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[tangledline]

OVER LIMIT OF WALLEYE COSTS $6,380 AND FOUR-YEAR SUSPENSION

THUNDER BAY, ON - January 23, 2009 - A Toronto area man has been fined $6,380 and given a four-year fishing suspension for having 34 walleye over the legal limit. Paul Collins, 53, pleaded guilty and was fined $150 for each of the 34 walleye he possessed over the legal limit of four. He was also ordered to pay court costs of $1,280.

In July 2008, Collins was visiting family and fishing in the Vermillion Bay area. An anonymous tip provided the Ministry of Natural Resources with information that Collins was transporting a significant number of walleye home to the Toronto area. The ministry and the Ontario Provincial Police worked together and Collins was stopped on Highway 17 near Marathon with 38 frozen walleye. The fish were frozen in such a way that they could not be easily identified or counted. Investigation is continuing into other individuals who were fishing with Collins.

Justice of the Peace Hoppe heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden, on January 20, 2008.

To report a natural resource violation, call 1-877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667) toll-free any time or contact your ministry office during regular business hours. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477

 

[Porter86]

oh man, that sucks big time!!! well i guess thats what you get for doing something like that when you shouldnt be doing that.

 

[balapickerel]

that'll probably never hapen to me as i am stricktly a catch and release fisherman

 

[empshun]

I got caught the first time I started fishing. I didn't know about the difference between a conservation license and a sports license. I was 1 fish over the 2 allowed for the conservation.

 

[Porter86]

I got caught the first time I started fishing. I didn't know about the difference between a conservation license and a sports license. I was 1 fish over the 2 allowed for the conservation.

and did anything happen to you?

 

[balapickerel]

i technicly don't need a licence as i fall into the 14 and under catgorie. but i'm in my last year so i better start looking into laws.

 

[frozenfire]

i technicly don't need a licence as i fall into the 14 and under catgorie. but i'm in my last year so i better start looking into laws.

wow... i had no idea you were so young!

 

[disspatcher]

Looks good on him!
They could have be harsher if they wanted.

 

[Porter86]

I had no idea either, i just never expected him to be that young as well,lol. thats pretty cool.

 

[Bigfisherman]

What hurts is the 4 year fishing suspension, I guess he'll have to go to NY to fish.

 

[YAWN]

balapickerel your just a young one!

I'm sure your parent bug ya enough but I got one bit on life advice for you, and yeah here come the caps to get it to sink in FINISH SCHOOL AND GET AN EDUCATION! Do it punk!

You'll be broke like never before but finish and life will be a lot smoother sailing down the road trust me.

And start thinking about it now finish while your still young and keep your credit good bud I know your not thinking like that now but ow if only I new back then I'd be 10 steps ahead instead of only 5.

And as for the punks getting caught good!

 

[David Kearney]

Damn skippy...throw the book at those kind...can`t stand that stuff.

as for the yongster fishing, thats great...get em when they are young and you got em for life.

 

[balapickerel]

thanks for the life advice YAWN, i actually just applied for highscholl today

my age is one of the reasons i joined this website, i don't know anyone my age interested in fishing

 

[frozenfire]

wow...highschool was so long ago for me!

i just recently graduated from university. wanted to do something more fish related after getting out (conservation-wise) but the openings just weren't there. especially with the economy so bad right now...not a lot of job openings.

right now i'm just at an indoor environmental company and chugging along. hopefully i'll move on to something i enjoy a lot more.

YAWN is right...get through the education and you'll be fine.

 

[Porter86]

wow...highschool was so long ago for me!

ur telling me, crap, 5 years now? lol. were has the time gone...and were am i now,unemployed n injured,lol.

anyways yeah try n figure out now what u wana do i've been thru 4 different careers since high school.

i remember being that young n fishing, too bad you dont have anyone ur age to fish with, one of my best friends at ur age was a huge into fishing as well, so i was lucky. what area u live u in anyways?

 

[balapickerel]

i live in Oak Ridges so there arn't many fishing locations nearby, to my knowledge. i know about lakw wilcox but i've never had much luck there, and there is one other place that i'm going to look into this spring but i don't know if there are any fish other minnows and crayfish.

 

[fatfishie]

Lol seems like we're the only ones here from Oak Ridges...

 

[fatfishie]

Oh and by the way do you know where there are alot of crayfish and any tips on catching them?

 

[balapickerel]

i do, but you can't use them as bait unless it's in the same body of water that you got it from, and you can't release it in a different place either

 

[fatfishie]

:S I don't know about any laws lol i just catch them for the heck of it... I mean, I don't actually keep them, thyre just cool to look at... and to poke at too!