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As Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship, I invite all anglers to experience our world-class fisheries and participate in the many programs Contents that promote the benefits of recreational angling What’s New for 2011...... 2 as a leisure activity. Pending & Possible Changes ...... 2 My department is committed to partnering with Licences ...... 3 anglers, stewardship groups, industry, and others Fees ...... 3 with an interest in working to preserve angling as Exemptions ...... 3 an important part of Manitoba’s heritage, now Outlets ...... 3 and into the future. Through these partnerships, General Regulations ...... 3 Manitoba will continue to be one of the premier Fishing Methods ...... 3 recreational fishing destinations in North America. Barbless Hooks ...... 3 The Fisheries Enhancement Fund continues to build and develop Angling and Ice Fishing ...... 3 innovative fisheries programs throughout the province by supporting Ice Fishing Shelters ...... 3 fisheries research and monitoring, by rehabilitating and enhancing Fish Remains ...... 4 important habitat, and by providing education to strengthen Bait ...... 4 stewardship values. Through these initiatives, Manitoba continues to Dip Netting, Seining, and Minnow Trapping ...... 4 lead the nation in developing leading-edge programs that enhance, educate, and promote the benefits of having a healthy and diverse Spear Fishing ...... 4 fisheries resource. Bow Fishing ...... 4 Holding and Releasing Fish ...... 4 I encourage all Manitobans and guests to our province to take Competitive Fishing Events ...... 4 advantage of the many quality recreational angling opportunities offered throughout the province. Buying and Selling Fish ...... 4 Fishways (Fish Ladders) ...... 4 Have a safe and enjoyable fishing season! Handling, Transport and Storage ...... 4 Border Waters ...... 5 Limits ...... 5 Fishing Divisions Map and Seasons ...... 8 Southern Division Regulations ...... 8 Honourable Christine Melnick Northwest Division Regulations ...... 13 Minister Water Stewardship North Central Division Regulations ...... 14 Northeast Division Regulations ...... 14 Status Indian Information ...... 15 Manitoba Water Stewardship Offices ...... 15 Common Manitoba Fish Species ...... 16 What’s New For 2011 Master Angler Application ...... 17 The regulations in this book are in effect on April 1, 2011. The following regulations are new for 2011. Regulations are also available online at www.manitobafisheries.com. New regulations are in bold type. • On Kenton Reservoir, walleye limit is 4 and all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. • Line Lake and Marge Lake, walleye limit is zero. • On Pickerel Bay and Pickerel Bay Channel (Lake Athapapuskow), closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Possible Changes • On Wekusko Lake, all walleye/sauger over 55 cm must be released. The following proposed regulation changes are listed a year in advance • On Bear and Utik lakes in the Northeast Division, all nonresidents of to give anglers a chance to express their opinions. To comment on these Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain possible changes, e-mail: [email protected] or call (204) 945-6640. a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for these fisheries. • On Sandy Lake, walleye limit is 4. • On Rocky Lake, remove closure on Goose Bay. • On Grass River from the outlet on Wekusko Lake on a line from Pending Changes the mouth of Rex Creek, southeast to the southwest corner of The following changes fall under the Fisheries Act of Canada and require Campbell Island to the rapids downstream (including Missipisew federal approval prior to becoming law. and Wuskatasko Rivers), closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including June 30. • Lake 400 and Beautiful Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list. • On Osborne Lake, Osborne Lake Creek and Wekusko Brook, closed to • On Antons Lake no motors, with the exception of electric motors, all fishing from April 1 to and including June 30. may be used. • On Herb Bay north of the hydro line on Wekusko Lake, closed to all • Persee Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list, no natural fishing from April 1 to and including June 30. bait and no motors, with the exception of electric motors, may be used. • The date for removal of ice fishing shelters on the Red River will be changed to the Sunday that falls on or between March 1 and March 7.

Front Cover Background: Kississing Lake New and possible changes in italics are intended to simplify and reduce Foreground: Pam Spitula holding a goldeye. the number and complexity of regulations.

