Our local Shropshire Star has a fishing column and some of the things said
imply that many fishermen feel boats are definitely a no no where they fish.
One of the regular match areas is from B55 on the Shroppie and the favourite
pegs are 'by the boats'. I must admit to enjoying one report where the local
champ got the ideal peg of those by the boats but had his fishing ruined as a
boat was 'running his engine and causing wash'. The chap writing the column
thought boats should not be occupied when a match was on - let alone running
the engines. I was cheering for the engine man.
Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nick Atty wrote:
> What sort of anticipation copes with the row of moored boats on loose
> strings, a strong wind, every 10th boat or so running the engine flat
> out to charge their batteries with the tiller tied sideways so there is
> a jet of water across the cut, and every third boat crewed by the sort
> of sanctimonious twazzock who shouts "slow down" if you aren't in actual
> tick-over?
Engine manufacturers have a case to answer here but I also wish BW would
make more of an issue of running engines in gear on a mooring. Maybe
mooring fees should go up to cover the extra cost of bank repairs and
dredging ;-)
Steve
NB Bream
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