I dont think the prawn should be fished personally but im scottish so dont count.. but 1 salmon farms will be doing 100× more damage than all the prawners in ireland put together!
You should do a video on the Foreign nationals taking fish everyday of the year on most rivers and lakes and no one seems to care. I personally watched a guy walk towards me with a pike of about 18 lbs on the bann just holding it by the gill when i asked what he thought he was doing laughingly he said i eat because i never tasted pike before. Ive watched numerous guys walking past with bags of fish. Also they use a funny pyramid shaped net which they peg under the bank in case the bailiffs come along. They also sell fish that they catch outside a local factory.
"More of an ethical issue .. a lot of anglers would have a problem with that... " C'mon man, The same anglers have no problem killing pike just so they can fish for salmon and trout... 🙄
@@eoinl4529 Here in Ireland its illegal to kill pike, but trout anglers regularly kill them in "their" (trout) waters , in the mistaken belief that it will improve trout stock sustainability... this has been proven to be incorrect ... A big pike is like a lion in Africa, skirting around a herd of wildabeast, picking off the injured or diseased... in this way Nature ensures only the best genes are passed on... same happens with the trout / pike.... 😎👍☘🍻
@@FpsPhilI stand corrected, Phil, I mistakenly thought the authorities had tightened up the regs to ALL catch & release ... this is my policy anyways so not an issue for me... I believe the regulations SHOULD be more stringent.... as for eating a pike, I doubt I'd EVER be that hungry ! 🙄😅 Tight lines to all the anglers out there ! 😎👍☘🍻
I took one home when I was about 13 and knew no better. I actually caught it on a static legered worm so it was gut hooked anyway. I put it in the oven and I can still smell it 27 years later.
New subscriber here, very interesting watch. Have to say from what I have seen the farms are a bigger issue and with the use of wrasse for lice on those farms no clue what that must be doing to the stocks within the sea of wrasse and the introduction of them into farming areas
No you want be using prawns! Galan of bleach do well 😂😂 or stinking tampon from 68 year prosy !! Is some thing with the age of blood drives samlom mad 😂😂😂😂
Never deep hooked a fish on a shrimp and I have had a lot of fish over the years. The problem is that on it's day you can clean out a pool if you are a fishmonger I loved fishing it, really exciting if done properly. I haven't fished in the South since 2013.....which rivers still allow it?
@@user-zu6qn9ux9n exactly I don't understand why people have a problem with how there caught its still a hook either way personally I love the prawn grate way to fish
@@jonathondunne1905 the only one is have issue is the worm, i stopped wormin for trout and salmon when i was yound cos of the ammount of fish that swallowed and have to be killed. if your hungry and desperate use a worm if not use something else
The problem is offshore with nets. Years and years off overfishing. Rod and line was never a problen if it was managed properly. It should be possible for anyone with a licence and ticket to keep a few fish.
First of all prawns are not banned in the south! It’s only club rules that restrict fishing with prawns! There’s a bigger problem with Salmon is that they are being hoovered up out at sea by factory trawlers from other countries ! There needs to be a Salmon pathway with all fishing vessels excluded from that zone along with the feeding grounds off the coast of Greenland and any of these trawlers caught inside the zone would be seized and crew jailed ! These I fish the fly mostly but depending on river conditions I would use other methods! I haven’t used the prawns for a good few years now I have used it in the past and yes it is very effective! I don’t think people should be seeding division at this stage as we need all fishermen to come together !
Never used a prawn in my life no need if you're a master with a flying sea spinner in pools and know when the waters are just right you'll get your fish every time and if your not getting fish well then conditions and time of year was wrong
It's hunter gathering! No fishing should be allowed for the privileged few! As an ex gamekeeper I no more than most! The average man should be allowed to take some fish and game!
Salmon are in decline, no-one should be even fishing for them, not even catch and return. Give them a chance to recover for a few years and then introduce one fish a rod rule per week and no more.
Arguments can be made to say closing a river leads to poachers running riot as there is no anglers actively patrolling, as the video states my view is salmon are in decline nobody should be eating supermarket farmed salmon
shur if ya ban fishing then the salmon are really fucked cos the only people who really care about salmon are fishermen and if they cant fish they will find some other hobby quite fast.
It's illegal doesn't that bother you...............'ask every person that knowingly break the law'. The answer is 'not really as long as I dont get caught'.
This video is making prawn anglers to look like the scurge of the country. 😂😂😂 In all fairness any decent prawn angler only uses a single 1/0 or 2/0 hook.
