ROB HUGHES hits out at the fishing police
“The captor of anything decent these days will have his or her collar felt”
NO, I’M not talking about Her Majesty’s finest constabulary, but ‘the fishing fuzz’. You know the sort – the ‘experts’ that clearly know everything about everything, and love to jump on a social media post to criticise, whinge or, worse still, make a sweeping comment without actually ascertaining the facts first.
Generally, the captor of anything decent these days usually has his or her collar felt for some alleged misdemeanor or other – no landing mat in the shot, the picture taken from too far away, the wrong bait being used. You get the point.
One typically enthusiastic ‘roaching rozzer’ had a few things to say about my recent catch shot that came after an incredible day’s roach fishing.
One went so far as to suggest that the fish had been killed so that I could get a shot of them all on the mat. Have a word… or, better still… don’t. Perhaps if they went fishing a little more, they’d understand a little more.
Sometimes it’s better to keep quiet and let people think you’re a fool, rather than open your mouth and prove that you are!
Loads of posts are ‘copping for it’ at the moment. We all know the pike police are a pretty serious outfit, but the mat mafia, keepnet cops and carp police are on fire too! Maybe we should start a special Blue Light award for particularly impressive ‘collars’.
‘More time on the bank, less at the keyboard’ should be the sentence handed down to these offenders.