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ANGLERS' GUIDE 2020 MANITOBAFISHERIES.COM

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As ’s newly appointed Minister of Contents Agriculture and Resource Development, I welcome What’s New for 2020 ...... 2 you to another year of world-class fishing in Possible Changes...... 2 Manitoba. Licences...... 3 Please use the information in this 2020 Fees...... 3 Manitoba Anglers’ Guide to help plan your next Exemptions...... 3 angling adventure. If you are new to fishing in Outlets...... 3 Manitoba, get ready for the many exciting angling General Regulations...... 3 opportunities that Manitoba has to offer. Fishing Methods...... 3 Barbless Hooks...... 3 To make your Manitoba fishing experience more Angling and Ice Fishing...... 3 enjoyable, our government will soon launch Ice Fishing Shelters...... 3 an electronic licensing system that will enable Remains...... 4 Manitobans and visitors to our province to purchase an angling licence Bait...... 4 online, from the comfort of their own homes. Watch for more information at Aquatic Invasive Species...... 4 www.manitobaelicensing.ca. Dip Netting, Cast Netting, Seining, and Minnow Trapping...... 4 Our government is working hard to keep aquatic invasive species out of our Spear Fishing...... 4 waters. If you are an angler or boater, please do your part to stop the spread Bow Fishing...... 4 of zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species. Remember to clean, Holding and Releasing Fish...... 4 drain and dry your watercraft and equipment when leaving any body of water. Competitive Fishing Events...... 4 Please dispose of all remaining bait and decontaminate your watercraft and Buying and Selling Fish...... 4 equipment when you leave an Aquatic Invasive Species Control Zone. Fishways (Fish Ladders)...... 5 Handling, Transport and Storage of Fish...... 5 Set fines for offences related to aquatic invasive species are in effect year- Border Waters...... 5 round. Please help us protect Manitoba’s waters so current and future Limits...... 5 generations can enjoy our wonderful angling opportunities. Fishing Divisions Map and Seasons...... 8 On behalf of the Manitoba government, I wish you a safe, fun-filled angling Southern Division Regulations...... 8 season. Whether you are a resident of Manitoba, or just visiting, please enjoy Northwest Division Regulations...... 13 the many benefits that a day of fishing in Manitoba has to offer. North Central Division Regulations...... 16 Northeast Division Regulations...... 16 Status Indian Information...... 17 Original signed by Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Offices...... 17 Common Manitoba Fish Species...... 18 Master Angler Application...... 19 Honourable Blaine Pedersen Minister, Agriculture and Resource Development Regulations are also available online at www.manitobafisheries.com. New regulations are in bold type. Possible Changes This publication is available in alternate formats, upon request. The following possible regulation changes are listed a year in advance to give anglers a chance to express their opinions. To comment on these What’s New for 2020 possible changes, email: [email protected] or call (204) 945-6640. The regulations in this guide are in effect on April 1, 2020. The following • Marge Lake – walleye limit is 2 and all walleye shorter than 35 cm must regulations are new for 2020. be released. • Lac du Bonnet Ponds – all brown trout and tiger trout must be released. • Bradley Lake – Provincial smallmouth bass limits and size restriction. • Wasp Lake – all tiger trout must be released. • Barbe Lake – trout limit is 2 and all trout over 45 cm must be released. • Freshwater Drum limit is 10 and none may exceed 60 cm. • Mirror Lake – trout limit is one, closed to all fishing from September 15 • Yellow Perch (Southern Division) limit is 25. to and including October 31. • Lake Winnipeg and its tributaries up to the first impassable barrier for fish - all walleye and sauger shorter than 35 cm must be released. • Red River from the Canada/US border to Lake Winnipeg and all tributaries between Lockport Dam and Lake Winnipeg – all walleye and sauger shorter Pending Changes than 35 cm must be released. The following changes fall under the Fisheries Act of Canada and require • Winnipeg River from Pine Falls Generating Station to Lake Winnipeg to and federal approval prior to becoming law. including Traverse Bay – all walleye and sauger shorter than 35 cm must be released. • West Blue Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list. • Tees Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list. Angling licences must now be purchased online. To purchase your • Elgin Reservoir will be added to the stocked trout waters list. licence please visit: www.manitobaelicensing.ca. Angling licences must • Lac du Bonnet Ponds - no motors, except electric motors, may be used. be printed, signed and carried on you when fishing. • Goose River from the water control structure downstream to Goose Lake will be added to the stocked trout waters list. • Beaver Lake (Duck Mountains) – will be removed from the stocked trout waters list.

