e sheds tonight mixed feelings
Gudday all. Usual night at e sheds with loads of scalies about 2mtrs down with livies being chomped in half without a hookup on my big rig. Had some youngsters constantly crossing our lines till i said i'd cut theirs if they did it again!
Someone landed a mulla about 1mtr long! Made my day to see someone that happy. Had a couple of livies left as we were packing up, so wandered down the wharf to see if they were wanted. Came across a couple of young lads with a throw net. mentioned nets werent allowed and 40 was the limit for bait fish. Turns out, apparently, You CAN use a net if you have a 30 dollar license, and there is NO limit to scalies! They had a 10ltre bucket near full! WTF?! ...so, a good night apart from that, and picking up other peoples litter
AlwaysFishin
Posts: 644
Date Joined: 13/11/11
I'm no expert but I'm pretty
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure throw nets are banned and limit for baitfish is 10 litres.
Rig
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Date Joined: 27/12/06
Throw net
You can use throw nets if you have a licence. Pretty sure the river is out of bounds though it's all on the fisheries website for anyone who cares to check
snapper_seeker
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Date Joined: 24/04/12
here is the link
here is the link :
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/recreational_fishing/licences/rec_licence_netting.pdf
catchalittle
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Date Joined: 04/09/08
nope you cannot use a cast
nope you cannot use a cast net in the harbour
Nathan
Albee Mangles
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Date Joined: 20/05/08
Call Fisheries
Put their number in your phone, if in doubt, call them.
Fisher Kid
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Date Joined: 16/10/12
Yea, the whole swan and
Yea, the whole swan and canning systems are closed to any type of netting regardless if you have a license, aswell as the coast up to scarbprough/yanchep, and all the way down to areound mandurah/busselton somewhere along the beach. They obviously thought that the license allowed them to use the net anywhere. They can use the net, but just not anywhere near perth basically.
Fishing and catching are two different things. But i want to learn how to catch.
sea-kem
Posts: 14926
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Why are so many people
Why are so many people ignorant to the rules????? Shit it's not hard to read the flyer. And they all plead dumb when busted.
Love the West!
TheJettyRat
Posts: 733
Date Joined: 02/03/12
So true, with the internet
So true, with the internet the way it is these days and most phones connected it is not hard to google the rules. No excues these days.
scottnofish
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Date Joined: 28/08/07
first line says it all
Note: All waters of the Swan and Canning rivers
are closed to recreational netting (including
throw netting) at all times.
• Cottesloe Fish Habitat Protection Area
(FHPA)
All waters within the FHPA are closed to
• North Mole Boat Harbour
• Scarborough Beach
All waters inside theAll waters within 800 m ofthe high water mark between Reserve Street
and 400 m south of Brighton Road are
recreational netting at all times.
closed to• City Beach
water mark between a point 800 m north of
the northern groyne to a point 800 m south of
the
netting
All waters within 800 m of the highsouthern groyne are closed to recreationalat all times.• Swanbourne Beach to Fremantle (Rous Head)
waters within 400 m of the high water mark from
a point 800 m south of Swanbourne Drain to Rous
Head harbour wall (North Mole) are
recreational netting at all times.
Allclosed toharbour and within 200 m of the harbour wall are
closed
to recreational netting at all times.• Rottnest Island
All waters within 800 m of theisland are
closed to recreational netting at all times.• South Beach (Fremantle)
the high water mark from the prolongation of Douro
Road to the prolongation of Island Street, including
all waters surrounding Douro Road groyne, are
All waters within 150 m ofclosed
to recreational netting at all times.WATERS OPEN/CLOSED TO NETTING
23• Coogee Beach
of the Beach Road prolongation are
seaward of the high water mark to recreational
netting at all times.
