The brand new 2024 Ontario Fishing Rules Abstract is now accessible as a downloadable PDF on-line. The brand new regs will come into impact on Jan. 1, 2024.
Regulatory adjustments
Starting January 1, 2024, adjustments to guidelines associated to the transport of bait will embody:
- Permitting an individual to move bait by an adjoining BMZ, provided that they use a direct route by the adjoining BMZ to achieve a vacation spot in a BMZ the place they lawfully obtained bait (equivalent to baitfish or leeches)
- Permitting preserved baitfish and leeches to be transported into and out of a BMZ, so long as the bait is:
- lifeless
- Has been preserved (handled or ready in a way to forestall decay or decomposition) utilizing a way of preservation apart from refrigeration or freezing
These adjustments will permit industrial operators to:
- Protect their bait with salt and different preservative brokers
- Purchase and promote bait that has been preserved with salt and different preservative brokers
The laws will present extra flexibility for anglers and industrial bait operators whereas sustaining the ecological integrity the BMZ framework gives.
Modifications to extra fishing alternatives in FMZs 8 and 10
Fisheries Administration Zone 8
Lake trout
Extra fishing alternatives
Season: open all 12 months
Limits: S-3 and C-1
- Duck Lake (49°20’22” N., 82°21’34” W.) — O’Brien Township
- Pearce 24 Lake (49°39’19” N., 82°18’22” W.) — Pearce Township
Fisheries Administration Zone 10
Brook trout
Extra fishing alternatives
Season: open all 12 months
Limits: S-5 and C-2
- Sensible Lake (46°40’35”N., 84°09’02”W.) — Jarvis Township
- Broder Lake 23 (46°23’48”N., 80°57’26”W.) — Broder Township
- Finn Lake (46°38’53”N., 84°16’10”W.) — Aweres Township
- Franks Lake (46°53’59”N., 83°30’23”W.) — Reilly Township
- Jackson Lake (46°35’39”N., 80°37’08”W.) — Avenue Township
- Jarvis Lake 9 (46°40’28”N., 84°09’39”W.) — Jarvis Township
- Jones Lake (46°54’24”N., 83°29’03”W.) — Reilly Township
- Kaufman Lake (46°40’14”N., 84°10’37″W.) — Jarvis Township
- Laurence Lake (46°54’43”N., 83°29’58”W.) — Reilly Township
New Lake of the Woods measurement restrictions for walleye and sauger, FMZ 5
Walleye and sauger mixed
Season: January 1 to April 14 and third Saturday in Might to December 31
Limits: S-4; none between 43-70 cm, no more 1 larger than 70 cm, and C-2; none larger than 43 cm
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