On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:29:20 GMT, (Roy) wrote:



Maybe in a crontolled co untry like Canada and a controlling state
like CAlifornia, things like this may be illegal , but its certianly
not the case all around the usa by any means.........a natural pond is
allowed fish or whatever speices you want to put in it in my area, as
long as approved guards . barriers are inplace. I love it when folks
do not know the ****ing answer and have tp imediately point out legakl
issues, when legal issues was not the original quesiton any
how...........typical crap from a bunch of ******s without a clue.

Uh, sort of. As far as private waters are concerned, Roy may indeed be
correct. However, as far as public waters go in Alabama, the statement is
quite wrong.

"It shall be unlawful to intentionally stock or release any fish, mussel,
snail, crayfish or their embryos including bait fish into the public waters
of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife and
Freshwater Fisheries as provided in Rule 220-2-.42 except those waters from
which it came without the written permission of a designated employee of
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized by the
Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries to issue such
permit. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the incidental
release of bait into the water during the normal process of fishing.
http://www.outdooralabama.com/Fishin...-stockings.cfm

Where it is a bit unclear (to me, at least) is the case where private
waters (ponds, springs, creeks and the like) flow into public waters or are
in the drainage basins of public waters.

Legal issues may not have been in the original post, however, they should
never be ignored.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
Hell hath no fury like a bird in the hand.