Quinte Fishing

(Taken from Belleville Intelligencer)
OPP on the water

OPP Napanee Marine and SAVE (Snowmobile, All Terrain, Vessel Enforcement ) Unit were out on Patrol on Friday around the Hay Bay area, Deseronto and Napanee River during the Kiwanis annual fishing tournament.

Several Vessels were checked by the OPP and a number of warnings were issued under the Small Vessel Regulations.


During the stepped up marine patrols Saturday, officers stopped a vessel operator who was found to have been drinking and was arrested at the scene near Glenora. He was subsequently issued a thee-day driving suspension and released.

Later Saturday afternoon, just before 6 p.m., the marine unit pulled over another vessel near Hay Bay operated by a man from Sarsfield, Ont. Police found open liquor in the vessel and the driver had been drinking. Police arrested the driver.

Yves Michel Potvin, 31, was charged with operating a vessel while Over 80mgs of alcohol and for having open liquor while in care and control of a boat under the Liquor Licence Act. Potvin was released and is scheduled to appear in Napanee court May 25.

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Dan Elliot - A bad day on Quinte is better than a good day at work !!!
http://www.quintefishing.com

Do I dare say it??..... awe! what the hell........... Im willing to bet they all Had the required Safe Boaters Card lol