LOL, do any of you really believe that Wynne knows the difference between an emerald shiner and a sucker? It would be a fair bet that she has no idea what is being proposed, she leaves that up to the minister responsible and the so called experts advising him or her. It really doesn't matter which political party is in power, they would all be looking at this based on the recommendations of those so called experts. All the premier would do is sign whatever was put in front of them. That said, some of what I read is already taking place, ie I cannot use my net to catch minnows in Lake Erie at Pt Bruce (Zone 19), and then take them alive for use inland at Fanshawe Dam, Springwater, or any other body of water, nor could I use them alive in Lake Huron (Zone 13,) Georgian Bay (Zone 14), Lake Ontario (Zone 20) or the Thames River in London (Zone 16) However, currently as I understand it, I can buy them for example at Angling Sports in London and use them anywhere I have mentioned.
If I am understanding what I have heard and read, what they are trying to do is stop that from happening. Whether you catch them yourself or buy them they want you to use them in the area you caught or bought them, they don't want you to catch or buy them then transport them alive to another area to use as live bait. But apparently it's ok to use them if they're dead.
It could be a whole lot worse you know, I lived in the NWT and Alberta combined for 23 years and use of live bait fish was prohibited period. At least in Ontario they still allow it.
