Vary the Pace

In any fishing situation it’s productive to vary the speed and action of the retrieve. I’m sure most anglers know this, but few consistently practice it. We all (I’m guilty sometimes too) tend to reel at a steady, monotonous pace. You’ve got to concentrate on working the lure like a live minnow, frog or other [...]

Vary the Pace

In any fishing situation it’s productive to vary the speed and action of the retrieve. I’m sure most anglers know this, but few consistently practice it. We all (I’m guilty sometimes too) tend to reel at a steady, monotonous pace. You’ve got to concentrate on working the lure like a live minnow, frog or other [...]

For your Information

Manitoba Natural Resource Officers play an important educational role in relation to angling regulations. To ensure that there is compliance to Manitoba’s regulations, officers check anglers on a regular basis on the water but also periodically conduct Roadside Checkstops in cooperation with other enforcement agencies. To help make your angling experience enjoyable, please be aware [...]

Protection of Privacy Act

Personal information collected on angling licenses falls under the authority of the Fisheries Act (Chapter F90), Fishing Licensing Regulation 124/97 and will be used only for existing program activities, surveys and enforcement by Manitoba Conservation. It is protected by the Protection of Privacy provisions of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For [...]

Dip Netting and Seining Restrictions

General regulations on dip netting and seining can be found on earlier post. No dip netting or seining is allowed in any stocked trout waters. In Nopiming and Whiteshell Provincial Parks, and the Rennie River near Rennie, dip netting and seining for suckers and all species other than bait fish are prohibited year round. Some [...]

Measuring a Fish

Total fish length is measured from the most anterior part of the head to the most posterior part of the tail laid flat (i.e.not pinched). Note: 2.54 cm = 1 inch. High Quality Management Lakes High Quality Management Waters have reduced possession and size limits to protect and maintain high quality fisheries. They are listed [...]

Limits and Possession

Fish are considered  to be in possession if they are not immediately released into the water from which they were taken. Possession limits are the same as daily catch limits in Manitoba. You may possess no more than one limit of each kind of fish at any time. This includes all fish you have in [...]

Holding and Releasing Fish

Fish being legally retained may be held live only while you are actively fishing, and they must be held within 25 m of you. If you release fish, they must be released unharmed into the water from which they were taken. They must not be tagged or marked in any way, unless authorized by a [...]

Bait

Night crawlers and earthworms may be used as bait in all Fishing Divisions in Manitoba. They may be imported to Manitoba in a sterile medium such as paper mulch, but not in soil. Leeches, frogs and salamanders (water dogs) may also be used as bait in all Divisions. However, they may not be imported. Possession [...]

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