White acres 60lb per net ? Festivals

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- 02/03/2011 at 5:33 pm #45071
  TF_Anthonywaters
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  If its 60lb per net how many nets do you guys take down with you ? I know im a Sh&t Bas%$rd and I will only need 1 net !!! but do you all take 5 nets incase you catch 300lb on Bolingey ? Im going to have to do some borrowing lol !
- 02/03/2011 at 6:11 pm #134059
  TF_Fred Davis
  obviously you have to take more nets Ant I think it was tylers or one of the lakes we fished that had a 60lb limit and I weighed in 298lb luckily the scalesman was leniant as I was a tad over.I take four to these venues and cadge more if needed
- 02/03/2011 at 6:54 pm #134069
  TF_Baku Blanker
  Participant
  Last year in the Preston festival they said 4 nets and split them evenly for Bolingey but that might changed now with this 60 lb limit.
- 02/03/2011 at 9:37 pm #134092
  TF_wiggley worm
  with all those nets are they trying to stop you fishing down the edge
- 02/03/2011 at 10:11 pm #134099
  TF_Admin Girl
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  No – that is the last thing on our mind is stopping people fishing down the edge.
  It is for fish welfare as in previous years we have had over 100lbs in one net and 2 roach in another.
  We want people to split their fish equally so the fish are under a lot less pressure which will protect our fish stocks for the future.
- 02/03/2011 at 10:15 pm #134100
  TF_Johnny Mac
  Good call Kirsty. Loads more fisheries are now taking this route, it protects fish stocks for the future ~clap
  
  Ant – no need for you to worry mate 🙂
- 02/03/2011 at 10:23 pm #134102
  TF_Anthonywaters
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  Johnny I’m only taking 1 net ! I’ve never caught 60lb ever !
- 02/03/2011 at 10:26 pm #134103
  TF_Johnny Mac
  Haha, I’m sure you’ll need at least two 😉
- 02/03/2011 at 10:31 pm #134104
  TF_Anthonywaters
  Participant
  I will take 5 nets with me I will be able to lend 4 out !
- 02/03/2011 at 11:10 pm #134108
  TF_Anthonywaters
  Participant
  Roy you and I could share the same keepnet ?
- 03/03/2011 at 9:13 am #134112
  TF_Gary
  Probably good for the angler as well as the fish – speaking from (very rare) experience, lifting out a keepnet with over a ton in it is back breaking stuff!
- 03/03/2011 at 12:18 pm #134128
  petejones
  fish welfare is most important and this is well overdue,as i have witnessed on many occasions that some people dont have any common sense at all when it comes to splitting fish between nets
- 03/03/2011 at 4:07 pm #134152
  TF_the margin gnome
  Whats 60lb a net got to do with fish welfare?
- 03/03/2011 at 5:27 pm #134158
  TF_Anthonywaters
  Participant
  60lb per net is absolutley fine by me the intention of the post was just to see how many nets lads take down with them, thanks for everyones replies im going to take 4 keepnets with me and pray I dont catch more than 240lb ! I wish !!! Roy see you in 3 weeks and god help anyone who has me or you in their section !
- 03/03/2011 at 5:44 pm #134159
  TF_Stewart
  Looking at peg 38 at Bolingey today and I guess anybody would need at least 6 nets! It was solid!
- 03/03/2011 at 5:52 pm #134160
  adam1
  Participant
  you ll be needing 3 nets on your winter silver fish matches soon stewart!!!
- 03/03/2011 at 6:28 pm #134164
  TF_paulcarpenter
  peg38 solid typical when i had peg37 in the preston fest it came last in section all week but i did managed to get 6th in section but that was without any carp
- 03/03/2011 at 10:40 pm #134202
  TF_Waveney One
  @the margin gnome wrote:
  
  Whats 60lb a net got to do with fish welfare?
  
  I will tell you why it helps the fish at the Suffolk Water Park to have a 60lb limit.
  
  THE SCALES ONLY GO TO 60LB.
  
  That saves people dumping 90lb of fish into the weigh bag then taking 20lb out, then another fish, dropping them on the ground, then yet another fish out, all the time the fish are suffering to some extent or another. Keep the net limit 60lb and if the scales bottom out, tough cheese!
  
  Perhaps that is why at Whiteacres as well.
  
  Doesn’t really matter anyway, they are their fish, their water and their rules.
- 04/03/2011 at 9:23 pm #134291
  wacky
  WE’VE been using 3 nets for years, we still catch down the edge.But you still get splits of 100lb 25lb and 10lb.
- 05/03/2011 at 9:00 am #134305
  basshall
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  yes bob see u next week some time
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