Catch and release?
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frozenfire
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the easiest answer is:
check out the ontario fishing regulations booklet usually available at any place that sells fishing stuff. It will tell you what you can and can't fish for and at what times and where you can fish for them.
there is also a guide to eating ontario sport fish. gives you good info on what fish is located in whichever body of water and how much you can eat if you choose to eat.
oh yeah, these booklets are provided by the government free of charge. it's a wealth of information every angler should have.
check out the ontario fishing regulations booklet usually available at any place that sells fishing stuff. It will tell you what you can and can't fish for and at what times and where you can fish for them.
there is also a guide to eating ontario sport fish. gives you good info on what fish is located in whichever body of water and how much you can eat if you choose to eat.
oh yeah, these booklets are provided by the government free of charge. it's a wealth of information every angler should have.
balapickerel
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in my opinion, all fish are catch and release unless they are dying
balapickerel
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is that so you can get them taxaderied? if it is, there are places that you can just take a picture of the fish along with mesurments and get a replica made, and the fish gets to live and keep on swimming :lol:
diggyj
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Depends on what Zone you are fishing and wether you have the Sport licence or the Conservation licence.
If you go with the Sport licence you can pretty much keep any fish you catch. There are exceptions like Sturgeon that have a strict release only policy in certain zones, like 6 and 9.
Most regions you can keep everything except these exceptions, that includes:
Walleye, Sauger, large & small mouth bass, pike, musky, perch, crappie, sunfish, all the variets of trout(brown, rainbow, lake), pacific & atlantic salmon, whitefish and channel cats.
When in doubt check and adhere to the regs at all time.
Regs can be found here:
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Le ... 63615.html
Dirk....
If you go with the Sport licence you can pretty much keep any fish you catch. There are exceptions like Sturgeon that have a strict release only policy in certain zones, like 6 and 9.
Most regions you can keep everything except these exceptions, that includes:
Walleye, Sauger, large & small mouth bass, pike, musky, perch, crappie, sunfish, all the variets of trout(brown, rainbow, lake), pacific & atlantic salmon, whitefish and channel cats.
When in doubt check and adhere to the regs at all time.
Regs can be found here:
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Le ... 63615.html
Dirk....
Walleye, for the most part of ontario you can take home 4 fish with only ONE being greater than 18".
Some places offer year round walleye fishing with a 6 fish limit, and there are places (like balsam lake) that have an even tighter restriction where you can't take any that are 18-25" i think.
Keeping those at around 16-17" is pretty good, They have meat on them, and are under the slot size.
And for eating them, I've never really followed the guide. Eating fish that you caught already makes it taste 100x better :lol: Just don't be too greedy about taking fish, because you are sharing a resource that is everyone's.
If you are one of those that are more careful about it, then by all means follow the guide.
Some places offer year round walleye fishing with a 6 fish limit, and there are places (like balsam lake) that have an even tighter restriction where you can't take any that are 18-25" i think.
Keeping those at around 16-17" is pretty good, They have meat on them, and are under the slot size.
And for eating them, I've never really followed the guide. Eating fish that you caught already makes it taste 100x better :lol: Just don't be too greedy about taking fish, because you are sharing a resource that is everyone's.
If you are one of those that are more careful about it, then by all means follow the guide.
Get a copy of the 2008-2009 Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary.
Find the waters you are going to fish and it will give you details on what, and how big, and how many you can keep.
Also check the "exceptions" pages for any special rules re the waters you are going to.
Fines can be real heavy for having illegal fish in your possession.
Also another good book is the Ontario Guide to Eating Sportfish. It details pollution levels in the different lakes/rivers.
All fish store pollutants such as Mercury and other toxins in their fat. The larger they are, generally the more fat they have and the longer time they have had to accumulate poisins and toxins.
As a general rule eat the little ones and throw the biggun's back. That will, in most waters, give you pollution free fish to eat, and help sustain the fishery by letting the bigger breeders go.
GL MIKE
Find the waters you are going to fish and it will give you details on what, and how big, and how many you can keep.
Also check the "exceptions" pages for any special rules re the waters you are going to.
Fines can be real heavy for having illegal fish in your possession.
Also another good book is the Ontario Guide to Eating Sportfish. It details pollution levels in the different lakes/rivers.
All fish store pollutants such as Mercury and other toxins in their fat. The larger they are, generally the more fat they have and the longer time they have had to accumulate poisins and toxins.
As a general rule eat the little ones and throw the biggun's back. That will, in most waters, give you pollution free fish to eat, and help sustain the fishery by letting the bigger breeders go.
GL MIKE
