In July of 2013 Conservation Officers and OPP conducted a joint investigation into a complaint of a male keeping an overlimit of bass. The investigation revealed an overlimit of largemouth bass from Wesport Pond Fish Sanctuary. It was determined that the male had an aerated tank in the trunk of his car which included an […]

Illegal Caviar from Ontario Lake Sturgeon and meat lead 2 men from Richmond Hill to $20,750 in fines and probation orders. Three men were stopped coming out of the Mississagi River in the town of Blind River, Ontario claiming they had salmon in their vehicle when stopped by Conservation Officers. Upon inspection the Conservation Officers […]

Two men from Markham, Ontario fined a total of $4,000 for a 45 black crappie overlimit from Lake Scugog. The anglers were checked while returning to shore on May 14th, 2014 after a one day fishing trip in the Kawartha Lakes Region. Inspection of the live holding tank revealed 105 Black Crappie when the anglers […]

Lake Simcoe angler from Mississauga was in possession of 95 Cisco and only produced 2 to Conservation Officers on March 8th, 2014. Officers discovered a bag full of cisco behind the ice hut following the inspection. The individual was also charged for fishing without a license, catching and retaining cisco during closed season, obstructing a […]

Caught — and released to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Rob Scott, Crane Lake, Minn., is an angler who caught a potential 52lb world-record lake trout in February 2014 fishing a lake near the US/Canada border. The fish was 45 inches long with a 32-inch girth, Rob said. Worried he may lose his Candian […]

Here is a letter I received from the MNR: Hello Al, Your Fall-Winter 2012 Journal was sent to me because of its enforcement content, but of course I couldn’t stop there – a very interesting and informative read. My first comment is to thank you for your support of MNR’s field Conservation Officers. It’s the […]