P.A.C members?

Was just wondering how many pac members are here

i used to be regional organiser for the warminster area before i had a long layoff from fishing,
that was probably 25 odd years ago

i am

region 31 south lancs

oh and the chapter organiser for the north west with the lure anglers society

im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

matt859 wrote:im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

secret squirrell?

but dont view the pac proper with the regions

for years i wouldnt join after the whole blithfield debacle, a mr fickling and a mr edwards talked me round.

Yes for many years.

matt859 wrote:im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

you cant be a member for a few months, its a year or nothing, and the more you say about that the better i think

No, not a member, but was thinking about it recently.

Think Matt will have to fill us all in a little more before i take the plunge, so to speak !

doug6364 wrote:No, not a member, but was thinking about it recently.

Think Matt will have to fill us all in a little more before i take the plunge, so to speak !

stuff matt,

im not a member what is it exactly?

Drrrrrrrrrrr, Its a club for pike anglers Tom

they fight to protect pike, they have just stopped a company supplying pike gags to the uk, but who cares, let the eastern Europeans eat all the fish, its there human rights

not a secret club with secret handshakes and you all wear speacial pike rings? cool plumb sounds good is it all over the country? get any free stuff

tomthepiker wrote: not a secret club with secret handshakes and you all wear speacial pike rings? cool plumb sounds good is it all over the country? get any free stuff

all over the country yes, loads of free stuff yes, as much free info as you want

The free stuff is the info by the way lol

sweet man im gonna have a butchers at it, shame about the people taking fish out and having them for there lunch i know but it will never stop unless there are serious very serious penaltys for doing it......lol ye i got that cant have enough info!

Its like almost every thing in fishing,from what branch of the sport you choose,the tackle you prefer,whether you use livies or not its a personal choice,no one should be forced to join or be decryed for not wanting to join for whatever reason.
I"m a member and believe on the whole they do a splendid job in trying to protect and promote pike fishing,they put a great deal of effort into educating youngsters and newcomers about pike handling and welfare.
Each region has a different mix of people and the meetings and get togethers are not everyones cup of tea but attendance is not copulsory.
As far as I"m concerned it"s money well spent but each to thier own.

its worth joining, the people that run it dont make money out of it, its all about protecting pike, you get a quarterly magazine that's well worth the subscription any way,

plumb68 wrote:its worth joining, the people that run it dont make money out of it, its all about protecting pike, you get a quarterly magazine that's well worth the subscription any way,

pike lines

plus there are the special access days on some very nice waters the local scene (my best man at my wedding came through the pac region he wanted a go at piking and got in touch via the blog which i run at the time a few years on and he ended up being my best man)

thats quality sounds really good why dont people like it? it dont sound that bad to me.........and no arguing

matt859 wrote:im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

you dont have to be a terrorist to blow someone up, i dont see your point

tomthepiker wrote:thats quality sounds really good why dont people like it? it dont sound that bad to me.........and no arguing

ah well no arguing thats asking a bit much seeing as pikers are a bigger bunch of bitches than those that feature in a jackie colllins novel

plumb68 wrote:

matt859 wrote:im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

you dont have to be a terrorist to blow someone up, i dont see your point

nah anyone with gcse chemistry can do that

plumb68 wrote:

matt859 wrote:im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

you cant be a member for a few months, its a year or nothing, and the more you say about that the better i think

OK let me quantify my original post. I applied to be a member, joined and after a few months attended a local meeting. A meeting it most certainly wasnt, the chair could hardly keep control and the committee and members were at each others throats for most of the meeting. There was hardly anything discussed about the good and benefit of the pike and the only helpfull advice I got was from an old chap who said that I shouldnt fish for pike unless I know how to handle one and for that I would need to go along to one of the teach in sessions. I didnt have the heart to tell him id been fishing since I was 10. I didnt bother to renew membership so I guess I was a member for a whole year then if you want to be pedantic about it.

Like I said you dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike. You can get the same advice about pike care from the internet (forums like ours for instance) without having to join a club.

matt859 wrote:

plumb68 wrote:

matt859 wrote:im not a PAC member anymore, I was once for a few months and quit after attending a local meeting. The less I say about the PAC the better I think.

You dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike.

you cant be a member for a few months, its a year or nothing, and the more you say about that the better i think

OK let me quantify my original post. I applied to be a member, joined and after a few months attended a local meeting. A meeting it most certainly wasnt, the chair could hardly keep control and the committee and members were at each others throats for most of the meeting. There was hardly anything discussed about the good and benefit of the pike and the only helpfull advice I got was from an old chap who said that I shouldnt fish for pike unless I know how to handle one and for that I would need to go along to one of the teach in sessions. I didnt have the heart to tell him id been fishing since I was 10. I didnt bother to renew membership so I guess I was a member for a whole year then if you want to be pedantic about it.

Like I said you dont have to be a PAC member in order to catch pike. You can get the same advice about pike care from the internet (forums like ours for instance) without having to join a club.

It"s a great pity you did not have a good experience at your local group,simply being a member does have it"s benefits and both groups in my area are brilliant with regular fish ins,including boat days where non owners pair up with members who are lucky enough to have one as well as talks/presentations by some of the top anglers from around the country.
As i said earlier it"s up to the individual to make up thier own mind whether to subscribe or not.