Whats the date of Bass ban?

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martin32 · #1 Post by **martin32** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:30 pm

As above !Dont want to break the law!! Its ok found when.

#2 Post by **ginoceltic** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:45 pm

15th of May til 15th of June

martin32 · #3 Post by **martin32** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:52 pm

Think ill take a trip to Wexford then :D

#4 Post by **roger de dodger** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:54 pm

thanks for cheering me up 14 days and counting :(

#5 Post by **pete** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:44 am

Fish have been spawning before that date, fish we released on Inch almost two weeks ago had milt coming out of it :idea:

paulocallaghan · #6 Post by **paulocallaghan** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:29 am

iv had fish in december and january do the same so im not sure about the dates for the ban, i def agree the ban should be inplace, but im not sure if its at the right time, (il prob be shot for this) but i think it should be even longer say all of may and all of june to give them a propper chance. any of the bass iv caught just after spawing were so knackered that they could hardly move never mind put up a fight.
may to june is prob the peak spawning time but u will catch others spawning far earlier and later

#7 Post by **pete** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:17 am

There definetly is something in what your saying Paul, i don't know the full story or how it was decided that the 15th of May to the 15th of June was decided as being the optimum spawning period

#8 Post by **inigo** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:21 pm

I'm sure the factors that influence the spawning of any species have been mentioned before. It sounds only logical that things like temperature will have a strong impact on the spawning times. We've all recently heard of the unsual April we've had. Someone has written about the unusually early arrival of mackerel. Perhaps bass are spawning earlier this year too. Lengthening the ban period will most problably have a beneficial effect but perhaps the timing should be studied on a year per year basis first as to make it more efficient? What do you guys think?

PS: These are only ideas in my head. I may be a scientist but I'm no expert in marine biology!

#9 Post by **Pat** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:24 am

The bass ban runs from the 15th May to the 15th June. Is that inclusive of these dates? In other words can you fish on the 15th of May, or June?

teacher · #10 Post by **teacher** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:30 am

My *interpretation* would be that it includes 15th May, but not 15th June.

teacher · #11 Post by **teacher** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:33 am

I think my interpretation was wrong :roll: The practice in other regulated fisheriesseems to be that the dates are inclusive.

paulocallaghan · #12 Post by **paulocallaghan** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:22 pm

ya teacher the dates are inclusinve so you can fish untill midnight on the 14 may and from midnight of the 16 june.

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