One of the first fish I ever caught was a pike.
It only weighed three or four pounds, but I was nine so it seemed like a monster. I can still remember the sense of pride I got when, that night, we eat it. I don't remember it being particularly nice, but I'm told pike has come back into fashion these days and is enjoyed by such respected chefs as Clarissa Dickson Wright and Hugh Fearnley-Eat-it-all.
Bad news for many, then, because the Environment Agency is planning new byelaws which would make it illegal to keep coarse fish - such as pike, perch and carp - kept by rod and impose a maximum penalty of £50,000.
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