"Russ" wrote in message
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So if you are fishing a, "free" water, i.e. a stretch of water which
isn't owned by a club/sole owner etc, then theoretically you can take
home any fish you catch.

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No, I didn't say or mean to imply that. I'm not sure what the legal position
is in the UK regarding for example the removal of coarse fish from the types
of water you mention. However, the UK culture for coarse angling is catch
and release so it hasn't really been a major issue in the past .... whether
it will become one in the future is another question.

Richard