Ooh, ooh that smell
Can’t you smell that smell?
Yesterday afternoon, a couple of us drove out to this lake about 45 minutes from Songtan to do some fishing. I’ve only fished this lake two times before this, so I don’t know much about it, like where the deep parts and points are, or what the bass usually hit on. We started fishing at 4:30 and by 8:30, not one single bite. Nothing. Nada. Zip. And between three of us, we tried just about everything in our repertoire, even a fly rod. Not that it made us feel any better, but nobody else that was out fishing that lake caught anything the entire time we were there. Yes, I realize it happens to the best but this is the first time in a while I’ve gotten totally skunked (not even the hint of a bite), which only goes to reenforce (or is that reinforce?) my theory that if you have a good lake like Idong which is less than 15 minutes from my home and which I know pretty good, then stick with it instead of driving all over God’s green earth looking for better waters – although that too, has proven to pay off for others I know.
If you catch bass, release it, and you get caught, you will be fined up to 10 million won.
That is the new Korean law.
MizS–I’d like to see a source to this new law. I’m interested. Any links or news report?
Nomad, that’s the game, and I think it has little to do with the lake. Maybe the weather pattern/barometric pressure.
the new korean law. interesting. where’s your reference? it’ll be just like a traffic law: it’s there, but 99.9 percent not enforced.
It was all over the news but you somehow missed it. Somedays I really have no ideal how so many of you supposedly know so much about how the foreigner hating “Korean mind” thinks. I guess you only get interested when something about Americans are talked about.
MizS – Give it a rest, all the comments are about a source so people can become informed about a supposed new law that many Koreans that we see fishing must not be aware of yet either. I don’t know how many times I have seen Korean’s throw fish back after they have been caught. Why not just help some of out and provide a source rather than trying to turn it into something it is not. If you want to irradicate the Bass so badly I would be more than willing to do my share. Of course, you could pay me rather than making me pay 5-10,000 won.
MizS,
Seriously – I have heard some rumors from Korean fishermen that catch and release for bass was going to be done away with but haven’t heard anything concrete, as it being a law with a fine. I have a hard time believing it, but if you can give us a reference with links, I’d be grateful.
Well even if you guys were skunked, some other people seem to have had some luck but judging from the picture, it seems to be like some kind of sturgeon.
I went to an outing yesterday, not to fish, but to share some BBQ with my friends. I was told it’s illegal to throw bass back at Andong now. There was no mention of the law applying elsewhere. I saw Koreans releasing plenty of bass yesterday. Everytime I release… (err drop one by accident) I will be sure to punctuate it with a loud “oops!”
North Korea is hell bent on developing WMD’s and the Korean government can only focus on eradicating the ugly foreign bass, which I heard they asked for to begin with. Sometimes this country really sucks. Find a clean healthy way to enjoy life and the government wants to fuck it up for everyone. If bass were the menace they think they are, then why are there so many carp ans Sogari caught all over the place every weekend?
There are numerous industries built around bass fishing in Korea. What a shame, but so predictable of “the land of the not quite right.” What would people say if I started fishing for Sogari and Carp only to toss them up on the bank when I’m done? Prussian carp (Bung-oh) aren’t indigenous to Korea, but I don’t see anyone making a big deal about them, except to catch them, neither are rainbow trout for that matter, yet you can catch them in some rivers.
WTF?
The jist I get from this is if your caught releasing a Bass you may be subject to up to 2 years in jail or a 10 million won fine. But anyone who is more fluent in Korean to translate this story, it would be appreciated.
http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?mode=LSD&office_id=052&article_id=0000121808§ion_id=102&menu_id=102
네이버사회면입니다.
http://www.ytn.co.kr/news/news_view.php?s_mcd=0102&key=200607090142199281
YTN 뉴스입니다.
앵커멘트]
배스 등 외래 물고기를 잡았다가 다시 놓아주면 어떻게 될까요?
결론적으로 2년 이하의 징역이나 천만 원 이하의 벌금형에 처해질 수 있습니다.
이를 두고 논란이 일고 있습니다.
보도에 임수근 기자입니다.
[리포트]
짜릿한 손맛을 기대하는 낚시인들이 연신 루어를 던집니다.
이들이 주로 잡는 물고기는 큰입배스.
육식 외래종인 큰입배스는 공격적인 습성과 강한 투지로 소위 손맛 좋기로 유명합니다.
