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HEFTY $10,600 FINE FOR HAVING TOO MANY FISH

FEBRUARY 2008


THUNDER BAY - A Thunder Bay man has been fined $10,600 for having a lot more fish than allowed.

The man was fined $6,000 for having 30 walleye over the legal limit and $4,600 for having 23 brook trout over the legal limit and forfeits the fish to the Crown.

During a police investigation in January 2006, an OPP officer discovered a lot of fish in the freezers at the man’s residence. The officer seized the fish and turned it over to a Ministry of Natural Resources Thunder Bay District conservation officer. After investigating, the conservation officer laid charges against the man and the other occupant of the home. At a trial in November 2006, they were each fined $4,200, but both of the accused successfully appealed and got a new trial.

At the new trial on February 6, 2008, the man claimed that the fish belonged to a First Nation person, but was unable to produce that person for questioning at trial. The man was convicted. The Crown withdrew charges against the second person.

The case was heard in the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay.

The ministry reminds the public that fishing regulations are in place to ensure the sustainability of the fishery so that anglers may enjoy the resource in the future.

AWESOME

A costly lesson, hopefully learned.

I hope that they will not allow him to ever own a fishing license again.

Gee. only $200 per fish! Not enough!

me heart pumps toilet water for the convicted.

Hope the Crown enjoys the taste of poached fish.

wonder what else he got charged with that initiated the original search of his home

Just a question....If Dude bought the fish, would he still be fined? Does Lapointe's fish market limit the amount of walleye they sell to an individual?

I would keep my receipt IF I bought any fish from a store.

I'm actually heading to lapointe's shortly. I will pose this scenario to them and see what they say.

What if you buy the fish?
I have a friend that has a comercial fishing business and I often
buy fish from him for winter.(50lbs or more of certain fish)
I asked him about it and he claims if you buy it legally keep your reciept then you can have it.
He is allowed to sell fish to any one wether they have a licence or not so technically if your caught with walleye and no licence your breaking law??
I bought four packs of walleye fillets at costco last week each with 4 fillets so did I break law there?
They cant prove he caught them.

ahh good to hear thats being enforced

Pints wrote:Gee. only $200 per fish! Not enough!

Are you kidding me?...In a country where people get a year in jail for killing someone while drunk driving...(if they go to jail at all)....this is more than a sufficient fine in my eyes....

Can any of you afford a $10,000 fine?....that would cripple anyone...

I'd personally rather see jackasses who get caught doing this....can keep their money....(likely will never be paid anyways)...but must do 100 hours of community service such as cleaning up lakes and streams....because in reality....that 10 grand will never help our resources....

RJ

30 eyes

23 trout.....

thats the kind of guy you meet at a lake and there always shooting there mouths about having freezers full of fish!!

i was wondering if they ever cought guys like this!!

FINNALY!!

slop wrote:I'm actually heading to lapointe's shortly. I will pose this scenario to them and see what they say.

I hate to 'quote' myself...but due to the fragile nature of the investigation, I find 'this' premature and speculative in nature, to comment at the present time.

I did however, find a smokin' deal on Scallops and Shrimp though.