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PURCHASE AN ANGLING LICENCE Licence Fees (includes GST) A new online licensing system will be launching this year which will require Conservation Regular Manitobans and visitors to our province to purchase an angling licence Resident Senior online. Angling licences must be printed, signed and carried on you when (Manitobans 65 and over).....Free...... See Resident fishing. For more information and to purchase an angling licence visit: regular licence www.manitobaelicensing.ca. Resident (Manitobans age 16-64)...... $19.20...... $25.10 Online angling licences may be purchased at some sporting goods and hardware stores, fishing centres, and lodges. Please check ahead as Canadian Resident some vendors may not sell online angling licences. (age 16 and over) ...... $28.00...... $47.65 Non-resident General Regulations (age 16 and over) ...... $37.85...... $62.35 Recreational fishing in Manitoba is governed by regulations made Note: An administration fee will be added to all angling licence under The Provincial Fisheries Act and the Fisheries Act of Canada. This fees above, except Resident Senior Conservation Licence. guide provides a summary of those regulations. The actual regulations Note: Angling licences and fees are under review for the 2021 in force, not necessarily those in this guide, shall apply. Regulations angling season. other than those under the Fisheries Act of Canada may also apply while fishing, e.g. regarding Aquatic Invasive Species, the use of boats, motors, vehicles, etc. For more details on regulations contact your local Manitoba Angling Licences Agriculture and Resource Development Office (see page 17). All persons, except those exempt below, who engage in angling, dip NOTE: netting, cast netting, seining, minnow trapping, spear fishing, and bow • Open fires are prohibited in the Burning Permit Areas of Manitoba fishing, must have a Manitoba Angling Licence on their person. from April 1 to November 15, unless the fire is in an approved fire pit. If Licences are valid from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021. Licences must approved fire pits are not available, shore lunches and other meals must be signed to be valid, and are not transferrable or refundable. The time be cooked over a camp stove. For more information on Burning Permit of licence validity has no impact on season dates. See page 8 for general Areas, contact your local Manitoba Conservation and Climate office. season dates. • Littering is prohibited (under the Environment Act) and regulations are Manitoba Resident Seniors enforced by Manitoba Conservation and Climate. A “Manitoba Resident Seniors Conservation Licence” is for seniors • Open liquor (including ) is prohibited in boats, vehicles and ice fishing (65 and over) who have permanently resided in Manitoba for at least shelters (under the Liquor and Gaming Control Act) and regulations are six months and is valid for a conservation limit of fish only. Manitoba enforced by Manitoba Conservation and Climate. seniors wanting a regular limit of fish must buy a regular resident licence. FISHING METHODS Conservation Licence Recreational fishing includes angling, spear fishing, bow fishing, dip A Conservation Licence entitles the holder to the same rights as a netting, seining, and minnow trapping. Techniques are those generally Regular Licence holder except for reduced limits for some species: accepted by anglers. Under no circumstances may explosives, firearms, 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike, 1 lake trout, 1 channel catfish, 2 smallmouth bass clubs, snagging, snaring, poisons, etc. be used. and 2 stocked trout. Limits for other species remain the same. Resident or Non-resident? BARBLESS HOOKS In Manitoba, anglers must use barbless hooks. A barbless hook is A resident is a person who has lived in Manitoba for the immediate past a hook with no barbs or barbs that have been compressed to be in six months. A Canadian resident is a person who has lived elsewhere complete contact with the shaft of the hook. Barbless hooks may in Canada for the immediate past six months. Any person who has not have barbs on the shank for holding bait. When you are fishing, the lived in Manitoba or Canada for the immediate past six months is a non- hooks attached to all your lines, whether in use or not, must be resident and must purchase a non-resident licence. barbless. Barbed hooks may be kept in the tackle box. LICENCE EXEMPTIONS The following people may angle without a licence: ANGLING AND ICE FISHING Angling is fishing with a hook and line. The use of any unusual or special • Any youth under the age of 16 who has permanently resided in gimmicks is often illegal and best avoided. Hooks or lures must not be Manitoba for at least six months. Manitoba youth under the age of 16 spring-loaded. have all the rights and privileges of those holding a Regular Licence, including their own regular limit of fish. All other regulations apply. Anglers may use only one rod and line, except during ice fishing when Proof of age is required when checked by a Conservation Officer. two may be used. Only two hooks or lures may be used per line. Anglers must, when fishing in open water, keep their line in sight at all times and • Any Canadian resident or non-resident youth under the age of 16. when ice fishing stay within 50 m of the line. The person must fish with a licence holder, or someone exempt from holding a licence, and their catch must be applied to the limit of that ICE FISHING SHELTERS person. A Canadian resident or non-resident youth under 16 who Ice fishing shelters must be removed by March 14, 2021 on the Red River, wishes to have a separate limit must buy a licence. by March 31 in the rest of the Southern Division and by April 15 in the Northwest, North Central and Northeast Divisions, or when requested to STATUS INDIANS do so by a Conservation Officer due to unsafe ice conditions. All ice fishing Status Indians do not require an angling licence. They are exempt from shelters must clearly display the owner’s name and address. Shelters must angling regulations including seasons, limits, and gear restrictions be stored or disposed of away from the shore and on private property. when fishing for food. Proof of status is required when checked by a Manitoba Parks and Protected Spaces branch requires that ice fishing Conservation Officer or RCMP Officer (see page 17). shelters in provincial parks meet size, location and use standards. For more information including specific details, please contact your local Manitoba NATIONAL PARKS Agriculture and Resource Development Office. A Manitoba Angling Licence is not valid for fishing in National Parks. Contact Parks Canada for details on fishing licences and regulations in National Parks. www.pc.gc.ca. 4 | www.manitobafisheries.com