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As Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship, I LICENCE OUTLETS invite all anglers to experience our world-class Contents (includes GST) Licences are sold at most hardware and sporting goods stores, fishing fisheries and participate in the many programs Licence Fees centres, and lodges. Not all vendors carry nonresident licences and Conservation Regular that promote the benefits of recreational angling What’s New for 2011...... 2 Resident Senior many do not have licences during winter. as a leisure activity. Pending & Possible Changes ...... 2 (Manitobans 65 and over) ...... Free ...... See Resident Licences may also be bought by Mastercard®, Visa® or by mail. Call My department is committed to partnering with Licences ...... 3 Resident regular licence 1-800-214-6497 or send a cheque or money order for the appropriate anglers, stewardship groups, industry, and others Fees ...... 3 (Manitobans age 16-64) ...... $13.94 ...... $19.83 licence fee (payable to Minister of Finance) to The Cashier, Manitoba with an interest in working to preserve angling as Exemptions ...... 3 Conservation, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3J 3W3. Canadian Resident an important part of Manitoba’s heritage, now Outlets ...... 3 Include first name, surname, and initials; full address; day, month, and (age 16 and over) ...... $22.77 ...... $42.40 and into the future. Through these partnerships, General Regulations ...... 3 year of birth; and sex of licensee. Nonresident Manitoba will continue to be one of the premier Fishing Methods ...... 3 recreational fishing destinations in North America. (age 16 and over) ...... $32.59 ...... $57.12 Barbless Hooks ...... 3 General Regulations The Fisheries Enhancement Fund continues to build and develop Angling and Ice Fishing ...... 3 Recreational fishing in Manitoba is governed by regulations made under innovative fisheries programs throughout the province by supporting Ice Fishing Shelters ...... 3 fisheries research and monitoring, by rehabilitating and enhancing The Provincial Fisheries Act and the Fisheries Act of Canada. This Fish Remains ...... 4 Angling Licences guide provides a summary of those regulations. The actual regulations important habitat, and by providing education to strengthen Bait ...... 4 stewardship values. Through these initiatives, Manitoba continues to All persons, except those exempted below, who engage in angling, dip in force, not necessarily those in this guide, shall apply. Regulations Dip Netting, Seining, and Minnow Trapping ...... 4 lead the nation in developing leading-edge programs that enhance, netting, seining, minnow trapping, spear fishing, and bow fishing, must other than those under the Fisheries Act of Canada may also apply while educate, and promote the benefits of having a healthy and diverse Spear Fishing ...... 4 have a Manitoba Angling Licence on their person. fishing, e.g. regarding the use of boats, motors, vehicles, etc. For more fisheries resource. Bow Fishing ...... 4 details on regulations contact your local Manitoba Water Stewardship Holding and Releasing Fish ...... 4 Licences are valid from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012. Licences must Office (see page 15). I encourage all Manitobans and guests to our province to take be signed to be valid, and are not transferrable or refundable. If a licence Competitive Fishing Events ...... 4 advantage of the many quality recreational angling opportunities offered is lost another must be purchased. The time of licence validity has no NOTE: throughout the province. Buying and Selling Fish ...... 4 impact on season dates. See page 8 for general season dates. Fishways (Fish Ladders) ...... 4 • Open fires are prohibited in the Burning Permit Areas of Manitoba from April 1 to November 15, unless the fire is in an approved fire pit. If Have a safe and enjoyable fishing season! Handling, Transport and Storage ...... 4 approved fire pits are not available, shore lunches and other meals must Border Waters ...... 5 Manitoba Resident Seniors A “Manitoba Resident Seniors Conservation Licence” is for seniors be cooked over a camp stove. For more information on Burning Permit Limits ...... 5 (65 and over) who have permanently resided in Manitoba for at least Areas, contact your local Manitoba Conservation Office. Fishing Divisions Map and Seasons ...... 8 6 months and is valid for a conservation limit of fish only. Manitoba • Littering is prohibited (under the Environment Act) and regulations Southern Division Regulations ...... 8 are enforced by Manitoba Conservation. Honourable Christine Melnick seniors wanting a regular limit of fish must buy a regular resident licence. Northwest Division Regulations ...... 13 • Open liquor (including beer) is prohibited in boats, vehicles and ice fishing Minister shelters (under the Liquor Control Act) and regulations are enforced by Water Stewardship North Central Division Regulations ...... 14 Conservation Licence Northeast Division Regulations ...... 14 A Conservation Licence entitles the holder to the same rights as a Manitoba Conservation. Status Indian Information ...... 15 Regular Licence holder except for reduced limits for some species: Manitoba Water Stewardship Offices ...... 15 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike, 1 lake trout, 1 channel catfish, 2 smallmouth FIShING METhODS Common Manitoba Fish Species ...... 16 bass and 2 stocked trout. Limits for other species remain the same. Recreational fishing includes angling, spear fishing, bow fishing, dip netting, seining, and minnow trapping. Techniques are those generally What’s New For 2011 Master Angler Application ...... 17 Resident or Nonresident? accepted by anglers. Under no circumstances may explosives, firearms, The regulations in this book are in effect on April 1, 2011. The following A resident is a person who has lived in Manitoba for the immediate past clubs, snagging, snaring, poisons, etc. be used. regulations are new for 2011. Regulations are also available online at www.manitobafisheries.com. six months. A Canadian resident is a person who has lived elsewhere New regulations are in bold type. in Canada for the immediate past six months. Any person who has not • On Kenton Reservoir, walleye limit is 4 and all walleye shorter than lived in Manitoba or Canada for the immediate past six months is a BARBLESS hOOKS 35 cm must be released. nonresident and must purchase a nonresident licence. In Manitoba, anglers must use barbless hooks. A barbless hook is • Line Lake and Marge Lake, walleye limit is zero. a hook with no barbs or barbs that have been compressed to be in • On Pickerel Bay and Pickerel Bay Channel (Lake Athapapuskow), closed Possible Changes LICENCE EXEMPTIONS complete contact with the shaft of the hook. Barbless hooks may to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. The following people may angle without a licence: have barbs on the shank for holding bait. When you are fishing, The following proposed regulation changes are listed a year in advance • On Wekusko Lake, all walleye/sauger over 55 cm must be released. the hooks attached to all your lines, whether in use or not, must • On Bear and Utik lakes in the Northeast Division, all nonresidents of to give anglers a chance to express their opinions. To comment on these • Any youth under the age of 16 who has permanently resided in be barbless. Barbed hooks may be kept in the tackle box. Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain possible changes, e-mail: [email protected] or call (204) 945-6640. Manitoba for at least six months. Manitoba youth under the age of 16 a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist have all the rights and privileges of those holding a Regular Licence, operator with an allocation for these fisheries. • On Sandy Lake, walleye limit is 4. including their own regular limit of fish. All other regulations apply. ANGLING AND ICE FIShING • On Rocky Lake, remove closure on Goose Bay. Proof of age is required when checked by an Officer. Angling is fishing with a hook and line. The use of any unusual or Pending Changes • On Grass River from the outlet on Wekusko Lake on a line from special gimmicks is often illegal and best avoided. Hooks or lures must the mouth of Rex Creek, southeast to the southwest corner of • Any Canadian resident or nonresident youth under the age of 16. The not be spring-loaded. The following changes fall under the Fisheries Act of Canada and require Campbell Island to the rapids downstream (including Missipisew person must fish with a licence holder, or someone exempt from federal approval prior to becoming law. and Wuskatasko Rivers), closed to all fishing from April 1 to and Anglers may use only one rod and line, except during ice fishing when holding a licence, and their catch must be applied to the limit of that two may be used. Only two hooks or lures may be used per line. including June 30. person. A Canadian resident or nonresident youth under 16 who • Lake 400 and Beautiful Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list. Anglers must, when fishing in open water, keep their line in sight at all • On Osborne Lake, Osborne Lake Creek and Wekusko Brook, closed to wishes to have a separate limit must buy a licence. • On Antons Lake no motors, with the exception of electric motors, all fishing from April 1 to and including June 30. times and when ice fishing stay within 50 m of the line. may be used. • On Herb Bay north of the hydro line on Wekusko Lake, closed to all • Persee Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list, no natural fishing from April 1 to and including June 30. STATUS INDIANS ICE FIShING ShELTERS Status Indians do not require an angling licence. They are exempt from bait and no motors, with the exception of electric motors, may be used. • The date for removal of ice fishing shelters on the Red River will be Ice fishing shelters must be removed by March 11,2012 on the Red River, by angling regulations including seasons, limits, and gear restrictions changed to the Sunday that falls on or between March 1 and March 7. March 31 in the rest of the Southern Division and by April 15 in the Northwest, when fishing for food. Proof of status is required when checked by a North Central and Northeast Divisions, or when requested to do so by a Natural Resource Officer or RCMP Officer (see page 15). Natural Resource Officer due to unsafe ice conditions. All ice fishing shelters must clearly display the owner’s name and address. Shelters must be stored Front Cover NATIONAL PARKS or disposed of away from the shore and on private property. Manitoba Background: Kississing Lake New and possible changes in italics are intended to simplify and reduce A Manitoba Angling Licence is not valid for fishing in National Parks. Conservation Parks Branch requires that ice fishing shelters in provincial parks Foreground: Pam Spitula holding a goldeye. the number and complexity of regulations. Contact Parks Canada for details on fishing licences and regulations in meet size, location and use standards. For more information including specific National Parks. www.pc.gc.ca. details, please contact your local Manitoba Conservation Office.