현재 배스는 생태계 교란종으로 지정돼 있습니다.
물고기를 잡는 것은 자유이지만 잡은 물고기를 다시 놓아 주는 것은 위법입니다.
만약 배스나 블루길 등을 풀어놓다 적발되면 2년 이하의 징역에 처할 수 있습니다.
환경부는 잡은 배스를 놓아주는 것도 생태계 교란행위라는 해석입니다.
[인터뷰:조오식, 배스 낚시인]
“주위 사람이 배스를 요리해 먹게 몇 마리 갖다 달라고 하면 갖다 줄 순 있어요.
그러나 필요 없이 길바닥에 버려서 죽인다던지 이런 것은 범법자가 되더라도 놓아줄 생각입니다.”
그런데 최근 해양수산부가 통합적인 낚시 관리법을 제정하면서 이 조항을 존속시킨다는 방침을
정해 논란이 일고 있습니다.
[인터뷰:최덕부, 해양수산부 낚시관리팀 사무관]
“배스를 잡았다가 되놔주지 못하게 하는 것은 야생동식물보호법에 규정돼 있기 때문에 낚시 관리 및
육성법에다가 담으려고 합니다.”
배스 낚시인들은 그러나 잡은 물고기를 놓아주는 것조차 생태계 교란행위로 간주하는 것은 부당하다고 말합니다.
또 생명을 존중하고자 하는 양심의 자유가 침해되고 있다고 주장합니다.
[인터뷰:송기철, 배스 낚시인]
“러제 취미 활동을 하는데 고기를 놔 준다고 해서 놔주는 낚시인들을 범법자로 만든다는 것은
우리 개인 자유권의 침해라고 생각합니다.”
최근 배스가 과연 우리 생태계를 파괴하는 지에 대한 의문까지 제기되면서 배스낚시에 대한
지혜로운 법 해석이 요구되고 있습니다.
YTN 임수근[sglim@ytn.co.kr]입니다.
Thanks Walt, I asked Mr. Hwang over at Anglerstown if he would interpret it for us.
Gar,
I did the same thing but it sure looks like from now on, it’s catch and keep, at least for bass. If so, I give bass fishing 3-5 years before it’s a thing of the past. Let’s hope this rule only applies to certain lakes/rivers, not every body of water.
Hi, i live in Seoul and was wondering where the best place to go and fish for carp (c.carpio) is?
Wow,
I guess I must have left Korea just in time. If you are a Korean and rape or cause the death of someone you may just get 2 years or probably just a settlement payment to the victim’s family. Release a bass and their coming after your (2 years in jail) is about the most stupidist thing I’ve ever heard. These laws are made by the dumb ass Korean politicians you see world wide on TV fighting with each other, using fire extinguishers and breaking down doors, to stop each other. It seems that insetad of Korea going forward, they’re going backwards. I feel for all the Koreans who shelled out big money for bass boats as in 3-5 years they’ll have no use for them, unless they’re water skiing or fishing for carp from a boat. I saw the damage quickly caused when they pushed that law at first. During a tournament in Andong they just threw hundreds of large bass onto the banks and let them die. Hell, they could have at least gave them to an orphanage or used them for fertilizer. And to think I wanted to get back to Korea. Oh well, hopefully enough folks challenge this and fight back so that at least some of the waters will be considered safe bass waters where you can do catch and release.
TexMex, this is an old post from 2006. I don’t think that law was ever passed. I was down at Andong last year during a KSA tournament, and after the weigh-in they actually released the fish back into the water.
TheDon, you can catch carp in any body of water in Korea, and that includes both pay and public lakes. What part of Seoul are you in?
Rob,
Thanks for squaring we away. I didn’t look at the date of the post and actually thought the Korean Govt was again up to their stupid law making. When I saw this I thought back to the amount of bass that were killed in one of the tournaments and thought to myself that this was but one tournament and that many more would be held at Andong. I knew the bass fishing there would be devestated quickly if that law stuck and am glad it was never pushed through. Know I have a good reason to get back to Korea other than just hitting the ville.
Rob, all TheDon has to do is follow Nomad to the river, there’s always some carp fisherman in Nomad’s bass fishing spots
No problem Tex. There are still some of those guys around, but as far as I know there isn’t any national effort to eradicate the evil bass at this time. However, this is “dynamic Korea,” so that could all change by the time fishing season gets here.
LOL Steve!