More in line for them to go after gill netters, fish farms and factory trawlers. its always the peasant gets hit with the rules. In british columbia you cant fish bait in many rivers up north but if your native you can. if your native you can gill net the rivers. trawlers at sea hoovering up hundreds of 1000s of tonnes but god forbid you use roe or keep a chinook salmon you get hit with a 10k fine and they take your car and boat all the while the guy next to you is scooping them up with roe, the guy below him is dip netting, the guy below that is gill netting and the guy at sea is trawling
Worms are also banned. It's a joke. Poachers netting by night and putting up pics on face book of their salmon by day. Jail the poachers , longer sentences and more balifs
We aren't a problem for the fish populations if we are only catching a couple here and there. But the real issue is if we all started using stuff like prawns, we'd depopulate areas fairly quickly. Yer mans rubbish about the morality of it is ridiculous. Morality isn't the problem. It's about conservation and protecting fish stocks. I don't survive off of the fish i catch. I can go to the shop and buy a bit of chicken if i want to. I'd rather fish with a fly or spinner and catch nothing all day than ruin the sport i love. If i wanted a guaranteed catch, I'd go pike fishing. Not to mention that I run into fisheries officers all the time. They have given me better advice over the years than anyone, so for me, keeping good relations with them is more beneficial than the "rewards" of poaching.
You should do a video on the salmon farms around lough swilly👍
I will do but further research will be required, a future project 🎣
I dont think the prawn should be fished personally but im scottish so dont count.. but 1 salmon farms will be doing 100× more damage than all the prawners in ireland put together!
You should do a video on the Foreign nationals taking fish everyday of the year on most rivers and lakes and no one seems to care. I personally watched a guy walk towards me with a pike of about 18 lbs on the bann just holding it by the gill when i asked what he thought he was doing laughingly he said i eat because i never tasted pike before. Ive watched numerous guys walking past with bags of fish. Also they use a funny pyramid shaped net which they peg under the bank in case the bailiffs come along. They also sell fish that they catch outside a local factory.
Yeah the fish population of the Bann has been devastated the past few decades.
"More of an ethical issue .. a lot of anglers would have a problem with that... "
C'mon man, The same anglers have no problem killing pike just so they can fish for salmon and trout... 🙄
do fellas eat the pike? i see in canada fellas eat them away but they boney enough but taste good enough if done right
@@eoinl4529 Here in Ireland its illegal to kill pike, but trout anglers regularly kill them in "their" (trout) waters , in the mistaken belief that it will improve trout stock sustainability... this has been proven to be incorrect ...
A big pike is like a lion in Africa, skirting around a herd of wildabeast, picking off the injured or diseased... in this way Nature ensures only the best genes are passed on... same happens with the trout / pike....
😎👍☘🍻
@@peterfitzpatrick7032that's not true allowed keep pike under 50cm and a max of 4 coarse fish. Still don't know why u'd want to keep wan tho 🫤
@@FpsPhilI stand corrected, Phil, I mistakenly thought the authorities had tightened up the regs to ALL catch & release ... this is my policy anyways so not an issue for me...
I believe the regulations SHOULD be more stringent.... as for eating a pike, I doubt I'd EVER be that hungry ! 🙄😅
Tight lines to all the anglers out there !
😎👍☘🍻
I took one home when I was about 13 and knew no better. I actually caught it on a static legered worm so it was gut hooked anyway. I put it in the oven and I can still smell it 27 years later.
New subscriber here, very interesting watch. Have to say from what I have seen the farms are a bigger issue and with the use of wrasse for lice on those farms no clue what that must be doing to the stocks within the sea of wrasse and the introduction of them into farming areas
You should do a video on gill netting and the killing of thousands of pike from our lakes around the country
The traps at Ballina were more inhumane.
Up,the prawn 🦐 😂
Some rivers in Cork allow it certain months in the season but is illegal in September ....
I've never used the prawn. Looking at rules on our club, its not mentioned. So I will be using it soon just to see how it goes😊
Good for catch and release never hooked deep unlike small flies
No you want be using prawns! Galan of bleach do well 😂😂 or stinking tampon from 68 year prosy !! Is some thing with the age of blood drives samlom mad 😂😂😂😂
What about a prawn shaped fly ? Another loop hole , or those prawn feathers used for mackerel and that
A pair of clowns what are ya at lad making this video ..straight to jail for a treble hook 😂😂😂😂
Brilliant 🤣 👏
Never deep hooked a fish on a shrimp and I have had a lot of fish over the years. The problem is that on it's day you can clean out a pool if you are a fishmonger
I loved fishing it, really exciting if done properly. I haven't fished in the South since 2013.....which rivers still allow it?
That was a cool vid. Very interesting 👌
The argument I'd have is a hook is a hook be it prawn worm spinner and even a fly it's still a hook
It’s called fishing.
@@user-zu6qn9ux9n exactly I don't understand why people have a problem with how there caught its still a hook either way personally I love the prawn grate way to fish
@@jonathondunne1905 the only one is have issue is the worm, i stopped wormin for trout and salmon when i was yound cos of the ammount of fish that swallowed and have to be killed. if your hungry and desperate use a worm if not use something else
Never knew there was a problem with using prawns
There’s not a problem
The problem is offshore with nets. Years and years off overfishing. Rod and line was never a problen if it was managed properly. It should be possible for anyone with a licence and ticket to keep a few fish.
