freshwater-recreational-fishing-guide-2018-19

39 You have now modified one entry funnel.
Do the same thing with all other funnels and
your trap is now legal.
Any unmodified yabby trap is a hazard to
wildlife. It is important to remember that even
modified traps may not keep platypus out.
NSW Recreational Freshwater Fishing Guide Fishing methods and activities
Yabby traps banned where platypus occur
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Do not use traps in platypus waters.
If you want to catch yabbies in public waters
where opera house and Kulkyne yabby traps
are prohibited, use lift or hoop nets as an
alternative in areas where they are permitted.
Prohibited fishing methods and activities
Line fishing
You are not permitted to:
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Set line, drop line, or jag (foul hooking).
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Use handlines in trout waters (rods and
lines only permitted).
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Use, carry or possess rigged lines in excess
of the maximum number of attended
lines permitted. It is an offence and
heavy penalties may apply. Spare lines
should not be rigged e.g. should not have
hooks or lures attached, and should be
properly stowed.
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Leave hand held lines unattended unless
within 50m and in line of sight.
Gear and methods
You are not permitted to:
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Use gaffs or possess a gaff hook in, on or
adjacent to inland waters.
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Use spears, spear guns or bows and arrows
in inland waters.
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Use explosives, firearms or electrical devices.
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Use fish traps, gill nets, drum nets, crab
nets, cast nets or any other equipment to
take fish or invertebrates other than gear
specified within the “permitted fishing gear
and methods” section of the guide (from
page 34), within the waters prescribed.
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Use a hand (e.g. ‘tickle’) to take Trout or Salmon.
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Use a light to take Trout or Salmon.
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Use a bait rake.
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Use a hand-hauled yabby net in rivers or
dams to take Yabbies.
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Use traps and nets in trout waters except
hoop (lift or kulkyne) nets in Googong Dam
and in Lakes Lyell, Wallace, Eucumbene or
Jindabyne to take Yabbies or Shrimp.
Fish filleting
You must not alter the length of a fish which is
subject to a minimum or maximum size limit
whilst you are in, on or adjacent to any waters
in any manner other than by gutting, gilling
and scaling. You cannot remove the head or
tail. This rule does not apply if the fish are
being prepared for immediate consumption,
are being prepared for immediate use as bait,
if the fish are being cleaned at a fish cleaning
facility or a fish cleaning table at a boat ramp,
or for fish that do not have a legal length.
Baits
You are not permitted to:
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Use frogs.
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Use live finfish in inland waters including
live Carp or other pest species.
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Use non-native fish or parts thereof
whether alive or dead, other than
dead Carp.
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Use live birds or live mammals.
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Use prohibited size fish as bait.
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Use Trout and Salmon roe (eggs) or
products containing them.
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Use “Power bait” or any other similarly
artificially manufactured bait product
in artificial fly and lure waters and trout
spawning streams (see page 35 for a list
of permitted baits in general trout waters
and page 45 for a list of trout waters
in NSW).