FISH REMAINS DIP NETTING, CAST NETTING, Fish cleaning remains must not be left on beaches or shorelines. At sites SEINING, AND MINNOW TRAPPING such as boat launches, campgrounds, lodges, etc., fish remains must be An angling licence is required while dip netting, cast netting, seining, or placed in containers provided for that purpose. 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 BAIT of this guide. Night crawlers and earthworms may be used as bait in all fishing divisions Species that may be kept include suckers, common carp, burbot, in Manitoba. They may be imported to Manitoba in a sterile medium such bullheads, tullibee, chub, shiners, darters, dace, fathead minnow, as paper mulch, but not in soil. Dispose of unused worms in the trash. bluntnose minnow, mudminnow, trout-perch, stickleback, sculpin and Leeches, and salamanders (water dogs) may also be used as bait in whitefish. All other species must be released immediately. Live fish all divisions. However, they may not be imported. may not be transported away from the waters where they were caught. Fish must be dead before transporting. Water from the waterbody may not Possession of crayfish is prohibited. be transported away from the shore. General creel limits apply. Offal (fish cleaning remains) may be used as bait in all divisions. Frozen or Dip nets may not be larger than one square metre. Seine nets and cast preserved bait fish may be imported and used in all divisions. nets may not be larger than three square metres. Minnow traps must Live bait fish may not be imported into Manitoba. not be larger than 65 cm long and 35 cm in diameter, and must have the fisher’s name and address marked on them. Live bait fish may not be used or possessed in the Northwest, North Central and Northeast Divisions, including the Bloodvein and Gammon SPEAR FISHING rivers. Live bait fish may be used and possessed in the Southern Division, Spear fishing is the taking of fish with a handheld spear or spear gun except in the following areas: (pneumatic or rubber band powered) while swimming. Spear fishing is • Stocked Trout Waters allowed in all areas of the province open to angling. For safety reasons do • Duck Mountain Provincial Forest and Park not spear fish near areas used for swimming, boat launching, or docking. • Turtle Mountain Provincial Park Angling seasons, limits and licence requirements apply. Fisher’s may • Porcupine Provincial Forest possess only one limit of fish, whether taken by spear fishing or angling. • Whiteshell Provincial Park You may not spear fish for sturgeon, largemouth bass, smallmouth • Winnipeg River (from Seven Sisters Dam to the Ontario border) bass, muskellunge, Arctic grayling, Arctic char, brown trout, rainbow • Atikaki and Atikaki Provincial Parks trout, brook trout, splake or other trout hybrids. Only face mask, flippers Those anglers in possession of purchased live bait fish must have a Live and snorkel may be used to take the following species (i.e. no scuba Bait Fish Transfer and Use Receipt issued by the dealer. Anglers may catch equipment): walleye, sauger, pike, channel catfish, crappies, , their own bait fish, but must kill them before transporting them away from goldeye, lake trout and whitefish. the water where they were caught. Scuba or snorkelling equipment may be used for species other than those Only the following fish may be used as bait: listed above. For safety courses and information please contact your local chub trout-perch tullibee (cisco) scuba dealer. shiner stickleback sculpin BOW FISHING mudminnow fathead minnow darter sucker bluntnose minnow dace Bow fishing (the shooting of fish with archery equipment) is permitted for common carp and suckers only. Bow fishing is not permitted during No angler may be in possession of more than 4 litres of bait fish of the general closure. Angling seasons and licence requirements apply. A which no more than 15 dozen can be live bait fish (excluding suckers fish arrow and at least 20-kg test line must be used. Using a crossbow to and tullibee, which have no limit). fish is illegal. 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 HOLDING AND RELEASING FISH of live bait fish is allowed. Anglers may only possess a legal limit of Fish being legally retained may be held live only while you are actively these species. Common carp, goldfish, and rainbow smelt, except for fishing, and they must be held within 25 m of you. purchased frozen smelt, may not be used as bait. If you release fish, they must be released unharmed into the water from Note: all bait (live or dead) possessed in an Aquatic Invasive Species which they were taken. They must not be tagged or marked in any way, Control Zone, must be disposed before leaving the shore. unless authorized by a permit. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES (AIS) COMPETITIVE FISHING EVENTS Set fines for AIS offences are in effect. To stop the spread of AIS, you Persons and organizations holding fishing derbies or tournaments that must: have more than 25 participants must obtain a free Competitive Fishing Event Licence four weeks prior to the event. A licence can be obtained 1. CLEAN i.e., remove AIS and aquatic plants before leaving the shore of from one of our regional Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development the waterbody. Offices (see page 17). 2. DRAIN all water from the watercraft and water-related equipment All participants must have a Manitoba Angling Licence unless exempt before leaving the shore. All drain plugs must be kept out while (see page 3). All walleye, sauger, trout, smallmouth bass, and channel transporting watercraft over land. catfish entered must be released. All fish caught and retained for use in a 3. DRY completely or decontaminate water-related equipment before competitive fishing event are considered to be in possession and part of the placing into another waterbody. angler’s daily limit. Event organizers and all participants must adhere to the 4. DISPOSE of all bait possessed in an AIS Control Zone prior to leaving the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulation under The Water Protection Act. Further shore, regardless of a three day Live Bait Fish Transfer and Use Receipt. restrictions may be imposed. Set fines for AIS offences are in effect. 5. DECONTAMINATE IF watercraft or water-related equipment were used BUYING AND SELLING FISH last in an AIS Control Zone and before placing into another waterbody. Fish harvested while angling may not be bought, sold, traded or bartered. To learn more, visit: Manitoba.ca/StopAIS If you buy fish from a commercial fisher or retailer be sure to get a sales receipt or trade record at the time of sale. You must carry this receipt with the fish as proof of purchase. www.manitobafisheries.com | 5

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; 16-17.

Species Conservation Regular Species Conservation Regular Licence Licence Licence Licence Arctic Char...... 8 ...... 8 Smallmouth Bass Arctic Grayling - only one may exceed 40 cm...... 3 ...... 3 - only one may exceed 40 cm...... 2 ...... 4 Black Crappie...... 6 ...... 6 Stocked Brook, Brown, & Rainbow Trout; Brook Trout (except stocked trout waters) Splake & other Trout hybrids; & Arctic Char - none may exceed 45 cm...... 1 ...... 1 (any species or combination) Brown & Black Bullhead...... 25 ...... 25 - only one may exceed 45 cm...... 2 ...... 3 Channel Catfish - none may exceed 60 cm...... 1 ...... 4 Sturgeon...... 0 ...... 0 Freshwater Drum - none may exceed 60 cm...... 10 ...... 10 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) ...... 25...... 25 Northern Pike (Jackfish) - all other divisions...... no limit...... no limit - only one may exceed 75 cm...... 4 ...... 6 All Other Species...... no limit ...... no limit Rock Bass...... 6 ...... 6 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 to the most posterior part of the tail laid flat (i.e. not pinched). See limits are the same as daily catch limits in Manitoba. You may page 19 for an illustration. Note: 2.54 cm = 1 inch. possess no 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 High Quality Management Waters on this page apply to most Manitoba waters. Special limits High Quality Management Waters may have reduced possession on specific waters are listed in the individual fishing divisions and size limits to protect and maintain high quality fisheries. (pages 8-10; 13; 16-17). They are listed in the individual fishing divisions (pages 8-10; 13; 16-17).

BORDER WATERS FISHWAYS (FISH LADDERS) Anglers who are on or in the immediate vicinity of lakes or rivers that cross Fishways are used to assist fish passage through, over or around barriers. a Manitoba border may have only a Manitoba limit of fish. Please respect these structures when in use and do not disturb the fish. Anglers may have either a Manitoba or Ontario Angling Licence (or be Remember, it is a violation to fish (including dip netting, seining and exempt from holding one) to fish on all of Davidson Lake, Frances Lake, minnow trapping) within 23 metres of a fishway. Garner Lake, High Lake, Mantario Lake, Moar Lake and Ryerson Lake, and either a Manitoba or Saskatchewan Angling Licence (or be exempt HANDLING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF FISH from holding one) to fish on all of Lake of the Prairies upstream from the Shellmouth Dam; only one licence is required. Live fish may not be transported away from the waters where they were caught, except under the authority of a permit issued by Wildlife and Anglers who have an Ontario Angling Licence may fish on the Manitoba Fisheries Branch. portion of Artery Lake without a Manitoba Angling Licence. Fish must not be handled, transported or disposed of in a way that will allow it to spoil. Water from the waterbody may not be transported away Catch and Release Tips from the shore or used to transport or store fish. • Play your fish as little as possible. Fish must be transported and stored so that the number, species, and size • Return it to the water quickly. of fish can be determined. Six square centimetres of skin must be left • Don’t hold it by the eyes or gills. on each fillet. Fish should not be transported or stored in a solid frozen • Don’t squeeze its belly. block of fillets or in a processed state such as canned. • Never release fish that have been held on a stringer. If due to extenuating circumstances, you need to transport fish belonging • Don’t recommend fizzing of fish. to another angler, in addition to your own limit, you must obtain a Fish Transportation Loadslip from a Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Licenced Outfitters Development Office (see page 17). If you will be using an outfitter, please book with a licenced outfitter Persons transporting fish into Manitoba that were caught outside who is licenced to offer angling. A list of licenced outfitters is available Manitoba should obtain physical proof of the origin of the fish before online at: https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/permits_licenses_approvals/lic- it is transported. res-tourism-operators/index.html

