Filing a compliment or complaint against a Conservation Officer.

Folks,

99 percent of all CO's are awesome and dedicate folks. They have a very difficult job to do out there and I thank them for that. At times they take a lot of abuse from the public - especially about moose tags:party:.

Police have a compliment and complains process and so do Conservation Officers. If they go above and beyond in their efforts, they should be rewarded. If their actions or words are questionable, they should be questioned and corrected on their actions and/or words. Public accountability and transparency is everything in today's world.

I was searching the MNRF site and found this link and thought it would be of interest to the community.

https://www.ontario.ca/form/make-com...vation-officer

If you see a CO doing a great job this fall then lets reward them. Be safe and have a great hunt.

Cheers,

Musky

Fully agree..people seem awfully fast to fire off letters when they are unhappy....but rarely take the time to see that the guy gets an 'ada boy' when it's deserved.

Good reminder and thanks for the link..

Been there. Done that. The CO and his supervisor both thanked me for the positive note. The system works.

On the rare occasion you do get a poorly behaved CO you could contact the ontario ombudsman but the new one is a liberal appointee and not like andre marin who enjoyed making police officers and anyone who carries a gun accountable.

By in part Cos are just doing their job occasionally though one has a agenda which may be influenced by personal gain...

Dont kid yourself these COs have a reputation in the MNR and its no surprise...

Lets just say hypothethically a CO was part of a camp in a remote area and anytime anyone fished that lake he would change into his CO outfit and start watching you and harass you with rules that werent in the regulations because he basically didnt want you on his lake...

It happens folks

By change into his outfit i mean he would not be on duty.. But be fishing himself at their camp...And then harass you with rules like that it if 4 guys are fishing and anyone keeps more than your limit of 2 you cant agrregate or party fish.. But not exceed the groups total.

He sprung that on us. Im like heres the regs show me where it says that

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Originally Posted by Monster29/66

By change into his outfit i mean he would not be on duty.. But be fishing himself at their camp...And then harass you with rules like that it if 4 guys are fishing and anyone keeps more than your limit of 2 you cant agrregate or party fish.. But not exceed the groups total.

He sprung that on us. Im like heres the regs show me where it says that

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He's not harassing you since you can't party fish. Catch and keep rules are pretty clear.

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Originally Posted by Monster29/66

By change into his outfit i mean he would not be on duty.. But be fishing himself at their camp...And then harass you with rules like that it if 4 guys are fishing and anyone keeps more than your limit of 2 you cant agrregate or party fish.. But not exceed the groups total.

He sprung that on us. Im like heres the regs show me where it says that

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No such thing as party fishing or group totals...Pretty clear one, man one limit...

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

He's not harassing you since you can't party fish. Catch and keep rules are pretty clear.

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Indeed.

One man's enforcement, is another man's harassment. I always thank anyone-everyone who is out checking for rule breakers, because I want them out there.

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

He's not harassing you since you can't party fish. Catch and keep rules are pretty clear.

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I know the rules of the forum.
Forbidden to encourage or flaunt breaking the law.
But....


100% of people I have fished with in the last 30+ years all Party Fish.
It's part of the "culture".
Shared catch is part of the camaraderie of the day.
Anyone trying to push this rule will quickly find themselves persona non grata.
Consider this: If fishing was slow and one d00shb@g catches a limit but another guy caught nothing legal---the DB goes home with his limit and the other guy has to stop to buy chicken on the way home--- guaranteed the DB never gets asked to go fishing again.

Rigid application of "No Party Fishing" is a regulation that needs to change.