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Hi, I want to try my hand at carp fishing this year but have not been able to find ANY information about season opening or closure for this species ??? Are they open year round ? Am i blind ??

I would appreciate any info.

Thanks

Olivier

If they're not listed, it's a year round season. I'm pretty sure you can even shoot them with a bow and arrow if you want.

No closed season. Coarse fish. Do your research first, as the best fishing is when water temps hit a certain point. RJ has posted some dandy pics in years past.

Cheers

Wonderful, thank you Yannick and Smitty. Maybe ill see you out there

The boys are correct, no season. There is a bow and arrow season though.

Sadly still only a one rod per angler rule.

Enjoy, they're the most underrated fish that swims in Eastern Ontario in my opinion.

RJ

RJ wrote:Sadly still only a one rod per angler rule.

Why would you need to use more than one rod per angler? If your guiding I can see why this would be an advantage, but why change the rules for just carp?

Tip-up wrote:

RJ wrote:Sadly still only a one rod per angler rule.

Why would you need to use more than one rod per angler? If your guiding I can see why this would be an advantage, but why change the rules for just carp?

Carp fishing is traditionally done with more than one rod (were leagle) as it is a slow bait and wait type of fishing. More lines increases the probablility.

Carp are not pressured so this would not have any significant impact on thier population.

The only side effect would be bi-catch; Usually bullhead and catfish.

One word of caution.... Beware of fishing for carp in fishing sanctuaries during thier closed season. Sanctuaries are closed regardless of fish type.

Zippy, if you know of such restrictions for dows lake/rideau area...plz let me know.

Tip-up wrote:

RJ wrote:Sadly still only a one rod per angler rule.

Why would you need to use more than one rod per angler? If your guiding I can see why this would be an advantage, but why change the rules for just carp?

Because the Ontario Gov't is losing thousands of dollars in tourism dollars to the US. NYS figured it out. They host numerous events every year on the EXACT same body of water simply because of the two rod per angler rule over there. It's unquantifiable in the tourism dollars with Euros coming over the pond too. LOTS used to fish in Ont. VERY rarely seem them now.

RJ

Carp are a coarse fish. There is no season.

It is a well known fact that lots of British people flock to a certain Ontario Carp hotspot annually.
Up until it was recently sold the Canadian Carp Club was owned by a Brit couple. They ran the guide service and the motel.

They had a great Brit client base.

In England it is tough to fish. You need to have rights or be pals with someone who has fishing rights. You cannot simply buy a license and hit the water like here.

So for most Brits carp fishing is the main stay of fishing. But with competition being so fierce and carp not usually the size they are here it is a no brainer that the die-hards flock here.

As for RJs point. In NYS they have the advantage as they don't restrict to 1 rod like they do here. As such it entices more Anglers to go there instead of Ontario. Not to mention that in the US a non-resident fishing license is usually not very much.

QC is certainly shooting themselves in the foot at near $80!

Jimmy_1 wrote:
Not to mention that in the US a non-resident fishing license is usually not very much.

QC is certainly shooting themselves in the foot at near $80!

$50 US last year. So with the exchange......

NYS yes. As they have a lot of Canadians buying.

I have bought licenses in FL, GA and SC.

Never paid anywhere near $30.....

But

With the price of gas, time at the border and almost $50 CAD with exchange etc
I'd just fish this side

olivernoche wrote:Zippy, if you know of such restrictions for dows lake/rideau area...plz let me know.

None in that area. More of an issue on parts of the south nation and in the arnprior area.