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Fishing Divisions Southern Division Regulations General Closure: April 6, 2020 to and including May 8, 2020. Season opens May 9, 2020. (refer to map at left for Southern Divisional boundaries). In 2021, the general closure in the Southern Division starts April 5, 2021 to and including May 14, 2021. Season opens May 15, 2021. Churchill • Barbless hooks must be used. • Use of live bait fish is allowed in some areas (see page 4). Brochet • All lake trout must be released between September 15 to and River Big Sand L. including October 31. Reindeer L. Churchill • All lake trout over 65 cm must be released. Southern Indian L. HIGH QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Lynn 391 High Quality Management Waters in the Southern Division are listed Lake Leaf Sundance below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 2 smallmouth Rapids bass with the exception of that portion of the Winnipeg River described NORTH CENTRAL 280 Line below in which the limit is 0 for smallmouth bass. Thompson Churchill ♦ ♦ ♦ Hydro Echo Lake Saddle Lake Side Saddle Lake 6 NORTHEAST ♦ Winnipeg River from Ontario Boundary to Point Du Bois Dam (including Sipiwesk River NORTHWEST L. Bay). All pike between 75 cm and 110 cm must be released. FlinBrochetSnow Flon Lake Cross River 39 Big SandL. L. STOCKED TROUT WATERS Reindeer L. 6 ChurcNelsonhill No bow fishing, dip netting, or seining is allowed on stocked trout Southern waters. In Duck Mountain Provincial Park, and in Porcupine Provincial Indian L. The Forest, all trout smaller than 35 cm must be released, except those Pas Lynn 391 Grand caught in streams. Annual stocking lists are available from your local Lake LeafRapids Lake Sundance Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Office (see page 17). Rapids AREA Winn 60 Lake Winnipeg 280

10 ipeg The trout lakes, ponds and reservoirs listed below are open to fishing all NORTH CENTRAL Line “A”

osis Thompson year. All walleye, pike and smallmouth bass caught in these waters from Hydro April 6, 2020 to and including May 8, 2020 must be released. The trout Swan 6 NORTHEAST Blood creeks and rivers listed below are closed to all fishing from November 1 River Sipiwesk NORTHWEST River vein L. R. to and including April 15. 83Flin Snow Gam Lake Flon Cross mon No motors may be used on those waters marked with an ~. 39 L. Dauphin 68 6 6 No motors, except electric motors, may be used on those waters marked Nelson Bissett 8 10 5 304 with an *. 16 11 The 59 * Antons Lake - trout limit is two. Hadashville Pond Pas R. BrandonGrand 44 1 INNIPEG Bagguley Lake * Hunt Lake 1 Rapids W Lake 1 Bear Lake (W of Caddy L) Kinch Creek 83 Winn 60 Lake 12 Winnipeg Red

10 10 ipeg SOUTHERN Beautiful Lake Kingfisher Lake osis Emerson * Beaver Lake (Duck Mountain) Lac du Bonnet Ponds - all brown trout and tiger trout must be released. Swan Birch River (E of Porcupine Forest) Blood Lake 400 River vein Black Beaver Lake R. 83 Gam Blueberry Pond Laurie Lake mon 5 Bower Lake Limestone Pond DauphinDauphin 68 6 Bissett 8 Bowsman River * Little McBride Lake (NW of Boggy Ck) 304 5 Neepawa * Camp Lake (NE of Falcon Lake) * Lyons Lake (S of W Hawk L) Gladstone 11 59 * McHugh Lake - trout limit is one, R. Childs Lake Brandon 44 may only use artificial lures and flies. 1 WINNIPEG * Corstorphine Lake - trout limit 1 is one and all trout over 45 cm must Milner Ridge Pond 34 12 Red AREA be released, may only use artificial Mirror Lake (Porcupine Forest) Emerson “B” lures and flies. Nick Lake (Porcupine Forest) Davidson Lake North Duck River SEASONS Dorothy Pond O’Hanly Pond East Blue Lake (Duck Mountain) Olson Lake (Porcupine Forest) Southern Division * East Goose Lake (S of Roblin) - ~ One Lake Generally closed from April 6 to and including May 8, 2020. trout limit is one and all trout over 45 Season opens May 9, 2020. * Patterson Lake - trout limit is one and cm must be released. all trout over 45 cm must be released, Northwest Division Eternal Springs (lower and may only use artificial lures and flies. Generally closed from May 1 to and including May 15, 2020. upper ponds) * Perch Lake (Duck Mountain) - Season opens May 16, 2020. Forbes Lake - lake trout limit is one. all bass and trout must be released. Garland River * Persse Lake - trout limit is two, may North Central Division Gass Lake (Porcupine Forest) only use artificial lures and flies. Generally closed from May 1 to and including May 15, 2020. Season opens May 16, 2020. George Lake - lake trout limit is one. Pine River (Duck Mountain) Glad Lake (Duck Mountain) * Pybus Lake - trout limit is one and Northeast Division (Duck Mountain) all trout over 45 cm must be released, Generally open to angling all year. Gull Pond (N of Camp Morton) may only use artificial lures and flies. SOUTHERN DIVISION | 9

