Fishing from boats

[Capt.Golightly]

Read Alan F's link. Interested to note that angling licence permits fishing with two rods. Had a tiff a few years ago with an angler who claimed I was going too fast and he had to rush to get all his six lines in! Wish I had known about the two rod limit then.

 

So you cant remove fish from the area. If you had a B-B-Q is it OK to cook and eat them then and ther

 

Are the caught fish allowed to be eaten? Next question if so are they actually ok to eat?

 

Auckland Don

I agree with Mtb on this, ie yes and no, in that they aren't poisonous and they may be eaten but like boiled Silver Birch Bark and Sphagnum Moss they aren't particularly appetising unless given flavour in a curry or you are extremely hungry...."the best gravy in the World is hunger"... If you are determined to try I recommend you research some medieval recipes for Bream, Carp, Pike, Tench and many other varieties too..they ate virtually anything back then you could also tap a silver birch tree in spring for a very refreshing drink of sap..very good for you too....and relieves headaches, and the bark provides naturally antiseptic wound poultices...if you ever find yourself in the wilderness make camp in a stand of silver birch trees

Edited July 21, 2013 by Capt.Golightly

[ditchcrawler]

 

Read Alan F's link. Interested to note that angling licence permits fishing with two rods. Had a tiff a few years ago with an angler who claimed I was going too fast and he had to rush to get all his six lines in! Wish I had known about the two rod limit then.

 

So you cant remove fish from the area. If you had a B-B-Q is it OK to cook and eat them then and ther

 

Are the caught fish allowed to be eaten? Next question if so are they actually ok to eat?

 

Auckland Don

I agree with Mtb on this, ie yes and no, in that they aren't poisonous and they may be eaten but like boiled Silver Birch Bark and Sphagnum Moss they aren't particularly appetising unless given flavour in a curry or you are extremely hungry...."the best gravy in the World is hunger"... If you are determined to try I recommend you research some medieval recipes for Bream, Carp, Pike, Tench and many other varieties too..they ate virtually anything back then you could also tap a silver birch tree in spring for a very refreshing drink of sap..very good for you too....and relieves headaches, and the bark provides naturally antiseptic wound poultices...if you ever find yourself in the wilderness make camp in a stand of silver birch trees

 

I have had what was described as perch/pike which was probably Zanda and it was very nice.

[paul68]

I have had what was described as perch/pike which was probably Zanda and it was very nice.

 

I hear Zander are good to eat too......