Mr Hinks Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) I don't know how many coarse anglers there are in England but I reckon it's far less than we think. So is there enough bailiffs. According to the EA last year there were 70,000 checks, officers caught 2,800 fishing illegally, fines totaled £600,000. Rather than force anglers to buy an extra licence I believe sea anglers should be licenced. The days of fishing with a cane and a bent pin are long gone backwardben Edited February 19, 2015 by Mr Hinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwardben Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) I don't know how many coarse anglers there are in England but I reckon it's far less than we think. So is there enough bailiffs. According to the EA last year there were 70,000 checks, officers caught 2,800 fishing illegally, fines totaled £600,000. Rather than force anglers to buy an extra licence I believe sea anglers should be licenced. The days of fishing with a cane and a bent pin are long gone backwardben as for fishing with a cane and a bent pin i see many a child with them while fishing dont you? they are the anglers of the future. dont you agree as for sea anglers being licenced i cannot see this working as there is 7,723 miles of coastline to cover or 12,429 KM if you like http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1379822 Some fishing canes for free here. Edited February 19, 2015 by backwardben changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexydoug Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I don't know how many coarse anglers there are in England but I reckon it's far less than we think. So is there enough bailiffs. According to the EA last year there were 70,000 checks, officers caught 2,800 fishing illegally, fines totaled £600,000. Rather than force anglers to buy an extra licence I believe sea anglers should be licenced. The days of fishing with a cane and a bent pin are long gone backwardben The last report I saw a few years back was that there was 4.4 million anglers per year. Obviously some of these are one offs ,however it did put fishing as the second most popular sport in the UK. I actually had my licence checked last year, first time in my life that it's happened, and I know 3 anglers that day were caught Without licences from the match next to my match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hinks Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Where was your licence checked Doug? I rarely fish outside Sheffield and haven't seen an official. I looked on the EA website and can't find how many licences were sold last year, our last increase was 4yrs ago not as I thought 5yrs. I know what you said about 4.4 million was true, it's a while since that figure was mentioned. It could be more it could also be a lot less, It would be interesting to know how many licences will be sold if everyone is to only buy one, there's also the junior licence if it is to be dropped. I know quite a few kids who fish with family members, so I guess we will never know the true figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliewag Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I had my licence checked at ranskill last year. My friend and me were the only pleasure anglers ( on the old trout lake as all the others were matched up ). Two EA officers turned up,checked our licences then left,ignoring the matchmen completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hinks Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Has anyone had their licence checked around Sheffield recently. The EA have offices in Rotherham so we should expect to see the odd one occasionally. There's no reason to ignore match men, it's hardly fair when match anglers are left unchecked especially if EA bailiffs are on site, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul0726 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Has anyone had their licence checked around Sheffield recently. The EA have offices in Rotherham so we should expect to see the odd one occasionally. There's no reason to ignore match men, it's hardly fair when match anglers are left unchecked especially if EA bailiffs are on site, give them a call and ask them why they dont bite, i had to ring them last year nice set of people ask for peter of the rod licence team . sure he could help with any questions. he could not do enough for me top bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hinks Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 The last report I saw a few years back was that there was 4.4 million anglers per year. Obviously some of these are one offs ,however it did put fishing as the second most popular sport in the UK. I've been back on the EA web site and what I found was that last year 23 million pound was generated from over 1 million anglers. How that equates to the numbers of anglers I don't know, with short term, junior and disabled licences. There's a lot of guff about the work the EA do, far to much to list. All I can say I don't see it for how busy they say they are. ---------- Post added 23-02-2015 at 14:20 ---------- give them a call and ask them why they dont bite, i had to ring them last year nice set of people ask for peter of the rod licence team . sure he could help with any questions. he could not do enough for me top bloke They may sing a good tune from their desk Paul. They ignore reports of poaching at Ulley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Would be nice to hear from some fishery owners who have actually had help from the EA, when it's gone wrong for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hinks Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 eckorob mentions help available to fisheries in the third post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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