Quartz Pond ~ Two Lake (S. of Crowduck) Dauphin Lake including that portion of the Mossy River to municipal Raspberry Pond * Two Mile Lake (Duck Mountain) road 107 west and all inflowing tributaries - the walleye/sauger limit is 4 Ponds * Vermilion Reservoir and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All inflowing Saskatoon Pond Vini Lake (Porcupine Forest) tributaries and those parts of Dauphin Lake within 1 km of their mouths * Shilliday Lake (Duck Mountain) Wasp Lake - all tiger trout must be are closed to all fishing, including dip netting from March 1 to and Snail Lake released. including May 8. The remaining parts of Dauphin Lake remain open in March and are closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 8. Snowberry Pond * West Goose Lake - trout limit is South Duck River one and all trout over 45 cm must Dog Lake Drain - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from be released, may only use artificial April 1 to and including May 8. * Spear Lake ( Reservoir) lures and flies. Duck Mountain Provincial Park - walleye limit is 4. All pike over Steeprock River (Porcupine Forest) West Hawk Lake Stony Creek (W of Neepawa) 75 cm must be released. See Beaver, Glad, Singush, Verrall, and Whiteshell River between West Wellman lakes for specific regulations. Strawberry Pond Hawk and Caddy lakes - all trout Dufaults Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from Tokaryk Lake must be released. April 1 to and including May 8. Tower Pond * William Lake (S of Boissevain) ♦ Tugby Lake Falcon Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from * Twin Lakes - all trout must be April 1 to and including May 31. released, may only use artificial ♦ Flintstone Lake - walleye limit is 4. lures and flies. ♦ Garner Lake - walleye limit is 4. DIP NETTING AND SEINING RESTRICTIONS ♦ Gem Lake - walleye limit is 4. General regulations on dip netting and seining can be found on page 4. Glad Lake - all arctic char must be released. Only 1 pike may exceed 75 cm. No dip netting or seining is allowed in any stocked trout waters. In Gull Lake (near Beaconia) - all pike over 60 cm must be released. Nopiming and Whiteshell Provincial Parks, and the Rennie River near ♦ Hamilton Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from Rennie, dip netting and seining for suckers and all species other than April 1 to and including May 31. bait fish are prohibited year round. Hamlin Drain - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from Some streams are closed to all fishing (including dip netting) in spring April 1 to and including May 8. to prevent damage to spawning fish and eggs. ♦ Happy Lake - walleye limit is 4. Check for spring closures by stream or lake name in the following section. Lake Irwin - pike limit is 4 and all pike over 75 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 - walleye limit is 4; all walleye between 45 cm and All walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released in the area south 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. Anglers of the Gammon-Bloodvein rivers to the south and west shores of may fish with either a Manitoba or Saskatchewan angling licence the Winnipeg River, including the Manigotagan River upstream of upstream from the Shellmouth Dam (see border waters - page 5). highway 304, Lac du Bonnet, and the southern boundary of Lake St. Andrews - all smallmouth bass must be released. Whiteshell Provincial Park and from Lake Winnipeg to the Ontario border (excluding the Winnipeg River from the Pine Falls Dam to Lake Winnipeg). Lake St. George - all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. ♦ Special Walleye Regulation Applies Lake Winnipeg - anglers may retain only 1 walleye longer than 70 cm per year. Licence holders who catch and retain one of these fish must Southwestern Manitoba - Special Walleye Regulation for Area “B” immediately record the date on the back of their licence. Lake Winnipeg and its tributaries up to the first impassable barrier The walleye limit is 4 and all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released for fish - all walleye and sauger shorter than 35 cm must be released. south of highway 5 from the Saskatchewan border east to St. Rose du Lac, including all waterbodies west of highway 5 south to Neepawa, including Lake Winnipegosis and its tributaries - the walleye limit is 4 and all waterbodies south of highway 16 east to Gladstone and including all all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. waterbodies west of highway 34 south to the US border; Limestone Bay (on Lake Winnipeg) - closed to fishing all year. Excluding, the Assiniboine River, Lake of the Prairies, Dauphin Lake tributaries, Lonely Lake Drain - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, and Lake Wahtopanah and Little Saskatchewan River upstream to Riding from April 1 to and including May 31. Mountain National Park, including Rapid City Reservoir and Minnedosa Lake. ♦ Long Lake - walleye limit is 4. ♦ Manigotagan Lake - walleye limit is 4. SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL WATERS Marge Lake - all walleye must be released. Mary Jane Reservoir - walleye limit is 4 and all walleye shorter than Basket Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 to 35 cm must be released. Black crappie limit is 4. and including May 8. Beaver Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm Mink Creek - see Dauphin Lake. must be released. Minnedosa Lake - see Wahtopanah Lake. Bell Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and 70 cm Minnewasta Lake - walleye limit is 4; all walleye shorter than 35 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. must be released. ♦ Big Whiteshell Lake - cisco limit is 6 and only one may exceed 45 cm. (near Sprague) - all walleye shorter than 35 cm must ♦ Black Lake - walleye limit is 4. be released. ♦ Booster Lake - walleye limit is 4. North Steeprock Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm Chain Lakes - no motors, except electric motors, are allowed. and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. Crawford Creek - see Dauphin Lake. ♦ Obukowin Lake - walleye limit is 4. ♦ Crowduck Lake - walleye limit is 2. All smallmouth bass over 40 cm Ochre River - see Dauphin Lake. must be released. 10 | SOUTHERN DIVISION

