Closed season for Bass Dont Forget.

[rayke1938]

Dont forget that it is closed season for bass in Queensland waters from first of June till end of August. All stocked impoundments are exempt as they can not breed in the impoundments.

Cheers

Ray

[Feral]

I had forgotten, just as well Erin's horse riding was cancelled, I was planning on throwing a line in the caboolture river and trying for a few bass with my new reels whilst waiting.

Whilst it is stocked, it is not on the list of "allowed impoundments" for fishing in the closed season!

[Dinodadog]

The way is you dont target them but sometimes they are a bycatch, so you release them quickly. But you are not realy fishing for them,,,,,,,are you

[Terry H]

Dino: Well when nto in a dam I'm likely to be using a spinnerbait, good lure for those yellowbelly

and a good reminder for all regarding the closed season:)

[kriso]

never knew about that one thanks fellas

[bootyinblue]

Slightly off the topic, but Ray you said that they cannot breed in the stocked impoundments. How come that is so?

[Dazzamcgee]

They need Brackish water to spawn.

[bootyinblue]

ooohhh ok... I thought most dams would have suitable areas for spawning and that you chuck in (whoops, stock the dam) with 20,000 hoping that they go on to make 20,000 more and then you chuck in more everynow and then to top up.

So you are saying that pretty much every fish taken out of there by man was put in there by man?

[Dazzamcgee]

yes to a point, some pest fish were introduced by accident( by man or by nature??) that will spawn in inpoundments.

[Angus]

Booty: All bass in impoundments will be stocked unless they are left over from the remenant population from before the river was dammed. Thats why the stocking groups are so important and the reason I happily pay my fishing permits.

Angus

[bootyinblue]

Well there you go... learn something new every day and yep I have a permit for the dams, but only been there once and lost interest after a few casts....LOL

[Terry H]

Booty, some stocked fish can breed, providing enough was stocked in the first place. Example: Saratoga. Fish like Bass on the other hand cannot. As Dazza said, they need brackish water. This is why you hear of so many bass going over the dam wall when water spills over/is released. It's because they head for the running water, which should naturally take them down to brackish water