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Sip's should be more geared towards angler preference then to the size of a dam, if groups don't put in good numbers of fish that the general public wish to catch or if the dam/s have strict condition's with boating or access etc then fisho's are always unlikely to support that dam/s.I know at the last fish stocking workshop some fisheries staff were telling groups to be different and to promote there area's as this or that but common sense will tell you people just want to go fishing and catch a feed of fish. I think Bass are over rated and when you look at Leslie Dam and Glenlyn Dam neither of them have Bass but they are well supported more then NPD or Wivenhoe and except for Warrick which isn't a huge town both of them are hours from Brisbane and both Wivenhoe and NPD are always crying poor and are either in or on the doorstep of large population's, It has nothing to do with size it's how they have been stocked imo.Mac
I reckon the current SIP fee is way to low. I have mates who fly over every year to fish for one week with me in one of the barra dams. From memory their SIP fee for the week is around $8. I'm pretty sure I paid around $20 to fish for trout in Victoria for a week a couple of years ago. I think the fee should be doubled. Everyone is happy to spend thousands on fishing gear, boats, fuel etc so why not $70 a year on improving the actual fishery?
Be interesting to see what impact that the forthcoming ?? access fee that SEQ water is going to impose will have on the sale of SIP permits now that yaks will also have to pay for access to the dams. From ramp conversations that I have had there is a fair percentage that seem to think that they are exempt from all charges,CheersRay
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