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FISh REMAINS launching, or docking. Fish cleaning remains must not be left on beaches or shorelines. At Angling seasons, limits and licence requirements apply. Fisher's may sites such as boat launches, campgrounds, lodges, etc., fish remains possess only one limit of fish, whether taken by spear fishing or angling. must be placed in containers provided for that purpose. You may not spear fish for sturgeon, largemouth bass, smallmouth BAIT bass, muskellunge, Arctic grayling, Arctic char, brown trout, rainbow Night crawlers and earthworms may be used as bait in all fishing trout, brook trout, splake or other trout hybrids. Only face mask, divisions in Manitoba. They may be imported to Manitoba in a sterile flippers and snorkel may be used to take the following species (i.e. medium such as paper mulch, but not in soil. no scuba equipment): walleye, sauger, pike, channel catfish, crappies, mooneye, goldeye, lake trout and whitefish. Leeches, frogs and salamanders (water dogs) may also be used as bait in all divisions. However, they may not be imported. Possession of Scuba or snorkelling equipment may be used for species other than crayfish is prohibited. those listed above. For safety courses and information please contact your local scuba dealer. Offal (fish cleaning remains) may be used as bait in all divisions. Frozen or preserved bait fish may be imported and used in all divisions. BOw FIShING Bow fishing (the shooting of fish with archery equipment) is permitted Live bait fish may not be imported into Manitoba and may not be used for carp and suckers only. Angling seasons and licence requirements or possessed in the Northwest, North Central and Northeast Divisions, apply. A fish arrow and at least 20-kg test line must be used. Using a including the Bloodvein and Gammon rivers. Live bait fish may be used crossbow to fish is illegal. and possessed in the Southern Division, except in the following areas: • Stocked Trout Waters hOLDING AND RELEASING FISh • Duck Mountain Provincial Forest and Park Fish being legally retained may be held live only while you are actively • Turtle Mountain Provincial Park fishing, and they must be held within 25 m of you. • Porcupine Provincial Forest If you release fish, they must be released unharmed into the water from • Whiteshell Provincial Park which they were taken. They must not be tagged or marked in any way, • Winnipeg River (from Seven Sisters Dam to the Ontario border) unless authorized by a permit. • Atikaki and South Atikaki Provincial Parks Those anglers in possession of purchased live bait fish must have a Live Bait Fish Transfer and Use Receipt issued by the dealer. Anglers may COMPETITIvE FIShING EvENTS catch their own bait fish, but must kill them before transporting them Persons and organizations holding fishing derbies or tournaments that away from the water where they were caught. Bait fish includes only: have more than 25 participants must obtain a free Competitive Fishing Event Licence four weeks prior to the event. Licences are available from chub trout-perch tullibee Fisheries Branch, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3J 3W3 shiner stickleback sculpin - (204) 945-6640 or contact a Manitoba Water Stewardship Office in mudminnow fathead minnow darter your area (see page 15). sucker bluntnose minnow dace All participants must have a Manitoba Angling Licence unless exempt (see page 3). All walleye, sauger, trout, smallmouth bass, and channel No angler may be in possession of more than 4 litres of bait fish of catfish entered must be released. Further restrictions may be imposed. which no more than 15 dozen can be live bait fish (excluding suckers and All fish caught and retained for use in a competitive fishing event are tullibee, which have no limit). considered to be in possession and part of the angler’s daily limit. Yellow perch, goldeye, and mooneye, that have been caught by angling, may also be used as bait and may be used as live bait fish where use of BUyING AND SELLING FISh live bait fish is allowed. Anglers may only possess a legal limit of these Fish harvested while angling may not be bought, sold, traded or bartered. species. Carp, goldfish, and rainbow smelt, except for purchased frozen If you buy fish from a commercial fisher or retailer be sure to get a sales smelt, may not be used as bait. receipt at the time of sale. You must carry this receipt with the fish as proof of purchase. DIP NETTING, SEINING, AND MINNOw TRAPPING An angling licence is required while dip netting, seining, or minnow trapping. In most waters these activities are allowed at any time of the year. Check for closures on specific waters in the divisional sections of FIShwAyS (FISh LADDER) this guide. Fishways are used to assist fish passage through, over or around Species that may be kept include suckers, carp, burbot, bullheads, barriers. Please respect these structures when in use and do not tullibee, chub, shiners, darters, dace, fathead minnow, bluntnose minnow, disturb the fish. Remember, it is a violation to fish (including dip mudminnow, trout-perch, stickleback, sculpin and whitefish. All other netting, seining and minnow trapping) within 23 metres of a fishway. species must be released immediately. Live fish may not be transported away from the waters where they were caught. Fish must be dead before transporting. General creel limits apply. hANDLING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF FISh Dip nets may not be larger than 1 square metre. Seine nets may not be Live fish may not be transported away from the waters where they larger than 3 square metres. Minnow traps must not be larger than 65 cm were caught, except under the authority of a permit issued by long and 35 cm in diameter, and must have the fisher’s name and address Fisheries Branch. marked on them. Fish must not be handled, transported or disposed of in a way that will allow it to spoil. SPEAR FIShING Fish must be transported and stored so that the number, species, and Spear fishing is the taking of fish with a handheld spear or spear size of fish can be determined. Six square centimetres of skin must be gun (pneumatic or rubber band powered) while swimming. Spear left on each fillet. Fish should not be transported or stored in a solid fishing is allowed in all areas of the province open to angling. For frozen block of fillets or in a processed state such as canned. safety reasons do not spear fish near areas used for swimming, boat

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General Limits

NOTICE OF INDIvIDUAL REGULATIONS The possession and size limits listed below are general, provincial regulations, and apply to most Manitoba waters. A number of waters and fishing divisions in Manitoba have special, individual regulations. These exceptions and/or additions to the general regulations are found in the individual fishing divisions on pages 8-10; 13-15.

