Not knowing the club rules is NOT an excuse!! Any member found not abiding by club rules will face the possibility of expulsion from the club. Rules and regulations are produced for the protection of fish stocks please follow them. ROMANIAN CATCH &RELEASE ANGLING ASSOCIATION requires that ALL members when fishing club waters, rivers, lakes for pleasure or matches (including matches at non club ve
nues) to have in possession of an annual Member Card which are available from your Club Secretary or committee members . Members of the club must not kill, sell any fish directly or indirectly caught by him or her in the waters they fish. A breach of this rule entails immediate forfeiture of membership. Every member of the club shall do everything in his or her power to prevent poaching and shall give information to the Secretary, Police Officer or Water Bailiff against any person or persons seen fishing in contravention of these Rules and Regulations. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER
Number to Follow. All members must keep to the waterside or roadway granted, close all gates and must not trespass on any land. If any be known to break fences, damage trees, crops, river banks, insulting any landlords, tenants or his servant in whose vicinity he or she may be fishing, on being reported to the Officers and Committee the Officers and Committee shall hold a meeting and if proved guilty he or she will be expelled from the club. Anglers are requested to be careful to determine the boundaries of the water to which the club has control. Any person fishing in any private water, lake, river must at all times to respect the house rules and regulation of the water they fish. By not respecting the rules and regulation member is liable to lose of membership. All fish once measure/weight must immediately returned to the water live. Each person must provide themselves with the means of a measuring/weight their fish and possess a disgorger and any other equipment might be needed in order for fish to be released live and unharmed. Any member allowing a non-member to use his or her rod permit will be suspended from the club.(Pending Investigation done by Committee of the Club)
Any member detected in illegal fishing shall lose their membership at once.(pending investigation done by committee elected)
Rules and regulation need to comply at all time with the legislation of ROI. If any of the member is caught not respecting the Rules & Regulation will be deferred to the committee for action. Committee will decide if he/she will be given a second chance or not depending of the gravity of the situation. Members must possess an appropriate fishing license before fishing if the water they fish as part of competition or pleasure need a licence. Members at all times must produce their permit and allow the fish in their collection to be inspected on demand from any authorised watcher, police officer or other member of the club who produces their permit. Landing nets must be used on club waters depending of the venue and requirements. Rods must not be left unattended. At the end of a pleasure fishing session fish must be returned to the water as quickly and with as little stress to the fish as possible. Also respect the rules and regulation of the water they fish. Membership cards must be carried at ALL times during the competition or any other qualifiers. No Card you will be charged the non-member rate decided by the committee for the day
Remove ALL litter and discarded in the line of the place you fish. No bin provided you must take your Litter home with you or disposed in a safe manner to the most appropriate rubbish skip. Fishing is from dawn till dusk if no prior agreement have been reach and agreed by the committee members elected at the AGM. No disorderly conduct or obscene language is allowed. Members found guilty of either will be subject to disciplinary action.(lose of points in the next competition or could be expelled from the Club)
Junior members must be accompanied by an adult person at all time. Junior Member FEE is half of the Adult Fee.???? Water Rules. Water Rules must be followed according to the rules set up in the Rules and Regulation of the Republic of Ireland Angling Regulations
We ask that you follow some simple rules when fishing at any of our venues. Rules must be followed at all time as per bellow:
While no licence is needed for trout, pike and coarse fishing in the Republic of Ireland, a rod licence is required in Northern Ireland. In both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, licences are required for salmon and sea trout fishing. Sea fishing for marine sport fish does not require a licence in either country. In the Republic of Ireland State Salmon and Sea Trout Licences are available as a National licence or a District Licence. A National Licence covers all Fishery Board Districts while a District Licence covers only the Fishery District in which the licence is purchased. A list of fishing tackle shops where licences may be bought is available on this site. Alternatively you can buy a licence online. It should be noted that a licence does not confer the right to fish for salmon or sea trout and that permission or permits are required to fish most waters. Anglers in the Shannon Region must have a Permit (ticket charge) to fish for trout, pike or coarse fish in the Midland Fisheries Group of controlled waters. This area comprises the following river catchments; RIVER SUCK, RIVER INNY, RIVER BROSNA, LITTLE BROSNA RIVER and CAMLIN RIVER. This permit is not required to fish the main River Shannon or other fisheries whose fishing rights are NOT under the control of the Inland Fisheries Ireland. For up-to-date information on all licence and permit regulations in Northern Ireland visit the Northern Ireland Tourist Board website. Republic of Ireland Angling Regulations
GENERAL FRESHWATER
The only legal method to catch freshwater fish is by rod and line (Control of Fishing for Coarse Fish in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 595, 1977.). A person may fish with not more than two rods at any time (Control of Fishing for Coarse Fish in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 595, 1977.). It is illegal to have or to use live fish as bait (Use of Live Fish as Bait in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 592, 1977). It is illegal to transfer live roach from one water to any other waters (Transfer of Live Roach, Bye-Law No. 561, 1973). Angling Bye-law No. 930,2014 This Bye-law prohibits the use of any fish hooks, other than single barbless hooks, and also prohibits the use of worms as bait in angling for all species of fish in the waters specified in the Bye-law and revokes Angling Bye-law No. 913, 2013. Angling Bye-law. 930,2014.pdf
Foul Hooking
This bye-law prohibits the killing and possession of foul hooked fish (i.e fish not hooked in the mouth) in any fishery district in any year. SALMON and SEA TROUT
A State Licence is required to fish for salmon and sea trout, but does not entitle you to fish. Permits or permission from fisheries owners must be obtained. General salmon and sea trout angling regulations
A State Licence is required to fish for salmon and sea trout
All salmon (and sea trout over 40cm) kept must be tagged, and the logbook filled out accordingly. All salmon and sea trout caught and released (including kelts and baggots) must be recorded in the logbook accordingly. It is an offence to kill any sea trout in the Galway, Connemara or Ballinakill Fisheries Districts including at sea from Hags Head in County Clare to Clew Bay (and in any waters flowing into Clew Bay) in the Bangor Fishery District south of a line drawn due east and west through Achill Head. It is prohibited sell rod caught salmon or sea trout over 40cm between January 1st and October 31st
National bag limit for sea trout – anglers can catch 3 sea trout in a 24 hour period (in open rivers). Bag Limits, Closed Rivers, Catch and Release
Open Rivers, Closed Rivers, Catch and Release Rivers, Tagging Scheme, more information
Salmon fishing opens on January 1 on a handful of rivers and after that the remainder of rivers open on various dates in February, March, April and May. The majority of rivers close on September 30th but some rivers remain open for sea trout fishing to October 12. Please follow this link for Salmon Angling Regulations 2014. Coarse Fish
CONSERVATION OF AND PROHIBITION ON SALE OF COARSE FISH BYE-LAW NO. 806, 2006 provides for the following conservation measures:
A person shall not take and kill by any means more than 4 coarse fish on any one day. A person shall not take and kill by any means any coarse fish greater than 25 cm in length measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail. Any coarse fish taken inadvertently in contravention of this Bye-law must be handled carefully and returned without avoidable injury to the waters from which they have been taken
It is prohibited for any person, other than in the Louth Area or Moville Area, to sell or offer for sale any coarse fish caught by any means.
“Louth Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31 of the British –Irish Agreement Act 1999 (No.1 of 1999);
“Moville Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 (No.5 of 1952). It is prohibited to use or attempt to use live fish as bait in fishing in fresh water. It is prohibited to transfer for any purpose live roach (Rutilus rutilus) from any waters to any other waters. It is prohibited to fish for pike or coarse fish by any means whatsoever other than by rod and line. A person may not attempt to fish for pike or coarse fish in freshwater with more than two (2) rods at any one time.
