ice shack questions

[gsambray 172]

I am renting an ice shack for the feb. Long weekend. I am staying for three days two nights and the shack has sleeping and cooking and washrom facilities. Just wondering about alcohol consumption and legalities for three days of ice fishing. I.e. limits as does a daily limit apply for the amount of fish i can bring home or would that fall under total possesion limit (as in the amount allowed in freezer).

Thanks

[Guest MNR]

The Ontario Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary published by the

Province is wildly available in retail stores and provides good advice if you’re heading out to go fishing. It is also available online at www.mnr.gov.on.ca

The catch limit is the number of fish you are allowed to catch and keep in one day and includes fish that are retained for any period of time and fish eaten or given away. The possession limit is the number you are allowed to have in your possession on hand, in cold storage, preserved, in transit, or anywhere. Possession limits are the same as one day’s catch limit except for a few specific lakes/rivers for specific species of fish.

Generally, daily catch limits include all fish that are retained for any period of time and not immediately released. In plain language, if you caught 2 fish this morning and ate them for lunch, you could go out in the afternoon and catch 2 more (using walley in zone 6 with a sport fishing licecne as the example). If you kept the fish thinking that you wanted to take them home at the end of the weekend, you could still only catch 2 more. If you caught 4 fish in the morning and ate them all at a shore lunch or kept them, you could still go out and fish but would have to practise catch and release. (you've caught your daily limit).

Under the Ontario Fishery Regulations, unless fish is being prepared for immediate consumption, no person shall skin, cut or pack any fish caught by sport fishing in such a manner that the species cannot easily be identified or the number cannot easily be counted.

A Conservation Officer may inspect your fish to determine the number and species of fish in your possession. If your fish cannot be easily identified and the number by species determined, you may be charged and your fish seized as evidence.