Species Conservation Regular Species Conservation Regular Licence Licence Licence Licence Arctic Char ...... 8 ...... 8 Stocked Brook, Brown, & Rainbow Trout; Arctic Grayling - only one may exceed 40 cm ...... 3 ...... 3 Splake & other Trout hybrids; & Arctic Char Black Crappie ...... 6 ...... 6 (any species or combination) Brook Trout (except stocked trout waters) - only one may exceed 45 cm ...... 2 ...... 3 - none may exceed 45 cm ...... 1 ...... 1 Sturgeon ...... 0 ...... 0 Channel Catfish - none may exceed 60 cm ...... 1 ...... 4 walleye (Pickerel) & Sauger (either or combined) Goldeye & Mooneye (either or combined) ...... 10 ...... 10 - only one may exceed 55 cm ...... 4 ...... 6 Lake Trout - only one may exceed 65 cm ...... 1 ...... 2 white Bass ...... 25 ...... 25 Largemouth Bass ...... 0 ...... 0 Whitefish ...... 25 ...... 25 Muskellunge ...... 0 ...... 0 yellow Perch (Southern Division - except lakes Northern Pike (Jackfish) Winnipeg, Manitoba and Winnipegosis) ...... 25 ...... 25 - only one may exceed 75 cm ...... 4 ...... 6 - all other divisions ...... no limit ...... no limit Rock Bass ...... 6 ...... 6 All Other Species ...... no limit ...... no limit Smallmouth Bass - only one may exceed 40 cm ...... 2 ...... 4

Limits and Possession Measuring a Fish Fish are considered to be in possession if they are not immediately Total fish length is measured from the most anterior part of the head released into the water from which they were taken. Possession limits to the most posterior part of the tail laid flat (i.e. not pinched). See are the same as daily catch limits in Manitoba. You may possess no page 17 for an illustration. Note: 2.54 cm = 1 inch. more than one limit of each kind of fish at any time. This includes all fish you have in hand, camp, transportation, at home or for use in a competitive fishing event. The limits on this page apply to most high Quality Management waters Manitoba waters. Special limits on specific waters are listed in the High Quality Management Waters have reduced possession and size individual fishing divisions (pages 8-10; 13-15). limits to protect and maintain high quality fisheries. They are listed in the individual fishing divisions (pages 8-10; 13-15).

If due to extenuating circumstances, you need to transport fish belonging to another angler, in addition to your own limit, you Catch and Release Tips must obtain a Fish Transportation Loadslip from a Regional Water • Play your fish as little as possible. Stewardship or District Conservation office (see page 15). • Return it to the water quickly. Persons transporting fish into Manitoba that were caught outside • Don't hold it by the eyes or gills. Manitoba should obtain physical proof of the origin of the fish before it • Don't squeeze its belly. is transported. • Never release fish that have been held on a stringer.

BORDER wATERS Anglers who are on or in the immediate vicinity of lakes or rivers that Mercury in Fish cross a Manitoba border may have only a Manitoba limit of fish. Although Manitoba has some of the cleanest waters in the world, Anglers may have either a Manitoba or an Ontario Angling Licence (or all fish contain some mercury from natural sources. Human be exempt from holding one) to fish on all of Davidson Lake, Frances activities can cause further increases in these natural mercury Lake, Garner Lake, High Lake, Mantario Lake, Moar Lake and Ryerson Lake, and either a Manitoba or Saskatchewan Angling Licence (or be levels. Fish from some areas may have elevated mercury levels. exempt from holding one) to fish on all of Lake of the Prairies upstream For further information about mercury in fish and for recommended from the Shellmouth Dam; only one licence is required. consumption rates, please visit manitoba.ca/waterstewardship/fish/ Anglers who have an Ontario Angling Licence may fish on the Manitoba mercury, or phone Manitoba Water Stewardship at 945-7100 or the portion of Artery Lake without a Manitoba Angling Licence. Resource Information Service at 945-6784.

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Fishing Divisions Southern Division Regulations General Closure: April 1 to and including May 13. Season opens May 14 (refer to map at left for Southern Divisional boundaries).

• Barbless hooks must be used. • Use of live bait fish is allowed in some areas (see page 4). • All lake trout must be released between September 15 and October 15. Churchill • All lake trout over 65 cm must be released. hIGh QUALITy MANAGEMENT Brochet River Big Sand L. High Quality Management Waters in the Southern Division are Reindeer L. Churchill listed below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 2 small- Southern mouth bass with the exception of that portion of the Winnipeg River Indian L. described below in which the limit is 0 for smallmouth bass.

Lynn 391 Lake Leaf Sundance ♦ Echo Lake ♦ Saddle Lake Rapids ♦ Shoe Lake ♦ Side Saddle Lake NORTH CENTRAL 280 Line ♦ Winnipeg River from Ontario Boundary to Point Du Bois Dam Thompson (including Green Bay). All pike between 75 cm and 110 cm Hydro 6 NORTHEAST must be released. Sipiwesk River NORTHWEST L. Flin Snow Lake STOCKED TROUT wATERS Flon Cross 39 L. No bow fishing, dip netting, or seining is allowed on stocked 6 Nelson trout waters. In Duck Mountain Provincial Park, and in Porcupine Provincial Forest, all trout smaller than 25 cm must be released, The except those caught in streams. Annual stocking lists are available Pas Grand from your local Manitoba Water Stewardship Office (see page 15). Rapids Lake AREA Winn 60 Lake The trout lakes, ponds and reservoirs listed below are open to fish- Winnipeg

