Comments on: Trout tickling

By: Dave three

Dave three — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:11:59 +0000

Also forgot to add in my last post. Most of the salmon dont make it back to the rivers anymore because they are trawled in or just outside uk waters and sold only to the finest uk restauraunts or flogged at great profit by the uk government/fisheries companies to the world while we eat farmed fish!!!! Common sense has evaporated in the uk due to the greed of the pound note and the control over people.

By: Dave three

Dave three — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:02:37 +0000

Are you telling me nature cant take care of itself and that the rivers cant cope without human influence? Thats rubbish. The reason tickling is illegal is because the greedy rich toffs will not stand local lads fullfilling their natural right to enjoy the river and its bounty because they think that money buys them the right to own the river and the fish in it. The term poaching was created by these people. In fact if you research your history youll find it is another way for the rich to enslave the free/poor into working in their factories etc because they arent allowed to feed themselves from the wild even though its a birthright! Instead we have to give our lives over to them by working to pay for farmed fish in a supermarket. A bloody disgrace.

By: Beano

Beano — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:28:15 +0000

River fish aren’t exactly ‘free’. Water boards spend millions on maintaining water quality, banksides and footpaths have in some cases to be managed/maintained, and in many cases the trout in there are bred in farms and released for the benefit of the licence paying fishermen. With a rod and line, the fish have an option – to take the bait, or not. ‘Tickling’, pure and simple is very clever and requires much patience. On the other hand, when we were kids, out for the whole day we used to watch the shallows for fish, throw in a pebble to scare it under a rock – then just wade in, stick our hands in and pull it out. This is NOT ‘tickling’. We even had short (6″) sticks with a hook lashed to the end for those we couldn’t get a grip of. None of these fish were taken home, we roasted them for lunch on sharpend sticks over the hot ashes of a small bright fire (carefully putting the fire out afterwards and covering it over). Delicious – and yes – it IS poaching!

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TROUT TICKLING TOO! | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:37:36 +0000

[...] have been some comments regarding the legality of tickling trout but, as far as I know, the practice would only be illegal if you were fishing in private waters, [...]

By: Leez

Leez — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:12:30 +0000

Now I’m intriqued…I want to try this! Can the invasive Asian carp be caught this way?

If it really can become, with practice, that easy to catch so much fish so quickly, I can understand it being declared illegal– especially if it’s in an area that’s already been (or is close to being) overfished.

But I do admit to being irked that this method might be illegal everywhere, even if one had purchased a fishing license.

By: Dave three

Dave three — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:27:08 +0000

Tickling trout, eels and YES the king of fish, the ‘Salmon’ is one of the true great enjoyable gifts of nature and life. A great and skillful pastime/way of life passed down from generation to generation slowly being lost because of the boring sad herberts i.e. fisherman who use rods etc and bailiffs who think they own every b****y stretch of water, lakes etc and every fish in them. I have a lot of nasty words for them but i will refrain from using them here. Common sense, decency and a brain to think for one’s self have well and truelly gone in todays society. Why should some clown who buys a rod etc and pays for a license have controll over gifts from nature that are free to us all?

This subject really boils my blood. Ive seen banks tangled in line that never degrades, fish dead on line that has snagged on the bottom and the angler has snapped the line. Ive seen swans, geese and ducks etc hooked on line after swallowing bait inc hooks etc, and one duck that couldnt fly as it had its wing badly tangled in line. Tickling trout is more enjoyable than rod fishing, keeps you fit and gets you truelly involved in nature but most importantly does not damage the environment or hurt fish.

I will continue to catch fish with my barehands until the day i die and all you anglers and bailiffs can go take a long walk off a short cliff. When i have kids i will teach them everything i know. I have no respect for your part in controlling nature and how people harmlessly interact with it. Nice to hear all the stories of others tickling fish. Keep it up and enjoy yourselves.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:34:33 +0000

Very interesting, never tried it before though.

By: Gaskelldeath

Gaskelldeath — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:15:00 +0000

Everythings illegal nowadays! and the things make a good point

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:37:50 +0000

It is a total myth that women’s pheromones have an affect on fish, this was started by Carp anglers many years ago mainly as a joke about their baits. All fish can’t detect female pheromones and that’s a clinical fact.

By: tevin

tevin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:01:35 +0000

I’ve always wanted to tickle trout; and I don’t see why it is illegal