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That looks reasonable to me, as an average probably about right. If you were to include hookbaits, liquids, pellets, particles, it is a viable business opportunity..
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#147 19 Jan 2021 at 12.11pm | | |
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i know on my trips bait is an average of 40Kg per angler...
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#146 19 Jan 2021 at 12.02pm | | |
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Say 1000 anglers come over each week (no idea how many come over, anyone know?) all with 20kg (conservative) that's 20 tons a week by my calculation. All paying say £7 a kg on average that'd be 140k worth of trade a week for the industry or nearly £5 million in a 35 week season.
Those numbers seem right to everyone?
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#145 19 Jan 2021 at 11.01am | | |
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regarding overseas bait sales,
its high, as people generally take alot more per week than they do in their uk angling..
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#144 19 Jan 2021 at 10.56am | | |
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I voted leave , and without doubt things are cropping up that people did not realise , but I always thought it would be a bit chaotic for the first 6 months at least , with people having to change in many ways . The bait thing , within 12 hours I'd arranged bait to be picked up over there , and even if it's not what I use over here, it's not a bad replacement .
I feel for the people in the well thought out posts below, like smaller businesses effected etc , although I'm not sure what percentage of the average bait company's income is reliant on overseas sales , perhaps someone knows ?.
Polish going home ? , I work with loads , lots are only here short term , and with the work place availability over there changing some friends have gone home , brexit or not .
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#143 19 Jan 2021 at 9.57am | | |
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Spot on..
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#140 19 Jan 2021 at 8.04am | | |
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What I don’t get is that we’ve had nearly 5? years, since the referendum, to get things sorted before 1st January this year 🤷🏻♂️
These rules have always applied to countries outside the EU and they are not new rules that were made up on 1st Jan. Other countries outside the EU still seem to get their products into the EU and have their processes in place.
But us being the typical British have waited until the last minute and now flapping, huffing and puffing about not having the right paperwork to get some boilies into the EU 😂. The rules are the rules and they have been there for a long time. People like Mainline, Nash, CCMoore etc could of easily of gotten all the relevant paperwork in place so they can export their products. Now it’s been left until the last minute it’s going to be a big rush and no doubt big costs now to get everything needed in place. Probably hoping for a deal to be put in place and didn’t bother to prepare themselves for a no deal
And unfortunately all of these extra cost will be passed on to us customers
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#138 19 Jan 2021 at 6.19am | | |
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Bait shouldn't have been a reason to make you vote either way you're right, however being a member of several Expat groups on Facebook there's a clear pattern forming which I find sad. The larger companies in various different sectors are able to afford the extra man hours and investment into cutting through the red tape, the people left behind are going to be the smaller companies that can't - I've seen a lot of people looking down their nose at 'Freds in sheds' but that's where a lot of businesses start out and there's never been shame in any business staying small (quite the contrary in fact - small businesses often thrive by offering superior and bespoke products and services).
I read an interesting article yesterday by a UK>EU removals firm detailing all the paperwork now needed and predicting the end to 'man and a van' operations due to the administration needed to clear customs which is just one of the many examples to show that less than three weeks in and the signs are its nibbling away at cross border business already, with the little men set to fall first as always.
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#137 18 Jan 2021 at 11.58pm | | |
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I voted leave , and not taking a bit of bait to France for a weeks holiday is a hollow excuse to change .
I will buy bait out there , be it lake specials , or pre ordered French/Dutch/Belgium companies at tackle shops etc .
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#135 18 Jan 2021 at 10.54pm | | |
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Look down a couple of posts
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#134 18 Jan 2021 at 9.42pm | | |
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The Angling Trust are now involved. They are lobbying the Government for a rule change.
https://anglingtrust.net/2021/01/15/anglers-to-challenge-brexit-bait-ban/
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#133 17 Jan 2021 at 11.04pm | | |
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#132 17 Jan 2021 at 11.02pm | | |
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There's loads of ways around these new rules. Bait from the UK should still be able to be exported to shops and venues in Europe, it just looks like it'll be a ballache and might increase costs. Theres also tons of bait companies within Europe.
Its a big change but not a terrible one.
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#131 17 Jan 2021 at 10.50pm | | |
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I hope I'm wrong but it 's only January the 17th yet it sounds like your are already resigned doomed to failure.
Granted not everyone but there's a few fair few on here that seem it's not ideal situation but not a showstopper 
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#130 17 Jan 2021 at 10.43pm | | |
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The AT seems to think they have the ability to negotiate with Brussels over this... I think they're a little bit out of their league to say the least.
To say that boilies are not going to enter the foodchain because they are used by catch and release anglers shows a certain degree of ignorance too.
Many boilies are used by anglers to fish public lakes and rivers where removing fish for the table is quite commonplace in France and even more so in other EU countries.
Fish are also sold by catch and release fisheries and may end up becoming part of the foodchain - for example, several times in the past we've sold small carp to our local commune for them to stock in the village lake which allows anglers to take their catch home with them. We sold pike to a fish farmer a few years ago and there's a very good chance they became table fish - and we all know pike eat a certain amount of boilies.
We once sampled one of our nuisance catfish and were surprised to find the flesh was quite pleasant.
The following year we took a catfish from a friends lake up the road and did the same thing, it smelt funny, its flesh had a yellow tint and when we decided to give it a miss even the dogs wouldn't touch it. I strongly suspect that it was bait thay had tainted the flesh.
This is well above the AT's pay grade in my opinion.
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