10 ipeg “A” ing all year. All walleye, pike and smallmouth bass caught in these osis waters from April 1 to and including May 13 must be released. The trout creeks and rivers listed below are closed to all fishing from Swan Blood November 1 to and including April 15. River vein R. 83 Gam mon No motors may be used on those waters marked with an ~. Dauphin 68 No motors, except electric motors, may be used on those waters 6 Bissett 8 10 5 304 marked with an *. 16 11 59 R. Antons Lake - trout limit is two. * Hunt Lake Brandon 44 1 INNIPEG Bagguley Lake Kinch Creek 1 W 1 Bear Lake (W of Caddy L) Kingfisher Lake 83 12 Red * Beaver Lake (Duck Mountain) Lac du Bonnet Ponds 10 SOUTHERN Emerson Birch River (E of Porcupine Forest) ~ Lake One Black Beaver Lake ~ Lake Two (S. of Crowduck) Blueberry Pond Laurie Lake - all lake trout smaller Bower Lake than 25 cm must be released. SEASONS Bowsman River Limestone Pond * Camp Lake (NE of Falcon Lake) * Little McBride Lake (NW of Southern Division Childs Lake - all lake trout smaller Boggy Ck) Generally closed from April 1 to and including May 13. than 25 cm must be released. * Lyons Lake (S of W Hawk L) Season opens May 14. * Corstophine Lake - trout limit is * McHugh Lake - trout limit is Northwest Division one and all trout over 45 cm must one, no natural bait. Generally closed from May 1 to and including May 20. be released, no natural bait. Milner Ridge Pond Season opens May 21. Davidson Lake Mirror Lake (Porcupine Forest) Dorothy Pond Nick Lake (Porcupine Forest) North Central Division East Blue Lake (Duck Mountain) North Duck River Generally closed from May 1 to and including May 20. * East Goose Lake (S of Roblin) O’Hanly Pond Season opens May 21. Eternal Springs (lower and upper Olson Lake (Porcupine Forest) ponds) * Patterson Lake - trout limit is one Northeast Division Forbes Lake - lake trout limit is one. and all trout over 45 cm must be Generally open to angling all year. Garland River released, no natural bait. Gass Lake (Porcupine Forest) * Perch Lake (Duck Mountain) - all George Lake - lake trout limit is bass and trout must be released. one. Pine River (Duck Mountain) Glad Lake (Duck Mountain) * Pybus Lake - trout limit is one Gull Lake (Duck Mountain) and all trout over 45 cm must be Gull Pond (N of Camp Morton) released, no natural bait. Hadashville Pond Quartz Pond

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Raspberry Pond Tugby Lake Dog Lake Drain - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April Reynolds Ponds * Twin Lakes - no natural bait and 1 to and including May 13. Saskatoon Pond all trout must be released. * Shilliday Lake (Duck Mountain) * Two Mile Lake (Duck Mountain) Duck Mountain Provincial Park - walleye limit is 4. All pike over Snail Lake * Vermilion Reservoir 75 cm must be released. See Singuish, Wellman, and West Blue lakes Snowberry Pond Vini Lake (Porcupine Forest) for specific regulations. South Duck River Wasp Lake Dufaults Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 * Spear Lake (Russell Reservoir) * West Goose Lake - trout limit is to and including May 13. Steeprock River (Porcupine one, no natural bait. Forest) West Hawk Lake ♦ Falcon Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 Stony Creek (W of Neepawa) Whiteshell River between West to and including May 31. Strawberry Pond Hawk and Caddy lakes - all trout Tokaruk Lake must be released. Goudney Reservoir - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. Tower Pond * William Lake (S of Boissevain) Gull Lake (near Beaconia) - all pike over 60 cm must be released. ♦ hamilton Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from DIP NETTING AND SEINING RESTRICTIONS April 1 to and including May 31.

General regulations on dip netting and seining can be found on hamlin Drain - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 page 4. No dip netting or seining is allowed in any stocked trout to and including May 13. waters. In Nopiming and Whiteshell Provincial Parks, and the Rennie River near Rennie, dip netting and seining for suckers and all species ♦ happy Lake - walleye limit is 4. other than bait fish are prohibited year round. ♦ horseshoe Lake - all smallmouth bass must be released. Some streams are closed to all fishing (including dip netting) in spring to prevent damage to spawning fish and eggs. Kenton Reservoir - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. Check for spring closures by stream or lake name in the following section. Killarney Lake - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released.

Eastern Manitoba - Special walleye Regulation For Area “A” Lake of the Prairies and its tributaries, including the Shell River west of PTh 83 and the Assiniboine River downstream to the bridge at Shellmouth (PR 549) - walleye/sauger limit 4; all walleye between All walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released in the area 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be south of the Gammon-Bloodvein rivers to the south and west released. Anglers may fish with either a Manitoba or Saskatchewan shores of the Winnipeg River, including Lac du Bonnet, and the angling licence upstream from the Shellmouth Dam (see border southern boundary of Whiteshell Provincial Park and from Lake waters - page 5). Winnipeg to the Ontario border (excluding the Winnipeg River from the Pine Falls Dam to Lake Winnipeg). Lake St. Andrews - all smallmouth bass must be released. ♦ Special walleye Regulation Applies Lake St. George - all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm and all pike over 75 cm must be released.

Lake winnipegosis and its tributaries - the walleye limit is 4 and all SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR INDIvIDUAL wATERS walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. Arrow Lake - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm must Limestone Bay (on Lake winnipeg) - closed to fishing all year. be released. Line Lake - all walleye must be released. Basket Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 to and including May 13. Lonely Lake Drain - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 to and including May 31. Bell Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. ♦ Manigotagan Lake - walleye limit is 4. Boissevain Reservoir - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. Marge Lake - all walleye must be released. Chain Lakes - no motors, except electric motors, are allowed. Mary Jane Reservoir - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. Crawford Creek - see Dauphin Lake. Mink Creek - see Dauphin Lake. Crowduck Lake - all walleye must be released. Minnedosa Lake - see Wahtopanah Lake. Dauphin Lake including that portion of the Mossy River to municipal Minnewasta Lake - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm road 107 west and all inflowing tributaries - the walleye/sauger limit is 4 must be released. and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All inflowing tributaries and those parts of Dauphin Lake within 1 km of their mouths Moose Lake (near Sprague) - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be are closed to all fishing, including dip netting from March 1 to and released. including May 13. The remaining parts of Dauphin Lake remain open in March and are closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 13. North Steeprock Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. Deloraine Reservoir - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. Ochre River - see Dauphin Lake.

