--- Quote from: Love the fresh on July 31, 2013, 04:37:12 PM ---What's the point of letting in outboards then restricting speed? Is it to keep out skiers and hooning? And let it be fishers only?
FYI: I have 60 yam 4st and love bass fishing, my main haunt is hinze with electric. But want to get around more.
--- End quote --- Main reason for allowing outboards is a safety issue. A low speed limit will help preserve the peace and solitude of the dam and also pacify the leaseholders about possible erosion problems. I dare say that there will be a lot of different perspectives on this issue. My main fishing is also leccy at NPD and Hinze and I doubt that that will change no matter what will happen at Wivenhoe but things possibly may change at the dams I fish so I am having 2 bob both ways. Cheers Ray
aussiebasser:
Technically I don't see the need to limit the outboards at all. The pollution issue is a furphy as there are no restrictions in Somerset and all that water ends up in Wivenhoe. There are also no restrictions in the river below Wivenhoe so anything goes from Atkinsons Crossing to Kholo. The water outlet for Brisbane is below Kholo. The horsepower limit is not necessary. A 10 footer with a 30 is quicker than a 20 footer with a 90. You don't see roads with a 60 kph limit that is also restricted to 4 cylinder cars. The erosion issue also doesn't stack up. There is a lot of erosion damage around Wivenhoe now, comparable with Somerset, so I would suggest windborn waves are the culprit there. My suggestion is, and was at the meeting, to mirror Lake Cressbrook, not Lenthalls. Cressbrook works.
elops:
Well I guess I would be still on the electric and unable to start the e tec while someone with an old carburated 4 stroke( and some new ones) that meets no emission standard whatsoever is ok. Seems sensible to me.
rayke1938:
Yes I would have my doubts about some of the el cheepo chinese 4 stroke imports. Do not know if they have to meet any standards? The honda and merc carby 4 strokers met the standards on the day . Re speed limit as long as it is realistically low and strictly enforced ( Especially near any public areas) Remember there are a lot of people in small tinneys,canoes and yaks on the water there and whilst the more experienced can cope the newbies could get into trouble. Anyone got a definition of measuring wash? At what point is it measured? Who will be responsible for enforcing any restrictions on the water.? SEQ rangers?( Do they have any powers as all I have seen is that they ask people to leave) Fisheries or water police or all ? Cheers Ray
aussiebasser:
--- Quote from: rayke1938 on August 01, 2013, 06:35:57 AM ---Yes I would have my doubts about some of the el cheepo chinese 4 stroke imports. Do not know if they have to meet any standards? The honda and merc carby 4 strokers met the standards on the day . Re speed limit as long as it is realistically low and strictly enforced ( Especially near any public areas) Remember there are a lot of people in small tinneys,canoes and yaks on the water there and whilst the more experienced can cope the newbies could get into trouble. Anyone got a definition of measuring wash? At what point is it measured? Who will be responsible for enforcing any restrictions on the water.? SEQ rangers?( Do they have any powers as all I have seen is that they ask people to leave) Fisheries or water police or all ? Cheers Ray
--- End quote --- You'll have to wait until November when the decision is made Ray. This is just a Poll to ask people what they would do.