First decent bass of the year

Fishy Steve .. that was the best laugh I've had all day after a long first day back to work after 2 weeks vacation .. come on guys ..give the kid a break, he posted a picture of a nice bass he caught out of a private pond, took a picture and released it ... he's no poacher .

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Originally Posted by Frenchie

Fishy Steve .. that was the best laugh I've had all day after a long first day back to work after 2 weeks vacation .. come on guys ..give the kid a break, he posted a picture of a nice bass he caught out of a private pond, took a picture and released it ... he's no poacher .

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Finally something positive, thanks...

I caught a Lake Trout one year on Simcoe on Dec. 31st while fishing in 8' of water for perch, definitely not targeting Lakers in that depth!, anyhow the CO was right beside me when I caught it, and my fishing partner took a picture. Never said squat to me about it, took the hook out and released it right after. It all depends on the attitude of the CO and how his day is going I guess. But, a picture taken quickly by your fishing partner as your removing the hook and releasing it takes a few seconds.

Once ice fishing on the Bog my cousin caught a muskie we took a pic. and let it go, a few years later a co saw the pic. on the wall and said he could charge him for taking that pic. but didn't checked our lic's and left. The question is who do you charge the guy in the pic. or the one taking it???

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Originally Posted by sickofitall

400bigbear said:

Other than saying it has to be immediately released there is nothing in the regs that states your not allowed to take a pic . That imaginary rule is just that . Imaginary .

I would have 100% agreed with you until a month and a half ago. I volunteered to participate on a study of the rainbow fishery on a Lake O trib this spring, we were all supposed to catch, mark and release all the rainbows we caught and keep records to be submitted in early summer. As it was explained to us by the ministry, because we were marking the fish and not immediately releasing them it counted as retaining them which meant that technically if we did this to 2 fish we had reached our possession limit and would have to stop, that it is why we were all issued scientific collectors permits so that we wouldn't be breaking the law. It took longer to unhook the fish than to mark them. After all that was explained to us, as a side note they said that if you took a picture of a fish caught out of season it was technically poaching. So although it's not written in the regs, that's the way it was explained to us from the ministry themselves. Who'd have thought.

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Not sure I get this..... you had reached your possession limit having caught tagged and released 2 bows? Ummmmmmmmm..........

If that's the case...everyone who catches a fish out of season and lets it go is still possessing it (according to the MNR person) and could then be charged with possessing fish during the closed season? No way!!