wayne wrote:
If you have your 4 fish (daily limit at your feet or your 4 fish at home possession limit) you can still keep fishing as long as you C/R any fish in that species.Say you go out in the morning and catch your daily limit (4) then go home and come out in the afternoon you can fish as long as you release any and all fish of that species.Legally you can catch and release all day long everyday if you want,(as long as the species your fishing for is in season)
This is true Wayne, but if a fish you catch after you have your limit (of dead fish) happens to die and cannot be released, then you're breaking the law. It would be illegal to keep it, and illegal to throw it away. The only way you can throw away a dead fish is
1...if it is out of season (incidental catch)
2...outside of a slot size
ational Fishing Regulations 2014 9
GENERAL FISHING REGULATIONS (CONTINUED)
ONTARIO’S CATCH AND RETAIN RULES
Generally, daily catch limits include all fish that are retained for any period of time and not immediately released.
Anglers fishing from a boat may catch, hold, and selectively live release more walleye, northern pike, largemouth or smallmouth bass than the daily limit, provided:
(a)
the fish are held in a livewell with a mechanical aerator operating at all times (see Anglers Guide, page 8, for livewell requirements),
(b)
the fish comply with any applicable size limits,
(c)
the Sport or Conservation Fishing Licence daily catch and retain limits for walleye or northern pike are not exceeded at any one time,
(d)
no more than six largemouth or smallmouth bass (or any combination) caught under a Sport Fishing Licence are retained at any one time, and
(e)
the Conservation Fishing Licence catch and retain limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass (or any combination) are not exceeded at any one time.
Anglers are reminded to closely monitor the condition of fish held in a livewell. Only fish that are in such a condition that they will survive may be released. Releasing a fish that will not survive and allowing the flesh of that fish to be wasted is an offence. Any fish not live-released are part of your catch limit and your possession limit.
I don't think there are any real "grey areas" it just takes a bit of reading to find everything out.