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 overlimit of bass. It was further determined that the male was currently serving probation from previous convictions in the past from enforcement efforts with Conservation Officers from the MNR.
The male was fined $1000 per bass over his limit which was a total of $3000 in fines and 30 days in jail for breaching his conditions of his probation order on April 16th, 2014 in Perth, Ontario.
He was convicted in trial for unlawfully transporting live fish, possessing an overlimit of largemouthbass and had his fishing license suspended for life.
OCOA reminds anglers that transporting live fish over land requires an authorisation from the crown.
Limits for catch and possession are created through regulations for sportfish of Ontario to ensure a sustainable resource and conservation of the species.
If you make observations of an offense please call the MNR TIPS LINE at 1-877-TIPS-MNR or Crimestoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.
still a slap on the wrist, should hv been in jail for life!!!
these guys do so much damage, that by the time they r caught, the damage has been done and no way to correct it!!!
let me guess he wasn’t white!!!???!
go to simcoe in the spring and you’ll see a ton of jap’s keeping them alive in bucket and then loading them all alive in the van to take home!!!
I even see them calling their family and a kid runs out and loads it in the van and drops off a empty bucket to fill again!!!
very sad and the fishery shows the damage!!!!
very sad!!!
almostr as bad as the swans I saw shot last fall at a marsh. don’t worry the mnr got those idiots trespassing on private property too!!
they thought they were huge geese!!! wtf!!!
also remember, their is only so much food in and around the area.
if u over stock, the basic food chain will colaps and diseases will set in from over crowding and mal-nutrition fish, and then we get sick from eating them!!!
look at winepeg, the walleye r skeltons and disease is rampid!!!
I seconds tom’s voice!!!!
more study and less fish stocking!!!
more is not always best, id rather get a monster of a fish with meat on it, than a skelton.
also the eggs for hatching will b better too!!!