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At this point, The Gatineau River has a healthy population of these old buggers... Time to harvest!
Craig
Can you provide some link where you get this information from ?
No.
I'd rather see your links where it says that The Gatineau River does not have a healthy Sturgeon population.
We are positive people by nature... not fatalistic pessimists.
Craig
That was expected ...
I didn't make any claims - you did so you should proof your point.
I guess I'll just ask you again in couple years when MNR will get it's act together and will ban keeping sturgeon on the Gatineau as well.
people were "positive" long enough the O.R. that's why there is is very small population left. It is very difficult to make the right judgment without seeing the larger picture.
lifeisfun wrote:
Can you provide some link where you get this information from ?
No.
I'd rather see your links where it says that The Gatineau River does not have a healthy Sturgeon population.
We are positive people by nature... not fatalistic pessimists.
Craig
That was expected ...
I didn't make any claims - you did so you should proof your point.
I guess I'll just ask you again in couple years when MNR will get it's act together and will ban keeping sturgeon on the Gatineau as well.
people were "positive" long enough the O.R. that's why there is is very small population left. It is very difficult to make the right judgment without seeing the larger picture.
There appears to be a season for Sturgeon. This is what I base my assertion on.
I am just a simple man... with simple needs... and simple ways. If my government tells me it is ok... then I take it at face value the same way you take it at face value that Sturgeon fishing in ON is not a good idea.
HaZarD wrote:Ive heard from US Anglers of catching 15+ Foot sturgeon. Its rare as hell but they can get to be friggen big.
That is Atlantic Sturgeon
Do you have a link that tells us there are no 15lbs plus Acipenseridae?
Craig
(*EDIT* OK.. OK.. I tried to be like you and I failed to see that it was 15 foot and not pounds... I am quite aware that they do not get to the 15 foot mark...I am just not cut out to be a sphincter like you...*EDIT*)
The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 20 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is an evolutionarily ancient bottomfeeder with a partly cartilaginous skeleton and skin bearing rows of bony plates. The fish uses its elongated, spadelike snout to stir up the sand and silt on the beds of rivers and lakes while feeding. Barbels surrounding the mouth, usually four, are purely a sensory organ to help it find its food. The lake sturgeon can grow to a mass of over 100 kilograms (200 lb) and a length of over 3 meters (9 ft) over its long lifetime. It can reach well over 100 years of age and usually does not reach sexual maturity until its third decade of life.
Hey cprince, guess what...
The Ontario government tells me that it's OK to use a gaff to "assist in landing fish". It's right in there in the first few pages of the regs. Nowhere does it say that I'm required to keep a fish I gaffed.
Maybe when bass season opens I'll just leave the net at home. I don't eat bass so they'll have to go back, gaping holes and all. Maybe the few muskies I catch will get a gaffin' as well. Walleye? Sure why not. I'll even make a mini gaff out of a coat hanger to use for pannies. I'll post a youtube vid just for you.
The government says it's ok so lets take it at face value. No need for basic morals or common sense.
Eli wrote:Hey cprince, guess what...
The Ontario government tells me that it's OK to use a gaff to "assist in landing fish". It's right in there in the first few pages of the regs. Nowhere does it say that I'm required to keep a fish I gaffed.
Maybe when bass season opens I'll just leave the net at home. I don't eat bass so they'll have to go back, gaping holes and all. Maybe the few muskies I catch will get a gaffin' as well. Walleye? Sure why not. I'll even make a mini gaff out of a coat hanger to use for pannies. I'll post a youtube vid just for you.
The government says it's ok so lets take it at face value. No need for basic morals or common sense.
Now come on Eli lets get realistic here....A coat hanger for pannies...It wont work. The wire is to weak and will bend when trying to penetrate the fish...You need to use a piece of rusty fence wire for that. Maybe a 14 or 12 gauge might work well.
Fishing isn't a matter of life and death....
It's much more important.
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 daily catch and retain limit.
While you are free to gaff a fish to assist in landing it, you may be forced to keep it if you've injured it.
"There wouldn't have been any butt kickings if that stupid death ray had worked."
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 daily catch and retain limit.
Very interesting.....so what's the verdict on catching a fish (let's use a Muskie for arguement sake) that is under the legai size limit that cannot be revived????