Overflowing River - walleye limit is 4 and all walleye between 45 cm North Creek and Whitefish Creek - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye and 70 cm must be released. Closed to all fishing from April 1 to and between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must including May 15. be released. North Creek closed to all fishing from April 1 to and Perch Lake - all smallmouth bass and trout must be released. including June 1. Porcupine Provincial Forest - walleye limit is 4. All pike over 75 cm ♦ Whiteshell River from West Hawk Lake to Caddy Lake - trout limit must be released. See Bell, North Steeprock, Vini, and Whitefish is 0; closed to all fishing from November 1 to and including April 15. lakes for specific regulations. Winnipeg River between the Manitoba/Ontario border and the Pine Proulx Creek and all other creeks and drains that intersect PR 328 Falls Generating Station - closed to lake sturgeon fishing all year. to the east - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from April 1 Winnipeg River from Pine Falls Generating Station to Lake to and including May 8. Winnipeg to and including Traverse Bay - anglers may retain only ♦ Quesnel (Caribou) Lake - walleye limit is 4. 1 walleye longer than 70 cm per year. Licence holders who catch and Rapid City Reservoir - see Wahtopanah Lake. retain one of these fish must immediately record the date on the back of their licence. The walleye/sauger limit is 4 and all walleye and from to Lake Winnipegosis - walleye sauger shorter than 35 cm must be released. 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 15. Wilson River - see Dauphin Lake. Red River from the Canada/US border to Lake Winnipeg and all William Lake - smallmouth bass limit is 2; only 1 may exceed 40 cm. tributaries between Lockport Dam and Lake Winnipeg - anglers may retain only 1 walleye longer than 70 cm per year. Licence holders Please Do Not Litter who catch and retain one of these fish must immediately record the The fine for littering in Manitoba is $204. date on the back of their licence. The walleye/sauger limit is 4 and all walleye and sauger shorter than 35 cm must be released. Protection of Privacy Act Red River from Lockport Dam to 1 km downstream - dip netting Personal information collected on angling licences falls under the and seining for bait fish only, not suckers (excluding the Special authority of The Fisheries Act (Chapter F90), Fishing Licensing Conservation Area); no bow fishing allowed. Regulation 124/97 and will be used only for existing program Red River at St. Andrews Lock and Dam (Special Conservation Area activities, surveys and enforcement by Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development and Conservation and Climate. for pelicans) - closed to all fishing and possession of fishing gear from April 1 to and including November 15. Boundary outlined below: It is protected by the Protection of Privacy provisions of East: existing north-south chain fence running along the top of the bank; The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For questions about the collection, contact: 204-945-4170. North: a line from the existing east-west chain link fence, extending into the Red River to the point directly north of the centre of the first freestanding bridge pier; For Your Information Manitoba Conservation Officers play an important educational South: the dam face to the centre of the first freestanding bridge pier; role in relation to angling regulations. Officers check anglers West: a line directly north of the centre of the first freestanding on a regular basis and also periodically conduct roadside bridge pier to the point it intersects with the north boundary. checkstops in co-operation with other enforcement agencies. ♦ Rice Lake - walleye limit is 4. To help make your angling experience enjoyable, please be Shoal Lake (on the Ontario border) - all walleye/sauger must be released. aware of Manitoba’s angling and Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) regulations. ♦ Shoe Lake - walleye/sauger limit is 4. Pike limit is 4. ♦ Siderock Lake - walleye limit is 4. The following are some set, ticketable fines for common angling and AIS offences. Fines may be higher depending on the severity and/ Singush Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and or frequency of the offences. Restitution will apply to those who are 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. convicted of illegally removing fish from the environment. St. Malo Lake - no motors, except electric motors, allowed. Using barbed hooks...... $52 Turtle River from PTH 5 near Laurier to Dauphin Lake - see Dauphin Lake. Fishing without a licence...... $298 Valley River - see Dauphin Lake. Over limit...... $102 plus Vermilion River - see Dauphin Lake. Transport live fish away from the water...... $486 Verrall Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and Unattended line...... $52 70 cm must be released. Failure to carry your licence while fishing...... $174 Vini Lake - only 1 pike may exceed 75 cm. Possession of crayfish...... $102 plus Possession of AIS (e.g. zebra mussels)...... $1,296 Wahtopanah Lake and Little Saskatchewan River from the Failure to dispose bait used in an AIS Control Zone...... $672 Rivers Dam upstream to Riding Mountain National Park, including Bringing into Manitoba live bait...... $202 Rapid City Reservoir and Minnedosa Lake - a limit of 4 walleye/sauger and all walleye/sauger between 45 cm and 70 cm must be released. That For more information on AIS set fines, visit: Manitoba.ca/StopAIS portion of Wahtopanah Lake and the Little Saskatchewan River from PTH 24 to the Trans-Canada Pipeline crossing on Wahtopanah Lake is Mercury in Fish closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 31. Although Manitoba has some of the cleanest waters in the world, ♦ Lake - walleye limit is 4. all fish contain some mercury from natural sources. Human activities Waterhen Lake, Waterhen River, and all tributaries, including West can cause further increases in these natural mercury levels. Fish from Waterhen River, Little Waterhen River, and Snake River - walleye limit some areas may have elevated mercury levels. is 4. All pike over 75 cm must be released. For further information about mercury in fish and for recommended Wellman Lake - walleye limit is 2 and all walleye between 45 cm and consumption rates, please visit: manitobafisheries.com, or phone 70 cm must be released. All pike over 75 cm must be released. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development at 204-945-6784. West Blue Lake - walleye limit is 4. No motors, except electric motors, allowed. Whitefish Lake (in the Porcupine Forest) including the Marina Lagoon,

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Grass River from the CN rail line just north of Iskwasum Lake to the Northwest Division Regulations inlet of Reed Lake (including Iskwasum, Loucks, and Flag lakes) - General Closure: May 1, 2020 to and including May 15, 2020. closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Season opens May 16, 2020 (refer to map on page 8 for Northwest Divisional boundaries). Kisseynew Lake and Kississing River from Kisseynew Lake to Kississing Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including • Barbless hooks must be used. May 31. On Kisseynew Lake the walleye limit is 4. • From April 1 to and including April 30 and from May 16 to and including May 31, the walleye limit is 4. Kississing Lake and its tributaries, including Bartlett Lake - lake • No live bait fish allowed. trout limit is 1, walleye limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. All non-residents • All lake trout over 65 cm must be released. of Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain • All pike over 75 cm must be released. a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist • All walleye over 55 cm must be released. operator with an allocation for this fishery. HIGH QUALITY MANAGEMENT Morgan Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including June 30. High Quality Management Waters in the Northwest Division are listed Morton Lake - walleye limit is 2 and pike limit is 2. All non-residents below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 1 lake trout. of Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain These limits apply to all waterbodies in Grass River Provincial Park a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist excluding Reed Lake (see Reed Lake regulation). operator with an allocation for this fishery. Alberts Lake Koblun Lake Rail Lake Naosap Lake - walleye limit is 4. Bacon Lake Lac Aimee Sewell Lake Osborne Lake, Osborne Lake Creek and Wekusko Brook - walleye Buzz Lake Loonhead Lake Snow Lake limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. Closed to all fishing from April 1 to and Cacholotte Lake McGhee Lake Squall Lake including June 30. Centre Lake McLeod Lake Tait Lake Cook Lake Mikanagan Lake Tramping Lake Pickerel Creek - closed to all fishing, including dip netting, from Corley Lake Morgan Lake Twin Lake April 20 to and including May 15. Crow Lake Niblock Lake Vickers Lake Reed Lake, including Krug Lake, Jackfish Lake, Jackfish Lake Creek, Deep Lake Norris Lake Wabishkok Lake Woosey Creek between Reed Lake and Halfway Lake, and all other Dolomite Lake Pineroot River Whitefish Lake tributaries of Reed Lake, including Grass River from Flag Lake to Dow Lake Podruski Lake Woosey Creek Tramping Lake - the limits are 2 walleye, 2 pike and 1 lake trout. File Lake Pothier Lake Woosey Lake Rocky Lake - walleye limit is 4. Goose Bay is closed to all fishing from STOCKED TROUT LAKES November 1 to and including May 15. No bow fishing, dip netting or seining is allowed on stocked trout Saskatchewan River from Grand Rapids Generating Station to 1 km waters. Annual stocking lists are available from your local Manitoba downstream (tailrace channel) - closed to fishing all year. Agriculture and Resource Development Office (see page 17). Snow Creek from Compton Lake to Snow Lake - closed to all fishing The following stocked trout lakes are open to fishing all year. All pike from May 1 to and including May 31. and walleye caught in these waters from May 1 to and including May 15 must be released. Three Finger Lake - walleye limit is 4. Amphipod Lake Kormans Lake Webster Lake Wabishkok Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including Barbe Lake One Portage Lake May 31. Foot Print Lake Scotty Lake Wekusko Lake - walleye/sauger limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. Herb LAKE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS Bay north of the hydro line on Wekusko Lake is closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including June 30. Grass River from the outlet on Athapapuskow Lake - walleye limit is 4. The south end is closed to all Wekusko Lake on a line from the mouth of Rex Creek, southeast to fishing from September 15 to and including October 15. Quarry Bay the southwest corner of Campbell Island to the rapids downstream and Quarry Bay Channel are closed to all fishing from May 1 to and (including Missipisew and Wuskatasko Rivers) walleye limit is 4 and including May 31. Pickerel Bay and Pickerel Bay Channel are closed pike limit is 4. Closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. June 30. Atik Lake - walleye limit is 4. Whitefish Lake and Pineroot River from Whitefish Lake to and including Wabishkok Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and Bradley Lake - all smallmouth bass must be released. including May 31. Burntwood Lake - walleye limit is 4 and pike limit is 4. Woosey Creek between Woosey Lake and Morgan Lake - closed to Clearwater Lake - the west side is closed to all fishing from all fishing from May 1 to and including June 30. September 15 to and including October 15, on a line northeast from the end of Spawn Camp Point to the west side of the inlet of Pike Bay. Woosey Lake - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Dolomite Lake - closed to all fishing from April 1 to and including May 15. Grass River - see Wekusko Lake for specific regulation.