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Overflowing River - walleye limit is 4 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. Closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 20. Perch Lake - all smallmouth bass and trout must be released. Porcupine Provincial Forest - walleye limit is 4. All pike over 75 cm must be released. See Bell, North Steeprock and Whitefish lakes for specific regulations. Proulx Creek and all other creeks and drains that intersect PR 328 to the east - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 to and including May 13. ♦ Quesnel (Caribou) Lake - walleye limit is 4. Rapid City Reservoir - see Wahtopanah Lake. Please Do Not Litter Red Deer River from Red Deer Lake to Lake winnipegosis - walleye Discarding bait containers, monofilament line and other types limit is 4 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. Closed of litter along shorelines, on the ice or in the water is illegal to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 20. and shows disrespect for the environment. Keep our lakes and Red River from the Canada/US border to Lake winnipeg and all rivers clean. Clean up after others. The fine for littering in tributaries between Lockport Dam and Lake winnipeg - anglers may Manitoba is $190. retain only 1 walleye longer than 70 cm per year. Licence holders who catch and retain one of these fish must immediately record the date on the back of their licence. The walleye/sauger limit is 4. Protection of Privacy Act Personal information collected on angling licences falls under Red River from Lockport Dam to 1 km downstream - dip netting and the authority of The Fisheries Act (Chapter F90), Fishing seining for bait fish only, not suckers; no bow fishing allowed. Licensing Regulation 124/97 and will be used only for existing Rossman Lake - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm must program activities, surveys and enforcement by Manitoba be released. Conservation. Sandy Lake - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. It is protected by the Protection of Privacy provisions of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For Shoal Lake (on the Ontario border) - all walleye/sauger must be released. questions about the collection, contact: 945-4170. Singush Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. For your Information St. Malo Lake - no motors, except electric motors, allowed. Manitoba Natural Resource Officers play an important ♦ Tooth Lake - all smallmouth bass must be released. educational role in relation to angling regulations. To ensure that there is compliance to Manitoba’s regulations, officers check Turtle River from PTh 5 near Laurier to Dauphin Lake - see Dauphin Lake. anglers on a regular basis on the water but also periodically valley River - see Dauphin Lake. conduct roadside checkstops in cooperation with other enforcement agencies. To help make your angling experience vermilion River - see Dauphin Lake. enjoyable, please be aware of Manitoba’s angling regulations. verrall Lake - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm must The following are set, ticketable fines for the most common be released. angling infractions. Fines may be higher depending on the wahtopanah Lake and Little Saskatchewan River from the Rivers severity and/or frequency of the infractions. Dam upstream to Riding Mountain National Park, including Rapid Using barbed hooks ...... $52 - a limit of 4 walleye/sauger and City Reservoir and Minnedosa Lake Fishing without a licence ...... $292 all walleye/sauger between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. That portion of Wahtonpanah Lake and the Little Saskatchewan River from Over limit ...... $102 plus PTH 24 to the Trans-Canada Pipeline crossing on Wahtopanah Lake is Transport live fish away from the water ...... $474 closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 to and including Unattended Line...... $52 May 31. Failure to carry your licence while fishing ...... $171 wellman Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. west Blue Lake - walleye limit is 4. All pike over 75 cm must be released. No motors, except electric motors, allowed. whitefish Lake (in the Porcupine Forest) including the Marina Lagoon - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. ♦ whiteshell River from west hawk Lake to Caddy Lake - trout limit is 0; closed to all fishing from November 1 to and including April 15. winnipeg River from Pine Falls Generating Station to Lake winnipeg to and including Traverse Bay - anglers may retain only 1 walleye longer than 70 cm per year. Licence holders who catch and retain one of these fish must immediately record the date on the back of their licence. The walleye/sauger limit is 4. wilson River - see Dauphin Lake. william Lake - all smallmouth bass must be released.

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Grass River from the outlet on weskusko Lake on a line from the mouth Northwest Division Regulations of Rex Creek, southeast to the southwest corner of Campbell Island to General Closure: May 1 to and including May 20. Season opens the rapids downstream (including Missipisew and wuskatasko Rivers) - May 21 (refer to map on page 8 for Northwest Divisional boundaries). closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including July 15. The walleye limit is 4 and all walleye over 45 cm must be released. The pike limit is 4. • Barbless hooks must be used. • From April 1 to and including April 30 and from May 21 to and including May Grass River from the CN rail line just north of Iskwasum Lake to the inlet 31, the walleye limit is 4. of Reed Lake (including Iskwasum, Loucks, and Flag lakes) - closed to all • No live bait fish allowed. fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. • All lake trout over 65 cm must be released. • All pike over 75 cm must be released. • All walleye over 55 cm must be released. Kisseynew Lake and Kississing River from Kisseynew Lake to Kississing Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. On Kisseynew Lake the walleye limit is 4. hIGh QUALITy MANAGEMENT High Quality Management Waters in the Northwest Division are list- Kississing Lake and its tributaries, including Bartlett Lake - lake trout ed below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 1 lake trout. limit is 1, walleye limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. All nonresidents of Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain a Alberts Lake Koblun Lake Squall Lake Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator Bacon Lake Lac Aimee Tait Lake with an allocation for this fishery. Buzz Lake Loonhead Lake Tramping Lake Cacholotte Lake McGhee Lake Twin Lake Kississing River between Kisseynew Lake and Kississing Lake - walleye limit is 4. Centre Lake McLeod Lake Vickers Lake Cook Lake Mikanagan Lake Wabishkok Lake Morgan Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including July 15. Corley Lake Morgan Lake Whitefish Lake Crow Lake Niblock Lake Woosey Creek Morton Lake - walleye limit is 2 and pike limit is 2. All nonresidents of Deep Lake Norris Lake Woosey Lake Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain a Dolomite Lake Pineroot River Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator Dow Lake Podruski Lake with an allocation for this fishery. File Lake Pothier Lake *Grass River Rail Lake Osborne Lake, Osborne Lake Creek and wekusko Brook - closed to all Provincial Park Sewell Lake fishing from April 1 to and including July 15. Walleye limit is 4 and all (see below) Snow Lake walleye over 45 cm must be released. Pike limit is 4. *Grass River Provincial Park excluding Reed Lake (see Reed Lake regulation). Pickerel Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 20 to and including May 20. STOCKED TROUT LAKES Reed Lake, including Krug Lake, Jackfish Lake, Jackfish Lake Creek, No bow fishing, dip netting or seining is allowed on stocked trout woosey Creek between Reed Lake and halfway Lake, and all other waters. Annual stocking lists are available from your local Manitoba tributaries of Reed Lake, including Grass River from Flag Lake to Water Stewardship Office (see page 15). Tramping Lake - the limits are 2 walleye, 2 pike and 1 lake trout. The following stocked trout lakes are open to fishing all year. All pike and walleye caught in these waters from May 1 to and including May 20 Rocky Lake - walleye limit is 4. Goose Bay is closed to all fishing from must be released. November 1 to and including May 20.

