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rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 8:47 pm Post subject: is catching fish to eat viable?
have lots of spare time and little money would it be viable for me to catch fish to eat does it take a long time to learn would it take me hours to catch any thing and does it cost a lot for licences rods et. is coarse fish edilbe i live close to a river and lakes. many thanks

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 8:50 pm Post subject:
Bebo does course fishing. Not sure if she eats it though. Carp was certainly eaten a lot in the past, and perch and pike. Zander are edible and introduced and nasty.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 9:05 pm Post subject:

At most course fishing venues, you'd get lynched for thinking of, let alone actually eating what you catch.
In general, you can eat any trout that you catch and to a much lesser extent these days, any salmon but it tends to cost quite a bit to get the required permissions to fish for them.
You don't say where you live, but the sea is a much better proposition. Up to press, its still perfectly free to fish from the shore and most of what you'll catch is eminantly eatable.

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 9:16 pm Post subject:
Northants furthest you an get from the coast. Whats the thinking with coarse fish are they in danger even the odd pike here and there would e a problem?

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
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Location: East Sussex

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 9:25 pm Post subject:

I don't eat them. If you went to a carp fishing venue and knocked one on the head to eat it you'd probably be strung up from the nearest tree. If you are going to try anything, I gather perch are reasonably tasty and pike are edible, but have vicious pin bones that you have to be very careful with (easy to get stuck in the throat). There was a period in the 70's when perch were thin on the ground, but they've had a resurgence and you'll probably be able to catch quite a few of them.

T.G

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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 9:29 pm Post subject:
For what it costs in rods, licences and learning you'd probably get more to eat from keeping a few meat rabbits.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 9:54 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

At most course fishing venues, you'd get lynched for thinking of, let alone actually eating what you catch.

So don't let 'em know your plans... It's not illegal, though do check the local rules.

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In general, you can eat any trout that you catch...

As long as they are not undersized.

And then of course, there are crayfish...

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 11 10:19 pm Post subject:
Don't think I could kill a rabbit I would have to look after it too. Crayfish sounds promising i'll google it

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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Location: Michigan

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 2:44 am Post subject:
It doesn't have to cost big money to fish. We used cane poles when I was a kid. They were about 12' long. Nowadays they come jointed like a two piece rod. Nothing technical about them, just watch where you whip the line. If I found a place I wanted to fish and had no pole, a young sapling could serve the same purpose.

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 6:43 am Post subject:
apparently you can dangle a piece of bacon rind from a bamboo cane and a length of string sounds like me. think i'll give it a go.

jamanda
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 6:46 am Post subject:
Just check that the area has the right kind of crayfish. It is illegal to catch the endangered native ones. https://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/fishing/38045.aspx

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 7:43 am Post subject:

rachelk wrote:

apparently you can dangle a piece of bacon rind from a bamboo cane and a length of string...

You may need a rod licence for that, but you may not need the cane.
You need a licence to trap them, but it's arguable that bacon & string is not a trap.

Jamanda wrote:

Just check that the area has the right kind of crayfish. It is illegal to catch the endangered native ones.

�4,000 fine I believe.
Best thing to do is give your local fisheries officer a call.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 8:10 am Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

And then of course, there are crayfish...

I think that the EA have now also started charging for a licence for the non native species.

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 11 10:41 pm Post subject:
i'll need a rod licence for a cane, its classed as a rod. theres american cray fish further up the Nene not sure here though I need to find out. I need to have a go at catching and killing one though or a rod licence will be a waste.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 11 12:33 am Post subject:
You could try it without the cane...

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