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Legal limit on no. of hooks on rigs/traces?

  • 09-01-2017 10:15PM
    #1
    jsweizer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi all,

    Does anyone know if there is a legal limit on the number of hooks you can have on a rig/trace while shore angling with bait? People tell me that 'longlines' are illegal - I can believe that leaving a long trace/rig tied down and unattended with say 50 hooks is illegal, but would it be illegal to cast your own baited rig/trace out from the shore with a rod with, say, 10 hooks close together?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    jsweizer wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Does anyone know if there is a legal limit on the number of hooks you can have on a rig/trace while shore angling with bait? People tell me that 'longlines' are illegal - I can believe that leaving a long trace/rig tied down and unattended with say 50 hooks is illegal, but would it be illegal to cast your own baited rig/trace out from the shore with a rod with, say, 10 hooks close together?

    Thanks

    No legal limit, as long as the rod is not left unattended. Limit of 3 hooks in officially sanctioned sea angling competitions.


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