DAILY QUOTE: "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it. Koos Brandt
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Exactly Brian,Unfortunately there are a group of people who have a derogatory term for everyone except themselves. My question is, why would you want to tether a Golden Perch or Silver Perch. If you want to kill it to eat it, then kill it humanely and keep it, if you want to release it, release it straight away. Most people who tether do so for reasons of circumventing fisheries rules. (I want to keep this one, but I might get a bigger one later, or I've already got my bag limit, but I don't want to waste this fish.)There is really no plausible reason to tether a fish and leave it to slowly die tied to a tree, it doesn't help the eating qualities at all. I've seen a few big dead cod that were tethered and forgotten or lost over the years.
Yea, I must be one of these 'meat bags' so Im going to say something.I fish fun, the challenge, the friends I make AND a feed. I pay my fees and I fish by the rules. I have never taken an undersized fish or gone over a bag limit or possesion limit, nor have I ever teathered a fish (the concept never crossed my mind, and im shocked by it) or 'upgraded' a fish that has been captive for a period of time or taken more fish than I need.I get a bit PO reading all this stuff about meet bags, quite frankly knock it off.
After a few enquiries got this answer from Tony Ham, it is legal to tether fish as long as you stick to the size and possession limit or relevent regulations.It is however illegal to upgrade tethered fish. In freshwater I C&R ONLY outside of stocked impoundments. In stocked impoundments will keep the odd fish for others as dont eat them myself this why they are stocked, to be taken. Will admit to some hypocrisy though with non indiginous natives outside of or entrained from stocked impoundments, remove every one that I catch with the exception of Toga.
Steve, did HamBone say that a tethered fish is deemed to be in possession?
It is however illegal to upgrade tethered fish
Interesting discussion.I wonder if Fisheries regard thethering to be the same as holdingin a well or tank?Puts tournament style comps in some difficulties...... First 2 caught as opposed to biggest 2 caught....
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