undersize fish

[SandStorm]

Can they ever be used as live baits? Thanks

[Triple]

No - "Any fish caught to be used as bait must comply with all recreational fishing regulations (such as size and bag limits, and closed seasons). No-take species cannot be used as bait. Any fish that are not native to the area (non-indigenous) must not be put back in the water even as bait."

[Vitamin Sea]

No, not if the fish has a prescribed size.

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[Triple]

Also notice it states 1 fin fish-

171 Recreational fisher possessing fin fish for bait

(1) This section applies if a fin fish is regulated by form or number.
(2) A recreational fisher may possess 1 fin fish that the fisher has processed or is processing to use as bait for recreational fishing.

[SandStorm]

Thanks guys, off topic but in parts of Europe we are not allowed live baits at all, and in Germany and Switzerland we are not allowed to fish for catch and release unless undersized.

http://fishing.about.com/od/fishingonthebank/a/Swiss_Catch.htm

[SandStorm]

The live bait ban applies to Scotland and the Canary island and possibly more countries that I'm not aware of.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1538745/Anglers-fear-ban-on-cruel-live-bait-will-spread.html


All a bit too Big Brother if you ask me!