Line fishing

You are not permitted to:

• Set line, drop line, or jag (foul hooking)
• Use handlines in notified trout waters (rods and lines only permitted)
• Use, carry or possess rigged lines in excess of the maximum number of attended lines permitted is an offence and heavy penalties may apply. Spare lines should not be rigged e.g. should not have hooks or lures attached, and should be properly stowed.

Gear and methods

You are not permitted to:

• Use gaffs in inland waters.
• Use spears, spear guns or bows and arrows in inland waters.
• Use explosives, firearms or electrical devices.
• Use fish traps, cast nets, bait nets, yabby rakes or any other equipment to take fish or invertebrates other than gear specified within the waters prescribed.
• Use your hand (e.g. ‘tickle’) to take Trout or Salmon.
• Use a light to take Trout or Salmon.
• Use a hand hauled yabby net in rivers or dams to take Yabbies.
• Use traps and nets in trout waters except lift nets in Lakes Eucumbene and Jindabyne to take Yabbies.

Fish filleting

• You must not alter the length of a fish which is subject to a minimum or maximum size limit whilst you are in on or adjacent to any waters in any manner other than by gutting, gilling and scaling. You cannot remove the head or tail. This means you can cannot fillet your fish or possess filleted fish unless you are well away from the water. This rule does not apply if the fish are being prepared for immediate consumption, are being prepared for immediate use as bait, if the fish are being cleaned at a fish cleaning facility or a fish cleaning table at a boat ramp, or for fish that do not have a legal length.

Baits

You are not permitted to:

• Use frogs.
• Use live fin fish in inland waters including live Carp or other pest species.
• Use non-native fish or parts thereof whether alive or dead, other than dead Carp.
• Use live birds or live mammals.
• Use prohibited size fish as bait.
• Use Trout and Salmon roe or products containing them.
• Use “Power bait”™ or any other similarly artificially manufactured bait product in artificial fly and lure waters and trout spawning streams. 

Crayfish

You are not permitted to:

• Remove the heads, tails and claws or possess tails and or claws when you are in on or adjacent to waters. This means that you cannot remove or possess the heads, tails and claws unless you are well away from the water. This rule does not apply if the crayfish are being prepared for immediate consumption, are being prepared for immediate use as bait, if the crayfish are being cleaned at a fish cleaning facility or a fish cleaning table at a boat .

General

You are not permitted to:

• Take or attempt to take any species in waters closed to fishing.
• Possess excess fishing gear in, on or adjacent to waters.
• Take threatened or protected species.
• Keep prohibited size fish – prohibited size fish should be immediately returned unharmed to the water.
• Be in possession of fish in excess of their bag limit, including transporting and storage of such fish. An exception is if the fish have been purchased from a registered fish receiver e.g. a fish shop.
• Use any methods (e.g line fishing, traps, nets, bait collection) in closed areas
• Sell recreational catch.