99.9999% of our fishing is done on 'you buy your license and you're good to go.' So on a given bit of still water/river you can fish for this or that, but not that, etc., and etc.

Yes, it's a damned good idea to read the 80-100 pages of Oregon's fishing regulations. And call the "800" number to see if things have changed ... and they do on occasion.

But your 'seasons' confuse me as much of where you fish appear to be 'private' still waters (the seasons on rivers I can see). If the lake/what-ever is "private property" does it have 'we're closed to fishing?'

A few, very very few, (private waters) here in Oar-E-Gone and you could fish 12 months of the year if you were stocking the water. Public water as in my home river (Rogue) is open for fishing 365, just a question of what you could legally target.

But back to the basic question, how do your 'seasons' work and does it cover Public as well as Privately owned water(s)?

fae

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Very, very,complicated Fred,and made more complicated by different regulations in different countries.In Scotland the brown trout season.River and stillwater is 15th march-6th october some places close earlier,but otherwise that the National law.There is no close season for rainbow trout(alien species)The Salmon season is run from river system to river system but in general will close 31st Oct (most rivers) or 30th Nov, but opening dates are wildly different.No sunday fishing for Salmon or seatrout. I'll leave it up to an English and Irish Angler to tell you their rules/dates.

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Great read Jim, but did have to 'giggle.' And I thought we had 'over kill' when it came to where, with what, when, et. al.

"England" = 94,500 miles (rounded from Google numbers so not sure if that covers Scotland, et al)

Our States and what regulations?

Rank State Name Area (Sq Miles)
1 Alaska 587,878
2 Texas 266,874
3 California 158,648
4 Montana 147,047
5 New Mexico 121,599
6 Arizona 114,007
7 Nevada 110,567
8 Colorado 104,100
9 Wyoming 97,818
10 Oregon 97,052
11 Utah 84,905
12 Minnesota 84,397
13 Idaho 83,574
14 Kansas 82,282
15 Nebraska 77,359
16 South Dakota 77,122
17 North Dakota 70,704
18 Oklahoma 69,903
19 Missouri 69,709
20 Washington 68,126
21 Florida 58,681
22 Michigan 58,513
23 Georgia 58,390
24 Illinois 56,343
25 Iowa 56,276
26 Wisconsin 56,145
27 Arkansas 53,183
28 North Carolina 52,672
29 Alabama 51,718
30 New York 49,112
31 Louisiana 47,720
32 Mississippi 47,695
33 Pennsylvania 45,310
34 Tennessee 42,146
35 Ohio 41,328
36 Virginia 40,598
37 Kentucky 40,411
38 Indiana 36,185
39 Maine 33,128
40 South Carolina 31,117
41 West Virginia 24,231
42 Maryland 10,455
43 Vermont 9,615
44 New Hampshire 9,283
45 Massachusetts 8,262
46 New Jersey 7,790
47 Hawaii 6,459
48 Connecticut 5,006
49 Delaware 2,026
50 Rhode Island 1,213

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Forgot to mention.there is no Rod or national licence in Scotland. but you have to buy a ''permit'' to fish even on public waters for Game fish. There are some rules regarding wild brown trout which can allow you free fishing.but you are supposed to have permission to fish.
No doubt,someone will come along shortly and tell you the in's and out's of the ''Free'' fishing rules.

Jim

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Fred am I wrong or right in thinking that back in the 1960s or 70s that the department of game and fish did research on whether a closed season did any benefit to fish and if I remember correctly the findings were that it didn,t make a hell of a lot of difference either way and I believe that is why fishing now is allowed 365 days a year over there? Of course here in the uk everything is "tradition" so whether a closed season benefits the fish or not is totally irrelevant!

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Not sure what you're getting at here Fred - surely 'England' should mean just that? ie. England.

The land area of Scotland is 78,772 km2 (30,414 sq mi), roughly 30% of the area of the United Kingdom (UK). But what this has with our various salmon and trout seasons I really don't know.

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Fred, the open season for brown trout, sea trout and salmon varies wildly wherever you happen to be in England and Wales and the dates are governed by Environment Agency Byelaws and the open season for each river and whether trout, salmon or sea trout. Here's a link that'll give you the idea ...

Environment Agency - Rod Fishing Byelaws

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Not to worry, I just Googled the word "England" and that's what I got. Zero clue if that covered Scotland, et al. Although suspected not.

Base question (which the link just posted will kill an hour or so) is/was from State to State you'd better do a hell of a lot of reading before you walk up to 'water.'

For context, you can have 'I one it water (eg: you own the lake) or it can be State owned water. Then it becomes a question of who put in the fish? You bought, you set the rule(s); State supplied the fish, their 'rules' apply.

My underlying question was how does that configure 'over there?' No clue, but curious.

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