16 | NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION NORTHEAST DIVISION North Central Division Regulations Northeast Division Regulations General Closure: May 1, 2020 to and including May 15, 2020. Season Generally open to angling all year (refer to page 8 for Northeast opens May 16, 2020 (refer to map on page 8 for North Central Divisional Divisional boundaries). 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 Northeast Division are listed High Quality Management Waters in the North Central Division are below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 1 lake trout, and all listed below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 1 lake trout walleye over 55 cm, all pike over 75 cm, all lake trout over 65 cm and all and all pike over 75 cm, all walleye over 55 cm and all lake trout over Arctic grayling over 40 cm must be released. Only single, barbless hooks 65 cm must be released. may be used on those waters marked with an *. Alto Lake Witchai Lake) Numakoos Lake Acheetamo Lake Gods Lake * Nueltin Lake Burge Lake Hunter Lake Paint Lake and its Aikens Lake * Goose Lake Opiminegoka Lake Black Trout Lake Joey Lake tributaries Amphibian Lake Gunisao Lake Otter Lake Border Lake Lasthope Lake Plumbtree Lake Anishinabe Lake Harrop Lake Pelletier Lake Chicken Lake Laurie Lake Preston Lake Apisko Lake Head Leaf Lake Poplar River Clarke Creek and Lake Laurie River (from Pyta Lake * Askey Lake * High Hill Lake (from Wrong Lake to Conlin Lake Sask. border east to Running Bear Lake Assapan Lake Lake Ontario border) Horseshoe Lake Cousins Lake the railway line) Sickle Lake Assinika Lake * Pritchard Lake * Bagg Lake Jensen Lake * Putahow Lake Dafoe Lake Leftrook Lake Teal Lake Bain Lake Joint Lake * Putahow River Dunphy Lake Little Brightsand Lake Tenklei Lake * Bangle Lake * John Osborn Lake (between Putahow Eager Lake Little Chipewyan Lake Tod Lake Baralzon Lake Kagipo Lake Lake and Nueltin Eden Lake Liz Lake Tractor Lake Bear Lake Kakeenokamak Lake Lake) Frances Lake MacGranachan Lake Turnbull Lake Bear Head Lake Kanapakaksis Lake * Ragged Basin Lake Matheson Lake Van Lake Bennett Lake * Kapusta Lake Recluse Lake Goldsand Lake McGavock Lake Vanderkerckhove Lake Black Currant Lake * Kasmere Lake Red Lake Goose Hunting Lake Mooswa Creek and Lake Velde Lake * Blevins Lake Kautunigan Lake Rorke Lake Grass River (from Motrik Lake Willis Lake Bolton Lake Keschismeeneko Sasaginnigak Lake Lake Bald to Nesbitt Lake Zed Lake * Booth Lake Sawdon Lake Brad Lake Kistigan Lake Semmens Lake STOCKED TROUT LAKES Brisebois Lake Knee Lake * Shannon Lake Brownstone Lake Lewis Lake * Silsby Lake No bow fishing, dip netting, or seining are allowed on stocked trout waters. Burnie Lake Little Duck Lake * Snyder Lake Annual stocking lists are available from your local Manitoba Agriculture Campbell Lake Little Stull Lake South Knife Lake and Resource Development Office (see page 17). The following stocked Caron Lake Long Lake (Berens Sparrowhawk Lake trout lakes are open to fishing all year. All walleye and pike caught in Carr-Harris Lake River) Stag Lake these waters from May 1 to and including May 15 must be released. No Carroll Lake MacLeod Lake Stevens Lake motors, except electric motors, are allowed on those marked with an *. * Chatwin Lake * MacMillan Lake Stull Lake Bowden Lake Esker Lake No.2 Little Troy Lake * Corbett Lake McMurray Lake * Thanout Lake Crater Lake * Gemmell Lake * Mid Lake Cobham River Manapaywi Lake * Thlewiaza River * Digney Lake Upper Ospwagan Lake (from the border Mantricia Lake (from Fort Hall Lake Esker Lake No.1 Leaf Lake downstream to Maria Lake to Nueltin Lake) Elliot Lake) Max Lake Thomas Lake Commonwealth Lake Meat Lake LAKE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS Craven Lake Molson Lake * Tice Lake Fish Lake and Setting Creek (Fish Creek) and including that part of * Cuddle Lake including Paimusk * Timewe Lake Setting Lake within 2 km of the mouth of Setting Creek - closed to all Douglas Lake Creek and all other Tseeteli Lake fishing from March 15 to and including July 15. Eakins Lake tributaries Utik Lake Kiski Lake and Kiski Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and Eardley Lake Munroe Lake Viking Lake including July 15. Edmund Lake * Muskasew Lake Warrington Lake Egenolf Lake * Muskosemunomin Waskaiowaka Lake McLaren Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Elliot Lake Lake Wendigo Lake Nelson River and its tributaries downstream of Kettle Generating Fairy * Nahili Lake Whiskey Jack Lake Station - closed to brook trout fishing from September 1 to and Fishing Lake Nejanilini Lake Wrong Lake including September 30. * Fort Hall Lake Nicklin Lake Nelson River and its tributaries from Whitemud Falls (outlet of Cross Gammon River North Knife Lake Lake) to Kelsey Generating Station, including Duck and Sipiwesk LAKE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS lakes - closed to lake sturgeon fishing from May 1 to and including June 15. Within that area; a portion of the Nelson River extending 8 kms Bear Lake - all non-residents of Manitoba who fish must be registered upstream and 8 kms downstream of the mouth of the Landing River, and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, including the Landing River is closed to lake sturgeon fishing all year. a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. Owl Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. Berens River from the mouth upstream to Sturgeon Falls, including Thompson Creek - closed to all fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. the Etonami River upstream to Makik Falls and including the North Etonami River upstream to Miskomapinna Rapids - closed to all fishing Velde Creek (including Joey Creek) - closed to all fishing from May 1 to from April 6 to and including May 8. and including May 31. Bloodvein River from the mouth upstream to Meekisiwi Rapids - Wintering Lake - walleye limit is 4. closed to all fishing from April 6 to and including May 8. NORTHEAST DIVISION www.manitobafisheries.com | 17