All waters 460 m north and southclosed 400 m• Garden Island (Fremantle)
400 m seaward of a line drawn from Colpoys
Point to Collie Head, including Careening Bay, are
All waters inside andclosed
to recreational netting at all times.recreational netting at all times.
grantarctic1
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Date Joined: 03/03/11
Was talked about
This was talked about in another thread yesterday, http://fishwrecked.com/forum/hardyheads-0
I added some info from the fisheries but you can find the file on there site.
They were right about the limit for bait fish , there is no limit for a few species but this is about to change next month with a 9 litre bait fish limit being introduced with the new rule changes .
As others have said, no you cant use a cast net in the Swan / Canning / Moore rivers. If the young guy's had actually paid the $30 net license they would have recieved all the info about netting from fisheries ,
At least you questioned them about thier actions, there is not much more you can do exept call fisheries , but we know they turn up to E-shed so often no fisho's there have a chance to do anything wrong
Michael Yoni
Posts: 601
Date Joined: 02/01/11
We all agree its illegal, but
We all agree its illegal, but if they only collected baitfish is there any harm in that. Not defending them just broardening the perspective.
naylor_1
Posts: 161
Date Joined: 15/02/10
If everyone had that
If everyone had that attitude there would be no baitfish left, in turn would have significant effect on other larger species of fish and so on potentially wiping out a spiecies. How's that for perspective
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
'Perspective' Now there's a
'Perspective' Now there's a word I haven't seen used so much since my pot smoking days
Love the West!
paulsmez
Posts: 99
Date Joined: 14/08/12
Seriously?
No bait fish=no big fish= no fishing.
Nobody should feel guilty about reporting people that jeopardise our fisheries by breaking the law. It's not dobbing, it's ensuring your kids and grandchildren are going to enjoy fishing as much as you do.
paulsmez
Posts: 99
Date Joined: 14/08/12
Seriously?
No bait fish=no big fish= no fishing.
Nobody should feel guilty about reporting people that jeopardise our fisheries by breaking the law. It's not dobbing, it's ensuring your kids and grandchildren are going to enjoy fishing as much as you do.
dumper
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Date Joined: 03/04/08
Its more productive using
Its more productive using bait chaser jigs than a cast net anyway. All cast nets do is scare the school away
Justin M
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Date Joined: 14/01/13
Dunno whether its just
Dunno whether its just genuine misunderstanding of whats written down or just blatant disregard of the rules...
See and hear about some pretty average behaviour down there sometimes. Saw three kids catch some shit fish today and they thought it would be a hoot to try and recast it on their light gear back into the drink. Hook was predictably ripped from its mouth, it flopped around on the deck as I walked passed then much to my amazement (or should I not be so naive?) they went to kick and stand on it before I lost it and told them to stop been fucking idiots. May only be an annoying by catch but it doesn't warrant been tortured. 'Oh but its bleeding from the mouth' one of the genius' said. Fuck me!
Sean66
Posts: 149
Date Joined: 18/09/11
If you believe in karma then
If you believe in karma then perhaps their turn will come..there is no excuse for treating by catch or undersize fish in any cruel manner...that being said i rememeber doing some nasty things to blowfish when i was a kid...im doomed..lol
I'm here for a good time, not a long time. Lets go fishing!
Seek
Posts: 49
Date Joined: 14/01/12
Seen these boys down there thursday
"See and hear about some pretty average behaviour down there sometimes. Saw three kids catch some shit fish today and they thought it would be a hoot to try and recast it on their light gear back into the drink. Hook was predictably ripped from its mouth, it flopped around on the deck as I walked passed then much to my amazement (or should I not be so naive?) they went to kick and stand on it before I lost it and told them to stop been fucking idiots. May only be an annoying by catch but it doesn't warrant been tortured. 'Oh but its bleeding from the mouth' one of the genius' said. Fuck me!"
Seen these boys down there. Bunch of losers and cruel bastards.
Subaquatic
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Date Joined: 23/04/11
Boys will be boys.I cringe at
Boys will be boys.
I cringe at some of things we used to do as kids.....but, I grew up, and started behaving...eventually ;-)