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Anglers Fear Ban On 'Cruel' Live Bait Will Spread (UK)
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 1-7-2007
| Jasper Copping
Posted on 01/06/2007 8:18:54 PM PST by blam
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To: SoldierDad
Absolute insanity............I can't belive this happened in Scotland...they are smart people.
I don't care what it takes to get the filet into my vacuum packer.
To: blam
Next, are they gonna ban sushi?
I got a friend who calls that stuff "bait"...
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posted on
01/06/2007 10:19:54 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Atchafalaya
Meh yeah, Pogy's off the Belle Pass/Little Pass rocks and hope for some big specs/reds at same and the Fourchon rigs.Are you psychic or what.....we used to catch some big reds there....back when we were allowed to keep 'em.
Last time I was fishing anywhere near there was 1971 so I'm way out of date.
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posted on
01/06/2007 10:21:47 PM PST
by
capt. norm
(Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
To: blam
Idiot Scots - there is also a movement there to banish kitchen knives. "Braveheart", indeed.
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posted on
01/06/2007 10:35:42 PM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: blam
These people, not all Brits, just these idiots, deserve to be overrun by the Muzzies, who will not care a fig for the bait fish. Except of course as bait, or food.
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posted on
01/06/2007 10:48:10 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: blam
England. No hunting, no fishing. Will the last (real) man leaving England turn out the lights please?
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posted on
01/07/2007 2:50:43 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Archie Bunker on steroids
I fly fish but I've always understood that the reason fly fishing exists is to make it harder to catch fish. When I want to catch some fish to eat I use bait. When I want to spend a day on the river enjoying myself (and catching very few fish) I fly fish.
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posted on
01/07/2007 2:54:03 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Atchafalaya
Wasn't that what Bill Clinton used?
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posted on
01/07/2007 2:55:33 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: doc1019; billhilly; Grammy; proud_yank; Diana in Wisconsin; george76; SJackson; cf_river_rat
Amen.
However, here in the US, PETA also wants to see the "cruel" sport of fishing banned.
Our grandchildren may see this happen someday.
Who would of thought this would happen in Scotland? I have a friend who is going fishing in Scotland, Africa, and Japan this year. Of course, she is flyfishing. But she'd just as soon dunk a worm, and like me, likes all methods of fishing.
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posted on
01/07/2007 3:14:02 AM PST
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: blam
So apparently the basis is that bait can feel pain, but we aren't sure about whether fish can. PETA of course, loves this because the next step is so clear... banning fishing.
Regarding whether or not fish can feel pain, it is worth pointing out that pain doesn't seem to bother fish when they swallow s live spiney baitfish or a live crawdad. They manage.
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posted on
01/07/2007 3:52:29 AM PST
by
TN4Liberty
(Sixty percent of all people understand statistics. The other half are clueless.)
To: blam
Oh no...what a dilemma. How far does it go? If using live bait is cruel, then isn't fishing cruel also? But catching fish in a net isn't cruel? But why care only about the fish? What about insects? Should I not spray the wasps that build their homes on my house or stomp on the cockroach for fear that they may spend their last moments in writhing in agony that I, a human, caused them? Or worse, that I enjoyed causing??? There is so much to think about here at the top of the food chain.
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posted on
01/07/2007 4:17:08 AM PST
by
GBA
(God Bless America!)
To: girlangler
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posted on
01/07/2007 4:41:58 AM PST
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: blam
Wonder how they would feel about noodling/hand-fishing?
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posted on
01/07/2007 5:10:31 AM PST
by
T-Bird45
To: GBA
Can't use live bait because it's not humane? Then, you'll have to kill the little creature first, then fish w/it. Right?
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posted on
01/07/2007 5:32:34 AM PST
by
Carolinamom
(Thank God that Mary and Joseph were not pro-choicers.)
To: blam
It'll be enforced sitzpinkeling next....
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posted on
01/07/2007 5:35:24 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: blam
The politicians also believe live bait threatens fish stocks by introducing alien species into their habitats which may bring diseases and parasites. This line of reasoning actually makes sense to me. The "fish feel pain" argument is laughable.
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posted on
01/07/2007 5:37:54 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(Hey! What happened to my tagline?)
To: GBA
"Oh no...what a dilemma. How far does it go? "
The ultimate wish for PETA radicals is that most or all humans commit suicide and leave the world to the animals.
The least they could do is lead by example.
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posted on
01/07/2007 5:39:15 AM PST
by
ko_kyi
To: ko_kyi
The least they could do is lead by example. Now there's an idea I could sink my teeth into :)
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posted on
01/07/2007 5:47:28 AM PST
by
Gabz
(If we weren't crazy, we'd just all go insane.)
To: fishhound
Absolute insanity............I can't belive this happened in Scotland...they are smart people. Apparently not everyone in Scotland is smart. I don't care what it takes to get the filet into my vacuum packer.
Provided it doesn't violate state fish & game regs. The current regs here at home are by and large okay. Let's home that saner heads prevail when it comes to regs like the one passed in Scotland.
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posted on
01/07/2007 7:04:58 AM PST
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
To: blam
![](http://www.exploreventura.com/blog/uploaded_images/combo-worms-727997.jpg)
Worms will rule the earth!
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posted on
01/07/2007 7:08:41 AM PST
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
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