Legal Baits – see latest news

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- 17/10/2007 at 11:41 pm #30092
  TF_Greenman
  Nice to see that the EA can fine you Â£2500 for using illegal baits [freshwater] yet don’t list the baits.
  But I guess it could be a single hemp seed on a 22 hook!
  
  Looking back on cases, when was a trawler fined Â£2500 for illegal nets, perhaphs it should be Â£2500 for every undersize mesh of the net!
- 18/10/2007 at 12:11 am #66324
  TF_surecatch
  We Are so lucky here with such rocky horrible ground the trawlers stay well away, You can easily take out your keel on submerged Rocks especially in the tidal runs!!!
  its kind of an automatic sanctuary
- 18/10/2007 at 12:12 am #66325
  TF_surecatch
  Does anyone Know what the legal baits are ???
- 18/10/2007 at 10:54 am #66326
  Corndawg moderator
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  The baits banned from 8th October to 31st December are live or dead fish, worms, prawns, spinners or other artificial lures but does not include artificial flies.
  
  This was taken from the article
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- 18/10/2007 at 4:04 pm #66327
  neil b
  As the article says… this is to protect the migratory fish on their travels to the spawning beds. This is a major concern on the Severn due to the contiuing decline in the Salmon catches, despite compulsory catch and release at certain times of the year. All the EA need to sort out now is the continued conifer afforestation in head waters, de-acidification of the feeder streams, bank-side destruction and removal of all obstacles to migrating fish…. Apart from that.. no problem!
- 18/10/2007 at 5:22 pm #66328
  Jackyboy
  How much for a licence to fish for salmon?
- 18/10/2007 at 6:41 pm #66329
  iowa
  Nothing, just take a shovel, and when salmon are running bat them out of the air at a waterfall, easy no nets no rod and line.
- 18/10/2007 at 8:24 pm #66330
  TF_Greenman
  Yep, nothing to say that illegal?
  Don’t tell our so called EU friends!
  i can see the problem and the restrictions to protect the Salmon, but why just ban some ‘baits’ and not just ban ‘wholesale’ but I do find it strange that you can get done Â£2500 for free lining a worm!
- 19/10/2007 at 3:44 pm #66331
  Jackyboy
  When I spent 3 month fishing in Canada, I bought a yearly licence for about 19 bucks. I could fish for salmon but I was there in full summer. No bait restriction but was allowed to fish one rod with a single hook! My friends always told me that roe was a very good bait, availaible at the bait dispensing machine.
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