Amphipod Lake Kormans Lake Webster Lake Saskatchewan River from Grand Rapids Generating Station to 1 km Barbe Lake One Portage Lake downstream (tailrace channel) - closed to fishing all year. Foot Print Lake Scotty Lake Snow Creek from Compton Lake to Snow Lake - closed to all fishing from LAKE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS May 1 to and including May 31.

Athapapuskow Lake - the walleye limit is 4. The south end is closed Three Finger Lake - walleye limit is 4. to all fishing from September 15 to and including October 7. Quarry Bay and Quarry Bay Channel are closed to all fishing from May 1 to and wabishkok Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. including May 31. Pickerel Bay and Pickerel Bay Channel are closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. wekusko Lake - walleye/sauger limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. Closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 20. Herb Bay north of the Bradley Lake - all smallmouth bass must be released. hydro line on Wekusko Lake is closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including July 15. Burntwood Lake - walleye limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. whitefish Lake and Pineroot River from whitefish Lake to and including Clearwater Lake - the west side is closed to all fishing from September 15 wabishkok Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. to and including October 7, on a line northeast from the end of Spawn Camp Point to the west side of the inlet of Pike Bay. woosey Creek between woosey Lake and Morgan Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including July 15. Dolomite Lake - closed to all fishing from April 1 to the general opening in May. woosey Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31.

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North Central Division Regulations Northeast Division Regulations General Closure: May 1 to and including May 20. Season opens Generally open to angling all year (refer to page 8 for Northeast May 21 (refer to map on page 8 for North Central Divisional boundaries). Divisional boundaries). • Barbless hooks must be used. • Barbless hooks must be used. • No live bait fish. • No live bait fish.

hIGh QUALITy MANAGEMENT hIGh QUALITy MANAGEMENT High Quality Management Waters in the North Central Division are High Quality Management Waters in the Northeast Division are listed listed below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 1 lake trout below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 1 lake trout, and and all pike over 75 cm, all walleye over 55 cm and all lake trout over 65 all walleye over 55 cm, all pike over 75 cm, all lake trout over 65 cm and cm must be released. all Arctic grayling over 40 cm must be released. Only single, barbless hooks may be used on those waters marked with an *. Alto Lake Hunter Lake Numakoos Lake Berge Lake Joey Lake Paint Lake and its Acheetamo Lake * Goose Lake * Nueltin Lake Black Trout Lake Lasthope Lake tributaries Aikens Lake Gunisao Lake Opiminegoka Lake Border Lake Laurie Lake Plumbtree Lake Amphibian Lake Harrop Lake Otter Lake Chicken Lake Laurie River (from Preston Lake Anishinabe Lake Head Leaf Lake Pelletier Lake Clarke Creek and Sask. border east to Pyta Lake Apisko Lake High Hill Lake Poplar River (from Lake the railway line) Running Bear Lake * Askey Lake Holmes Lake Wrong Lake Assapan Lake Horseshoe Lake to Ontario border) Conlin Lake Leftrook Lake Sickle Lake Assinika Lake Jensen Lake * Putahow Lake Cousins Lake Little Brightsand Teal Lake * Bagg Lake Joint Lake * Putahow River Dafoe Lake Lake Tenklei Lake Bain Lake * John Osborn Lake (between Putahow Dunphy Lake Little Chipewyan Tod Lake * Bangle Lake Kagipo Lake Lake and Nueltin Eager Lake Lake Tractor Lake Baralzon Lake Kakeenokamak Lake Lake) Eden Lake Liz Lake Turnbull Lake Bear Lake Kanapakaksis Lake * Ragged Basin Lake Frances Lake McGranachan Lake Van Lake Bear Head Lake * Kapusta Lake Recluse Lake Ghost Lake Matheson Lake Vanderkerckhove Bennett Lake * Kasmere Lake Red Willow Lake Goldsand Lake McGavock Lake Lake Black Currant Lake Kautunigan Lake Rorke Lake Goose Hunting Lake Mooswa Creek and Velde Lake * Blevins Lake Keschismeeneko Sasaginnigak Lake Grass River from Lake Willis Lake Bolton Lake Lake Sawdon Lake Bald Eagle Lake to Motrik Lake Zed Lake * Booth Lake Kistigan Lake Semmens Lake Witchai Lake Nesbitt Lake Brad Lake Knee Lake * Shannon Lake Brisebois Lake Lewis Lake Silsby Lake Brownstone Lake Little Duck Lake * Snyder Lake STOCKED TROUT LAKES Burnie Lake Little Stull Lake South Knife Lake No bow fishing, dip netting, or seining are allowed on stocked trout Campbell Lake Long Lake (Berens Sparrowhawk Lake waters. Annual stocking lists are available from your local Manitoba Caron Lake River) Stag Lake Water Stewardship Office (see page 15). The following stocked trout Carr-Harris Lake MacLeod Lake Stevens Lake lakes are open to fishing all year. All walleye and pike caught in these Carroll Lake * MacMillan Lake Stull Lake waters from May 1 to and including May 20 must be released. No * Chatwin Lake McMurray Lake * Thanout Lake motors, except electric motors, are allowed on those marked with an *. * Corbett Lake Manapaywi Lake * Thlewiaza River Craven Lake Mantricia Lake (from Fort Hall Lake Bowden Lake * Gemmell Lake * Mid Lake Cobham River from Maria Lake to Nueltin Lake) Crater Lake Hambone Lake Upper Ospwagan the border down- Max Lake Thomas Lake Thunder Lake * Digney Lake Hidden Lake Lake stream to Elliot Lake Meat Lake Commonwealth Lake Molson Lake includ- * Tice Lake Esker Lake No.1 Leaf Lake Douglas Lake ing Paimusk Creek * Timewe Lake Esker Lake No.2 Little Troy Lake Eakins Lake and all other tribu- Tseeteli Lake Eardley Lake taries Utik Lake Edmund Lake Munroe Lake Viking Lake LAKE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS Egenolf Lake * Muskasew Lake Warrington Lake Fish Lake and Setting Creek (Fish Creek) and including that part of Elliot Lake * Muskosemunomin Waskaiowaka Lake Setting Lake within 2 km of the mouth of Setting Creek - closed to all Fairy Rock Lake Lake Wendigo Lake fishing from March 15 to and including July 15. Fishing Lake * Nahili Lake Whiskey Jack Lake Kiski Lake and Kiski Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and * Fort Hall Lake Nejanilini Lake Wrong Lake including July 15. Gammon River Nicklin Lake Gods Lake North Knife Lake McLaren Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Nelson River and its tributaries downstream of Kettle Generating LAKE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS Station - closed to brook trout fishing from September 1 to and including September 30. Bear Lake - all nonresidents of Manitoba who fish must be registered Owl Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. Thompson Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Gods Lake - all nonresidents of Manitoba who fish must be registered velde Creek (including Joey Creek) - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a and including May 31. licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. A wintering Lake - walleye limit is 4. High Quality Management Lake.

