Great news!

[Kelly_Aquatics]

I was always under the impression that you need a scientific collection permit to keep natives in canada and you still do for most species but I just found that anything that qualifys as bait fish is fair game to be collected and kept by anyone with a fishing licenses and you can only keep up to 120 specimens and it is incredible at what is considered a "baitfish" I am particularly interested in the stickle backs and log perch
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[dr exum]

oh man, sounds like fun!

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

The type im really excited about is the brook stickle back I have them in a creek behind my house they are cool little guys and crazy carnivores

 

[KATALEKEEPER]

the number of people keeping prickleback's over the years has drastically increased.....

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

the number of people keeping prickleback's over the years has drastically increased.....

oh cool I have not heard of anyone keeping them glad to know that their are!

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

oh I forgot to link the baitfish list here ya go

https://www.ontario.ca/page/fishing-live-bait#section-3

 

[KATALEKEEPER]

haha same here. It's 2 dollars for a permit to catch "baitfish".

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

ya if you want to keep proper fish though you need a scientific collection permit