possible more walleye cuts for nipissing

[woody1948]

I'm with SawBill on this. The majority of Fishermen are locals and they will quit fishing there.

[terrym]

I'm with SawBill on this. The majority of Fishermen are locals and they will quit fishing there.

Which is probably the real intent of the MNR. They will still sell these guys licences, they will just be switching to bass and pike or other lakes. The native fishery won't go away until they have wiped out the species. They don't ever talk about the other incidental catches in those kilometer long nets that get tossed overboard to feed the seagulls.

[sizematters]

All the ministry cares about is bottom line. They will rape and pillage the resources until nothing is left except carp. Watch for new regulations on this species in the next decade. And then there's the new invaders. The Eurasian Ruffe, Gobies and Asian carp ( they are the flying ones ) I hope they all taste good....lol.

[blasted_saber]

All the ministry cares about is bottom line. They will rape and pillage the resources until nothing is left except carp. Watch for new regulations on this species in the next decade. And then there's the new invaders. The Eurasian Ruffe, Gobies and Asian carp ( they are the flying ones ) I hope they all taste good....lol.

If all they cared about was selling licenses, then wouldnt we have more seasons and greater catch limits to promote sales?

[denny22]

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing; but my take is that a one fish limit wouldn't make a difference to me personally. Most people can catch pickerel to eat regardless of where they live in Ontario or the great lakes states, no? For example, if I just wanted a freezer full, I would go to Erie or St.Clair. Driving to Nip to stay in a bungalow, catch numbers of fish, and get sh.tfaced with good friends would not depend on my keep limit. That's just me.

Interesting thread for me to understand the cultural differences. Paddy and I live in a place where, other than the great lakes, we don't even think of bringing home meat when we fish. In fact, I fish in several spots where I woudln't eat anything out of that water anyway, but I love to fish it. I fish in other places where I will eat the fish, but most of the time I throw them back in. In those spots, it's our own choice to throw them back, it isn't legislated. But then, we have a lot of people and only a few places to fish.

[400bigbear]

If all they cared about was selling licenses, then wouldnt we have more seasons and greater catch limits to promote sales?

No lad because no matter what ,, there are only so many licenses that fishermen as a whole will buy because only so many are fishermen . The ones affected by the lowering of limits is resorts etc . They are directly affected by the fishery and limits of Nipissing . The MNR does absolutely nothing to promote hunting or fishing in this province . Haven't for many years . There is no MNR anymore other than a basic figurehead .

As far as some blaming everything on the natives ? . Well that's just not all true and setting and retrieving nets is not exactly easy especially since they only run small boats . In the past when the commercial fishery was a real hard core fishery there , you should have seen some of the boats . That is why commercial licenses on Nipissing, Simcoe, etc were initially bought ought by the feds and to placate the sportfishers with the increase in population .


There are far more pressures on lakes these days by sportsfishermen themselves than there ever was before and our ability to harvest even small populations of fish because of all our new gear from transportation to electronics to clothes . Don't blame all your woes on some Caninjuns netting fish . I've seen my share of declines in fisheries over the last 50 years and majority are sporstsfishermen related an 0 nets . The only answer I have at the moment is to lock our borders to immigration and neuter and spay all of child bearing age . LOL


TD

[jimmer]

I would rather eat panfish, so the drop in the limit doesn't really bother me personally. I think of all the people that make a living from the fishery are going to be the ones that are hurt the most.

[sizematters]

We do have more seasons where I live. Ice fishing in the Kawarthas. I don't have a copy of the regs handy but I believe this is only the second season for it. As far as quantities go, this is a guess, perch and crappy are.....50 I think. I'm far away from Ontario right now but will check the old regs when I get back. I keep them for comparison.

[FishFrenzy]

We do have more seasons where I live. Ice fishing in the Kawarthas. I don't have a copy of the regs handy but I believe this is only the second season for it. As far as quantities go, this is a guess, perch and crappy are.....50 I think. I'm far away from Ontario right now but will check the old regs when I get back. I keep them for comparison.

Ice fishing in the Kawartha's started in 2010 - all year seasons for panfish and pike. Longer seasons for Muskie and Bass, and slot sizes for Walleye along with a reduced bag limit.

Last year, they opened bass one week earlier as well.

FishFrenzy

[Berns13]

I don't mind the idea of theses small limits to sustain the sport fishing industry. I can't remember the last time I kept more than a couple of sport fish in a whole year period. I like to take pics of the nice sport fish and keep the pan friers. I see the pressure on lakes like Nipissing and see how this has to be done this way. Even the small lakes in southern Ontario see tremendous amounts of sports fisherman everyday and they all have to be feeling the pressure as well.