Bradbury River - closed to all fishing from April 6 to and including May 8. Gods Lake - all non-residents of Manitoba who fish must be registered Fishing Regulations and and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. Status Indian People A High Quality Management Lake. The Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, which forms part of the Gods River (from Gods Lake to Great Bear Falls) - all brook trout Constitution Act (1930), provides that Indian people have the right must be released. to fish for food on all unoccupied Crown lands and on any other Molson Lake and its tributaries (except Paimusk Creek) - closed lands to which they may have a right of access. to fishing from May 1 to and including May 15. All non-residents of Recognizing the Treaty and constitutional rights of Indian people, Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain a Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development considers that Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator status Indians: with an allocation for this fishery. A High Quality Management Lake. • Do not require a licence to fish for food by angling or other means. Nelson River and its tributaries - closed to brook trout fishing from • Do not require an angling licence to fish for recreational purposes September 1 to and including September 30. or to participate in a competitive fishing event, but must follow all Nueltin Lake - all non-residents of Manitoba who fish must be regulations when not fishing for food. registered and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) • Are not subject to gear restrictions such as the use of gill nets from, a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this or the number of lines that can be used by angling, however, any fishery. A High Quality Management Lake. unattended gear must be clearly marked with the owner’s name Paimusk Creek - closed to fishing from May 1 to and including May 31. and treaty number. All non-residents of Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying • Except for conservation closures, are generally not restricted to with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, a licensed seasons, limits or areas. Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. A High • May angle in stocked trout waters but may not use nets or other Quality Management Water. methods of fishing. Pigeon River from the mouth upstream to Sturgeon Falls - closed to all • May not block more than two-thirds of a river or stream with a net fishing from April 6 to and including May 8. or other device. • May not fish within 23 metres of a fish ladder or fishway. Utik Lake - all non-residents of Manitoba who fish must be registered and staying with, and obtain a Special Angling Licence (free) from, • May not sell fish caught under status Indian fishing rights or give a licensed Manitoba tourist operator with an allocation for this fishery. fish to a non-Indian person. • May transport fish from the catch point directly to their nearest residence. Angling Programs in 2020/2021 • Must obtain a Fish Transportation Loadslip if fish in excess of a regular limit are to be transported to a location other than their Below is a list of activities to be held in Manitoba in 2020 and 2021 nearest residence. that provide people with opportunities to learn more about angling. For additional information, see page 18 for a list of websites to visit. • While employed as guides or outfitters, may not fish using their treaty or constitutional rights in any manner that could benefit FAMILY FISHING WEEKENDS their employer or their business. Summer and Winter Family Fishing Weekends will be held on • When exercising their rights, are required to carry proof of status. June 13-14, 2020 and February 13-15, 2021, across Manitoba Non-Indian people may accompany Indian people that are fishing (excluding federal parks). During these weekends, people wishing but may not help them to exercise their food fishing rights. For to fish may do so without acquiring a licence. All other rules and example, non-Indian people could not set or lift nets, however, regulations will apply. Conservation limits apply to those angling they could assist in transporting fish while accompanying a status without a licence, who would normally require one. Please note Indian person. specific lake regulations. For more information, call 204-945-6784. For more information, please contact the nearest Manitoba WINNIPEG FISH FESTIVAL Agriculture and Resource Development Office, or telephone Winnipeg’s Community Services Department and Manitoba 204-945-6784 in Winnipeg, 1-800-214-6497 outside Winnipeg or Agriculture and Resource Development, with assistance from the visit: manitoba.ca. Manitoba Wildlife Federation, will again be holding the annual Winnipeg Fish Festival on July 18, 2020 at The Forks. Come celebrate the festival’s 25th year and experience a variety of activities including kids’ casting lane, hourly prize draws for kids, fish seminars, and much more. The Festival starts at 11:00 am and Manitoba Agriculture and admission is free. For more information please call 311 or toll free 1-877-311-4974. Resource Development Offices Head Office (Winnipeg)...... 204-945-6784 BECOMING AN OUTDOORS WOMAN Eastern Region (Lac du Bonnet)...... 204-345-1450 On June 5-7, 2020, the Manitoba Wildlife Federation is again offering a workshop designed for women to learn a multitude of Western Region (Dauphin)...... 204-648-6696 outdoor skills. The workshop is directed towards beginners or Western Region (Swan River)...... 204-734-8350 those who may wish to try a new activity. Angling is one of the Central Region (Gimli)...... 204-642-6070 many topics offered. For more information on this workshop and Northwest Region (The Pas)...... 204-620-5311 other activities and programs, such as the Manitoba Recreational Northeast Region (Thompson)...... 204-677-6648 Fishing League for youth, contact the Manitoba Wildlife Federation For general information please call 204-945-6784 or 1-800-214-6497 office at 204-633-5967 or visit: mwf.mb.ca. 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