Live baiting in impoundments

[dassa]

Hi Guys and girls after reading a few posts latley about using live bait in impoundments so I thought this might clear thing up a lot.I hope this has'nt been brought up before found it on the dpi fisheries web sit

cheers dassa

Live bait

The use of fish and crustaceans such as spangled perch, redclaw crayfish, shrimp and yabbies as bait (dead or alive) is prohibited outside their natural environment or range. This is to prevent species from becoming established in foreign habitats and causing environmental damage. Currently three species can be used as live bait. They are:

â– redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) - native to the Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Division and some river basins in the far northern portion of the East Coast Drainage Division. Redclaw can be used as bait only in these areas

â– shrimp (Macrobrachium australiensis) - found throughout Queensland and can be used as bait in all areas of the state

â– yabby (blueclaw crayfish) (Cherax destructor) - found naturally in the Murray-Darling, Lake Eyre and Bulloo-Bancannia Drainage Divisions, and some river basins in the East Coast Drainage Division. Yabbies can be used as bait only in these areas.

.Further information

â– Contact us for more detailed information about the river basins in which particular species can be used as live bait

[Feral]

Be careful - some water boards have stricter rules than that, the live bait must have been caught in the dam, they wont allow any in.

[tomca]

especially at Lenthalls, if that [insert derogatory term here] ranger is still there

[Feral]

He is long gone, by all accounts the new bloke is a far and decent sort.