/drugged out of their mind).
I have done Plenty of Fishing :)
You ever eaten Durian fruit Plopeater?Quote:
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Originally Posted by AndreYou ever eaten Durian fruit Plopeater?Quote:
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Smells like shit , the pulp tastes of egg custard.
@Greenbeanz I fish predominantly for bass and blue gill when I am on fresh water. Crappie is also a common game fish here and probably the best to eat. When I am on the coast we fish for red fish and trout but also end up catching a lot of sheephead and drum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
Victor as hunting goes, shooting game requires a licence Hare deer, game birds and water fowl,
you don't need a licence for, rabbit , wood pigeon or crows they are regarded as pests.
As for fishing goes you need a rod licence for fresh water, but not for salt water.
I haven't, at least it has one of the 2 main selling points for any food, now if only they can change the taste :)Quote:
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Originally Posted by AndreYou ever eaten Durian fruit Plopeater?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plopeater
Smells like shit , the pulp tastes of egg custard.
I've done fishing with a fishing rod, and with a speargun.
With a fishing rod, you get to stand there holding the damn thing, waiting for fish to come bite the lure/ hook. With a speargun, you get underwater and go get the fish you want. Meanwhile, you get in a good bit of exercise. I guess it depends on where you're at. If you're in a freezing cold lake with zero visibility, I guess fly fishing is the way to go. Best to go with a buddy, so you can talk about stuff.... or just enjoy the scenery. However, if you're in tropical ocean waters with 50-foot+ visibility, screw the fishing rod. I'll just dive and get me some snapper or grouper. Maybe even a lobster or two while I'm at it.
Now deep sea fishing... that's something else. You go a mile or so offshore and strap yourself in a chair and do battle with a marlin or something of that nature... that sounds a bit more exciting than lake fishing. But this usually is more about the trophy than about eating the fish.
A mate of mine dives hes older than me probably given up now but we were talking about sharks cause of me surfing and him fishing via scuba gear. At a place called sth Walkerville here where we surf he recons he was in the water with a bag of fish off a rope connected to the buoy he was standing on the bottom of a sand hil thats underwater the same one we surf around. He recons the water shifted in his vicinity and he turned to the deep and an eye the size of a tea cup cruised past checking him out and thirty feet of great white behind it kept coming to look at him as he was frozen to the spot. He had a power head on spear and thought about going for it with a prod but got the feeling this thing may just go off the dial so slowly backed out up the hill into the shallows. The next week or so he was out a hundred miles further down the coast and went to prod a small shark in the head with it and it was a dud!
Lucky escape the week before.
He was just the other side of those rocks the fishermen are standing on.In the deep just behind that patch of rock you see in the water there with sand all around it.
http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/ima...rville-034.jpg
Sharks are the one thing I've never run into while snorkeling or scuba diving. Good thing, too. Blood might not be the only thing sharks can smell in the water.
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Seriously, though... meeting up with a shark while dragging a bag full of fish can't be very pleasant. My dad used to dive and had that experience more than once. But I can't say I have. Good thing we don't have great whites around these parts. Reef sharks, tiger sharks, and a few more species... but no great whites.
The tiger is the one to watch they think with their teeth. Dont piss while in the water mate they can smell that too.Quote:
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This is in land from us a long way, about 6 hours driving in. But we used to camp on that grass in our panel vans as teens and fish for trout,giant cod and red fin in the Murray river there and jump off the bridge pissed of course.
http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/ima...rryong-104.jpg
Murray River at Towong (state border with N.S.W.)
i think its the hunting them with dogs that is banned, like this http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/...xhunting-2.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
People dont like the foxs being torn apart by the dogs, fair enough I think.
It's not the dogs I have an issue with, its the pricks on horses who think their shit smells of roses. Frankly I'd rather watch their dogs rip their throats open.Quote:
Originally Posted by palmerqi think its the hunting them with dogs that is banned, like this http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/...xhunting-2.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
People dont like the foxs being torn apart by the dogs, fair enough I think.
Is hunting with dogs , when you go hunting with particularly ugly women ?
I don't know I've ever only gone hunting for dogs :S.... at least I'm a realist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al
Hah! If we take the conversation in that direction, I guess I've only ever been successful hunting for dogs! ;)