Legal?
Submitted by SeperateKnob on Mon, 2019-09-30 15:06
Passed a boat yesterday in about 50m of water and it had a pro cray pot rope tied to the bow.
Is that legal?
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Submitted by SeperateKnob on Mon, 2019-09-30 15:06
Passed a boat yesterday in about 50m of water and it had a pro cray pot rope tied to the bow. Is that legal? |
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uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Using it as an
Anchor maybe, wouldn't wanna get caught ha ha
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Not Legal
Called interferring with others fishing gear, huge fines if caught. You don't have to pull the pot to be found guilty.
Don't want to get sprung by the owner or you could find yourself swimming in
sunshine
Posts: 2600
Date Joined: 03/03/09
But what if you get accidentally hooked on one
Has only happened twice to me in many years but I always have bright orange plastic flags with a zip tie to attach to warn pro of sinker danger .....could this be considered tampering with gear?
VIC DORY
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Date Joined: 28/05/15
A little common sense would
A little common sense would prevail in this situation
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Gear
If you have snagged a pot, pro or rec, and you don't have anything to attach to the floats, then tie them together, this will give the decky a warning that there is hooks and sinker coming his way.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Get done for sure
I always tie rag around float. If I loose gear on pro pot. Sinker coming up at speed not good. Do serious injury to deckie.
SeperateKnob
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Date Joined: 28/11/16
Thought so. It’s definitely
Thought so. It’s definitely something I wouldn’t do. I’ve found drifting is much better than anchoring anyway. If I see it again I’ll give them the heads up
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Drifting
If its a small patch you are better anchoring because with each drift over the school you take some of the fish away and spreads them out, anchoring lets you keep them all together
Deckie
Posts: 1296
Date Joined: 03/04/09
Excess Rope.
Went out from Ocean reef on sunday. There was a long line of Pro pots just behind the reef with about 20 meters of rope floating behind each pot. Needless to say i caught up on the last one only because the floats were dark and i didnt pick them up in time. No damage, didnt go round the prop.
Cheers & Stay safe
blu2fish
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Date Joined: 23/01/13
Cray ropes
Apparently whales only get caught up in recreational ropes as behind the 5 Fathom the other day pros had heaps of rope on top and whales in the area, if they were rec ropes your only allowed a metre or two on top, go figure.
meglodon
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Date Joined: 17/06/10
I am under the
I'm under the impression all pot users had to keep excessive rope restricted to a couple of metres to lessen the risk of whales getting caught in ropes.
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Seen whales playing with
Pro floats a month ago. Heaps of rope on top ,thought the same .