CANADA
ONTARIO’S
NEW FISHING REGULATIONS IN PLACE FOR JANUARY
2008-2009
Ontario Recreational Fishing Regulations
ENGLISH:
FRENCH:
St.
Clair R/Lake St. Clair/Detroit R/Lake Erie/upper Niagara
R are now found in Zone 19.
Southwestern Ontario is Zone
16
Important
changes for 2008-09 in Zone 16 and 19 are :
- Two
rods while fishing from a boat in open water on Lake
St. Clair
- No
more pike spearing
- Zero
limit for sturgeon on the Detroit R
- Personnel
baitfish limit is 120, even if purchased
- Crayfish
limit is 36 and must be from water in which you are fishing
- No
longer able to use yellow perch and alewife as bait
- Anglers
cannot release live bait or empty contents of bait bucket,
including water, into any waters
- All
ice huts must now be registered in zones 16 & 19
- Walleye
and pike seasons open year round on Thames R. below Kiel
St and Sydenham R.
below Dresden
- No
longer a sanctuary on Thames River but season closed
Mar 16 - 2nd Sat in May
- Grand
River - Lake Erie to Caledonia - walleye
limit 4/2 and no size limit
- Grand
River - Lake Erie to Onondaga/Tuscarora Twp - walleye
and pike closed March 1 to
2nd Saturday in May
- Anglers
fishing from a boat many now catch and retain, and selectively
live release, more
walleye, northern pike, largemouth
or smallmouth bass, provided (see page 9 for details)
John Cooper
Lake Erie Management Unit
