Over the last few days I have met 3 anglers who stated that "there is no problem fishing for bass during the closed season May15-June 15 so long as they are returned".
My understanding is that anglers cannot target bass during this period. On some of the beaches and rocks that I fish there are very few if any species besides bass. Thus any angler fishing there is definitely targeting the species and breaking the law. He/she is also letting the rest of us anglers down. It took many years to get a protection order on this magical species and many more years for them to start to recover.
This is quite different to fishing on a beach where there are lots of species including bass. So if the latter is caught and returned then there is no problem.
Bass Closed Season
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Re: Bass Closed Season
You can't target Bass during the closed season! During this time I target Pollock only!
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I'm actually looking forward for going after the pollock been months and months since I went after them
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Pollock are great sport, i will also be stalking them till the ban is over. More than enough to fill my fix for a bend in the rod. I will aslo be on the hunt for the wrasse, another great fun species to target during the ban.shortcircuit wrote:I'm actually looking forward for going after the pollock been months and months since I went after them
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Re: Bass Closed Season
Agreed but they need to change the dates as spawning / breeding seems to have changed itself.
Love the fight from a pollack myself [emoji106]
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Re: Bass Closed Season
I rang the ifi on this & they said you can't target bass on a catch & release during the closed month.
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Re: Bass Closed Season
Nice early pollock [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]Deise boy wrote:
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