Hi MLR ... I think you are right about this situation ... I just want to be clear that I'm throwing out a scenario about what someone could do and what would happen if they are caught ... it's just hypothetical ... I don't fish bass out of season ... I fully understand that they are on their nests and if I catch one while shes nesting then the panfish might come in and eat the eggs ... at least that how it was explained to me ... so I'd be shooting myself in the foot to fish then.
As for the "I was fishing pike and those dam bass kept biting my pike lure" line ... I was kinda getting my point across in a joking manner ... like Big Jim said the posts are sometimes getting way too serious ...
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Out4trout internet searches can be a good way to get information but also can give false answers at times such as in your above link.Out4trout wrote:I agree Todd. There is some ambiguity.
This topic is answered directly via Q&A on the MNR website. However, it states here that once a fish has been in your livewell, it counts towards your limit even if it is later culled.
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/En ... tml#limits
If you would have scrolled down to the bottom of the page you would have seen a Last Modified date of June 05, 2009 which is before the change in regulations (2010) in respect to culling fish from a live-well.
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If they're practicing C&R they're most definitely sportsman. Keeping more than your limit or wasting fish is being greedy.moonshine wrote:with all the laws and rules aside, if a person has 6 pike in their possession and they are still fishing, they are no longer a sportsman, they are a greedy @#*&
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That's correct. The MNR changed that loophole last year as technically up until that point culling was illegal which made essentially every tournament fishingman in violation. I remember reading that in OOD last summer.
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Thanks for the clarification. I didn't realize this information was so dated. I'll ask the MNR to update this "Ask the CO" posting with information that captures the updated regs.Woodsman wrote:Out4trout internet searches can be a good way to get information but also can give false answers at times such as in your above link.Out4trout wrote:I agree Todd. There is some ambiguity.
This topic is answered directly via Q&A on the MNR website. However, it states here that once a fish has been in your livewell, it counts towards your limit even if it is later culled.
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/En ... tml#limits
If you would have scrolled down to the bottom of the page you would have seen a Last Modified date of June 05, 2009 which is before the change in regulations (2010) in respect to culling fish from a live-well.
Best Wishes: Rick