First of all prawns are not banned in the south! It’s only club rules that restrict fishing with prawns! There’s a bigger problem with Salmon is that they are being hoovered up out at sea by factory trawlers from other countries ! There needs to be a Salmon pathway with all fishing vessels excluded from that zone along with the feeding grounds off the coast of Greenland and any of these trawlers caught inside the zone would be seized and crew jailed ! These I fish the fly mostly but depending on river conditions I would use other methods! I haven’t used the prawns for a good few years now I have used it in the past and yes it is very effective! I don’t think people should be seeding division at this stage as we need all fishermen to come together !
Well said.thats where the problem is. About 500 sq miles closed off on the North West coast to all vessels no exceptions.
you should be more concerned about the rampant seal and cormorant problem, taking more fish than any fishermen will
This reminds me of how the BBC used to interview Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness back in the day
I’m the founder of the Irish prawn fishing association page if you fancy an interview mate
Hook n Line will never hurt fish stocks .... The commercial nets, 40 mile long lines are what destroys fish stocks ..
Too many laws in the UK, jmo.. Your government controls you .. smh ..
Hard to beat the prawn. It's an art and a lot of people can't Master it Regards mate.
Cant master float fishing? They must be very dull
Never used a prawn in my life no need if you're a master with a flying sea spinner in pools and know when the waters are just right you'll get your fish every time and if your not getting fish well then conditions and time of year was wrong
Confessions of a prawn ⭐...
It's hunter gathering! No fishing should be allowed for the privileged few! As an ex gamekeeper I no more than most! The average man should be allowed to take some fish and game!
When you say ireland did you really mean northern ireland?
Salmon are in decline, no-one should be even fishing for them, not even catch and return. Give them a chance to recover for a few years and then introduce one fish a rod rule per week and no more.
Arguments can be made to say closing a river leads to poachers running riot as there is no anglers actively patrolling, as the video states my view is salmon are in decline nobody should be eating supermarket farmed salmon
There’s no reason to ban prawn for salmon. Fishing the worm under a float is worse the salmon will deep hook itself every time.
Prawn fishing is not illegal in Ireland but you might be breaking a club rule
shur if ya ban fishing then the salmon are really fucked cos the only people who really care about salmon are fishermen and if they cant fish they will find some other hobby quite fast.
@craigwilliamson1452 the famous words of a poor angler, pay attention to below ur float, should never have a fish deep hooked on float 🫣
My best day was 27 on the shrimp in Connemara. My friend had 22 . Not bad considering the previous total for the entire fishery for the year was 110.
He’s just after contradicting himself
“Law is just opinion” ……but we are missing laws for what he deems injustice
Here fella... I see my video on this... I catch and release my fish
Anglers get blamed for salmon stocks , what about the trawlers who take thousands of salmon wonder if they have something to do with low stocks????
I give you a free fly casting lesson. Fair play.
Prawns are lethal and why not use them to get a fish 💪💪💪
It's illegal doesn't that bother you...............'ask every person that knowingly break the law'.
The answer is 'not really as long as I dont get caught'.
This video is making prawn anglers to look like the scurge of the country. 😂😂😂 In all fairness any decent prawn angler only uses a single 1/0 or 2/0 hook.
More in line for them to go after gill netters, fish farms and factory trawlers. its always the peasant gets hit with the rules. In british columbia you cant fish bait in many rivers up north but if your native you can. if your native you can gill net the rivers. trawlers at sea hoovering up hundreds of 1000s of tonnes but god forbid you use roe or keep a chinook salmon you get hit with a 10k fine and they take your car and boat all the while the guy next to you is scooping them up with roe, the guy below him is dip netting, the guy below that is gill netting and the guy at sea is trawling
Worms are also banned. It's a joke. Poachers netting by night and putting up pics on face book of their salmon by day. Jail the poachers , longer sentences and more balifs
is this a joke!!! what the F
Unless you’re 12 years old you couldn’t actually take this serious 😂😂😂 the bought bag of prawns then 😅
Remove the dams and fish farms. They’re doing the real damage.
Not good enugh to fish flies😆😆😆
Frowned upon by anglers that get flies tied to imitate shrimps/prawns. Nothing wrong with a purple hero, all rivers should have prawning allowed 🤌🏻
We aren't a problem for the fish populations if we are only catching a couple here and there. But the real issue is if we all started using stuff like prawns, we'd depopulate areas fairly quickly.
Yer mans rubbish about the morality of it is ridiculous. Morality isn't the problem. It's about conservation and protecting fish stocks.
I don't survive off of the fish i catch. I can go to the shop and buy a bit of chicken if i want to. I'd rather fish with a fly or spinner and catch nothing all day than ruin the sport i love. If i wanted a guaranteed catch, I'd go pike fishing. Not to mention that I run into fisheries officers all the time. They have given me better advice over the years than anyone, so for me, keeping good relations with them is more beneficial than the "rewards" of poaching.
Cool clip but drop the social justice/anarchist tripe and just fish
Main thing is netting and the farmers silige and stop fish farming that distroying all fresh fish . Wake up.
You should do a video on gill netting and the killing of thousands of pike from our lakes around the country