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The brand new 2024 Ontario Fishing Laws Abstract is now obtainable 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 embrace:

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 (comparable to baitfish or leeches)
Permitting preserved baitfish and leeches to be transported into and out of a BMZ, so long as the bait is:
useless
Has been preserved (handled or ready in a way to forestall decay or decomposition) utilizing a technique of preservation aside 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 rules will present further flexibility for anglers and industrial bait operators whereas sustaining the ecological integrity the BMZ framework gives.

Adjustments to further fishing alternatives in FMZs  8 and 10

Fisheries Administration Zone 8

Lake trout

Extra fishing alternatives

Season: open all yr

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 yr

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.) — Road 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 Could 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

For extra particular adjustments, go to right here.

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