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Gods River (from Gods Lake to Great Bear Falls) - all brook trout must be released. Fishing Regulations and Status Molson Lake and its tributaries (except Paimusk Creek) - closed to fish- ing from May 1 to and including May 20. All nonresidents of Manitoba Indian People who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with The Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, which forms part of an allocation for this fishery. A High Quality Management Lake. the Constitution Act (1930), provides that Indian people have the right to fish for food on all unoccupied Crown lands and on any Nelson River and its tributaries - closed to brook trout fishing from other lands to which they may have a right of access. September 1 to and including September 30. Recognizing the Treaty and constitutional rights of Indian people, Nueltin Lake - all nonresidents of Manitoba who fish must be registered Manitoba Conservation considers that status Indians: and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a • Do not require a licence to fish for food by angling or other licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. A means. High Quality Management Lake. • Do not require an angling licence to fish for recreational purposes Paimusk Creek - closed to fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. or to participate in a competitive fishing event, but must follow all All nonresidents of Manitoba who fish must be registered and stay- regulations when not fishing for food. ing with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed • Are not subject to gear restrictions such as the use of gill nets Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. A High or the number of lines that can be used by angling, however, any Quality Management Water. unattended gear must be clearly marked with the owner’s name Utik Lake - all nonresidents of Manitoba who fish must be registered and and treaty number. staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed • Except for conservation closures, are generally not restricted to Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. seasons, limits or areas. • May angle in stocked trout waters but may not use nets or other methods of fishing. Angling Programs and Special • May not block more than two-thirds of a river or stream with a net or other device. Events in 2011 • May not fish within 23 metres of a fish ladder or fishway. This page lists activities to be held in Manitoba in 2011 that are directed • May not sell fish caught under status Indian fishing rights or give towards providing people with opportunities to learn more about angling. fish to a non-Indian person. For additional information, see page 16 for a list of websites to visit. • May transport fish from the catch point directly to their nearest residence. LEARN TO FISh • Must obtain a Fish Transportation Loadslip if fish in excess of a Winnipeg’s Community Services Department, in cooperation with the Mid-Canada Marine Dealers Association and their member regular limit are to be transported to a location other than their tackle retailers, and Manitoba Water Stewardship, with assistance nearest residence. from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation, will again be offering a • While employed as guides or outfitters, may not fish using their “Learn to Fish Program” within the city limits through the city’s treaty or constitutional rights in any manner that could benefit leisure program. This program is directed towards individuals their employer or their business. and families who wish to get started fishing or wish to learn more • When exercising their rights, are strongly encouraged to carry about fishing in the city. For more information on this or other city proof of status. angling programs please call 311 or toll free 1-877-311-4974. Non-Indian people may accompany Indian people that are fishing FAMILy FIShING wEEKENDS but may not help them to exercise their food fishing rights. For Summer and Winter Family Fishing Weekends will be held on example, non-Indian people could not set or lift nets, however, June 11-12, 2011 and February 18-20, 2012 across Manitoba they could assist in transporting fish while accompanying a status (excluding federal parks). During these weekends, people wishing Indian person. to fish may do so without acquiring a licence. All other rules and For more detailed information, please contact the nearest Manitoba regulations will apply. Conservation limits apply to those angling Conservation office, or telephone 945-6784 in Winnipeg, without a licence, who would normally require one. Please note specific lake regulations. For more information, call 945-6784. 1-800-214-6497 outside Winnipeg or visit the Conservation web site at: manitoba.ca/conservation. wINNIPEG FISh FESTIvAL Through the efforts of the Mid-Canada Marine Dealers Association, Winnipeg’s Community Services Department and Manitoba Water Stewardship, with assistance from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation, the annual Winnipeg Fish Festival will be held on Manitoba water Stewardship July 9, 2011 at The Forks. The “how to’s” of fishing, where to fish and how to handle your catch will be some of the seminars offered Offices during the day as well as activities for children of all ages. The Head Office (Winnipeg)...... 204-945-6784 Festival will run from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm and admission is free. Eastern Region (Lac du Bonnet) ...... 204-345-1450 For more information please call 311 or toll free 1-877-311-4974. Western Region (Brandon) ...... 204-726-6452 BECOMING AN OUTDOORS wOMAN Western Region (Dauphin) ...... 204-622-2205 On May 13-15, 2011, the Manitoba Wildlife Federation is again Central Region (Gimli) ...... 204-642-6099 offering a workshop designed for women to learn outdoor skills. Northwest Region (The Pas) ...... 204-627-8296 The workshop is directed towards beginners or those who may wish to try a new activity. Angling is only one of many topics offered. Northeast Region (Thompson) ...... 204-677-6650 For more information, call the Manitoba Wildlife Federation office For general information please call 204-945-6784 or 1-800-214-6497 at 204-633-5967. T.I.P. LINE 1-800-782-0076

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Common Manitoba Fish Species

wALLEyE yELLOw PERCh BULLhEAD

SAUGER BURBOT ChANNEL CATFISh

NORThERN PIKE CARP SMALLMOUTh BASS

GOLDEyE FREShwATER DRUM LAKE TROUT

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