Do fishermen have it easy

[Rowland]

No land to buy stock seed fert feed sprays the list could go on , I’m sure it’s not as good as easy as it looks but

 

[serf]

Yes , just buy the boat and go for a plunder ! Its a strange old thing , just watching them on TV at Mevagissey, them boats not cheap but its not as if they put the stocks in the sea as in farming them , just go for a plunder not got a scooby about the job , just outside looking in , guess they need lots of knowledge passed down and lots and lots of luck.

 

[vinnie123]

Seems to like “when it’s good it’s very good and when it’s bad it’s awful!” Same as farming really . Looks bloody savage mind, wouldn’t be for me

 

[haybob]

I don't think wet weather will bother them much

 

[Al R]

No they don’t, local guy to me can only go out at medium-high tides which means sometimes middle of the night, quite often mid winter on some of the sh!tt3st days of the year and their out on lobsters and crab pots. Often moving them in complete darkness in the middle of a storm to more sheltered areas as they can’t hold more than 100 on the boat.
I often see him out at 5am in March-April.

Quite a few guys similar near here with a 18-24’ boat and just 2 guys on the boat, yes some days they could be on £3-4000/day if they hit the markets right etc but other days could be £200 and each line costing £15k washed away.

The few keen ones deserve every penny! The ones that think it’s easy then buy a boat and gear, make a massive loss as they only go out on nice days usually end up leaving the boats loosely tied with a storm coming to claim the insurance.

I’d much rather go and buy a herd of milkers than go on the boats

 

[toquark]

Rough old gig but there’s serious money to be made at it, some of the fishing families here are very very wealthy.

Risk:reward ratio too dicey for me, also anything more than a light swell and I’d be hueying over the side

 

[yellowbelly]

I don't care how fudgin' tough farming gets - you won't find me swapping a tractor for a trawler

Bloody heroes the lot of 'em, they're very welcome to it and I wish 'em all the luck in the world.

 

[ARW]

Is there a fisherman’s forum where they are saying we have it easy?

 

[Al R]

Is there a fisherman’s forum where they are saying we have it easy?

Doubt it, the undermine coal miners top that 1 I would have thought

 

[Stewartry hill]

The one's I know ha e made good money but worked hard for it.and 2 lads from my class at school lost their lives at it

 

[Bury the Trash]

I don't care how fudgin' tough farming gets - you won't find me swapping a tractor for a trawler

Bloody heroes the lot of 'em, they're very welcome to it and I wish 'em all the luck in the world.

Same here ,tis a completely different World out at sea .

 

[tinsheet]

Know nothing about it to be fair, just looks like a constant harvest!

 

[Rowland]

The one's I know ha e made good money but worked hard for it.and 2 lads from my class at school lost their lives at it

Is it as dangerous as farming as a job ?

 

[Stewartry hill]

Is it as dangerous as farming as a job ?

I know of more dead fishermen than farmers.Two boats lost with all cree and a few others lost over the side .this is over fifty years so not ever day .

 

[Rowland]

I don't care how fudgin' tough farming gets - you won't find me swapping a tractor for a trawler

Bloody heroes the lot of 'em, they're very welcome to it and I wish 'em all the luck in the world.

I’m not that kean on fish or crabs squid etc so they could all not bother to go out and risk there lives for me

 

[Bury the Trash]

Is it as dangerous as farming as a job ?

more so.

 

[kiwi pom]

I think NZ commercial boats have or will have cameras and electronic catch and location reporting, to make sure they don't break the rules and catch anything they shouldn't.

Sooo 24 hour monitoring or one day a year from the RT inspector?

 

[Rowland]

more so.

I’m not disputing this but a quick search put ag at the top of many lists of most dangerous jobs

 

[Rowland]

Doubt it, the undermine coal miners top that 1 I would have thought

The miners from the pits up here just took the pee - and loads of money

 

[Yale]

Just like these farmers,go in a field and sell some sheep or cattle.

Never forget the newly wed wife of a local (works full time elsewhere) farmers son saying they were going to farm his dads place sell a few lambs every week and they could clear £25k per year.

A few years on and reality hits.....