RottenRon wrote:Rod Bender wrote:SFP Chick wrote:my preference is to dispatch quickly & bin. I really can't come at leaving dead carp on the bank either. I don't think it's a pleasant environment for the next fishos to that spot.
cheers Amanda
I 'dispatch' them quickly then put them back in the water and I can guarantee that the fish will die. If I get one with eggs, it is killed and then I leave it on the bank for a while before returning it to the water. I doubt it would have any chance of ditching its eggs anyway. I'm not sure what the water is like where you fishing people catch your carp but if there is cod, crays. yabbies etc. in the waters where you fish, they will clean the dead carp up quickly. There are no bins where I fish as well!
thanks
Jim
I could be wrong here, but technically, I think even putting them back in the water dead is against the rules. Hell, you can't even cut them up and use em for bait.
No bins? I usually have a shovel in my fourby, so I dig a hole and use em for fertilizer. That's of course if it's a place where I won't get shot for digging holes.
Speaking of Carp, check out one of my posts about a 22kg monster.
Cheers, Ron.
The rules state that carp can not be released 'alive' back into the water. Believe me, they do not swim far when I finish with them!
As I mentioned earlier, I do take a few more precautions if they are carrying eggs. I am also thinking of taking a shovel and burying spawning carp just to make sure. Only issue is, some places I go, it is impossible to dig unless I jump fences and enter private property - which I am not going to do!
In regards to using carp for bait, the rules state that 'live' noxious species (including carp) may not be used. You can cut up carp and use it. The key is to just make sure it is dead in case you are checked by fisheries and/or in case you lose your bait. I have tried small chunks of carp once for Redfin but did no good. My intentions are to use it for cod. I will either cut small fillets off a large carp, or if I get a small carp (15 cms) I will decapitate it and use it 'whole'.
I may have mentioned earlier in this thread that I used to work for NRE/DPI within their agriculture research branch. This gave me access to fisheries officers and everything I do has their approval. Reality is, if you contacted DEPI for a ruling on what to do with carp, depending on who responds, they may say they 'must be buried'. This is just to cover themselves. I know how they operate! The rules are straight forward enough as far as I'm concerned.
thanks
Jim