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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With a hatchery bordering the Noosa River and run-off from it going into a creek which feeds into the Noosa River, I doubt that we could now call it a truely wild fishery either. As for the definition of "take" I can't see the average person confusing "take" with "target". I'm sure common sense would apply, and if a fisheries officer did charge someone with "taking" Bass during a closed season, and they had no fish in their possession, I can't see a Judge or Magistrate upholding the charge. It's a bit like that old joke where the woman says she wasn't fishing and the fisheries officer says she could have been, because she has all the equipment, and she says she'll have him charged with rape, and he says he didn't touch her and she says but he could have because he had all the equipment. Sadly the real issue with this does not really concern most of the people who will read this here. A few hundred people practicing catch and release fishing for escaped stocked Bass are not what is causing the problem. It's the people taking more than their bag limit, using nets and set-lines and abusing the fishery that are the problem, unfortunately they are not the people likely to read a forum such as this.
Another thing to think of is if even a few certain rivers get closed to bass fishing and people actually listen what will happen to those withing reach of the people that used to fish the closed river. I dont think choosing only certain rivers to close would work as the surrounding rivers would get more pressure than usual and may be flogged out far too much. Imagine if everyone from noosa that fished went to the brissy river when they wanted a bass fix ... im sure there would be a few clashes along the lines.I could be just dribbling too ..... Steve
I'd be more inclined to safe our real Wild Bass populations by a closed water clause for many areas when they are spawning. Similar to one area I know of, where any fishing apparatus is band all year round through this section of the creek.Now that is black and white!Dave
The easy answer is to change the wording to:Bass Closed season July 1 to August 31. No take, no target. All Qld waters from border to Noosa upstream to the first man made barrier. All waters north of noosa river are almost all stocked (or polluted) so should not have a closed season.Clear and easy
Gordon.Even a sign at the majority of access points to rivers and creeks and parks about rules and reg's on rec fishing so that ignorance becomes less of an excuse if not one at all.Im sure someone would be up in arms about the cost of additional signage tho.Steve
I can remember a thread on this subject and think that it was said that Bill Proctor sourses his brood stock from as far afield as the richmond and clarence catchments and he changes his brood stock frequently.CheersRay
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