Manitoba communities fed up with mess left in fishing shacks

WINNIPEG — The Rural Municipality of St. Clements is mounting a campaign to have the province ban ice-fishing shacks from the Red River in a bid to end the mess left behind each spring. In a letter to Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick, the rural municipality north of Winnipeg says it’s seeking support from the [...]

Campaign afoot to ban ice-fishing fishing shacks on Red River

WINNIPEG – The Rural Municipality of St. Clements is mounting a campaign to have the province ban ice-fishing shacks from the Red River in a bid to end the mess left behind each spring. In a letter to Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick, the rural municipality north of Winnipeg said it’s seeking support from the [...]

Manitoba Town Seeks Ban On Ice Fishing Shacks On Red River

St. Clements Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick is asking the Manitoba government to ban throughout the province the construction of ice-fishing shacks on Red River. Melnick wants to prohibit the shacks because of the debris left behind by the owners of the ice-fishing shelters. Melnick is asking officials of other Manitoba areas such as St. [...]

Stocked Trout Lakes and Lake Trout Waters

No bow fishing, dip netting, or seining are allowed on stocked trout waters. Annual stocking lists are available from your local Manitoba Water Stewardship Office. The following stocked trout lakes are open to fishing all year. All walleye and pike caught in these waters from May 1 to and including May 21 must be released. [...]

Manitoba Water Stewardship Offices

Head Office (Winnipeg)……………………………….204-945-6784 Eastern Region (Lac du Bonnet)……………………204-345-1450 Western Region (Brandon)…………………………..204-726-6452 Western Region (Dauphin)…………………………..204-622-2205 Central Region (Gimli)…………………………………204-642-6099 Northwest Region (The Pas)………………………….204-627-8296 Northeast Region (Thompson)……………………… 204-677-6650 For general information please call (204) 945-6784 or 1-800-214-6497 T.I.P. Line 1-800-782-0076 http://www.icefishinglakemanitobanarrows.com/ Related Websites How many people make more than $250,000 per year? [The following is an article from [...]

Stocked Trout Waters

No bow fishing, dip netting, or seining is allowed on stocked trout waters. In Duck Mountain Provincial Park, and in Porcupine Provincial Forest, all trout smaller than 25 cm must be released, except those caught in streams. Annual stocking lists are available from your local Manitoba Water Stewardship Office. The trout lakes, ponds and reservoirs [...]

Handling, Transport and Storage of Fish

Live fish may not be transported away from the waters where they were caught, except under the authority of a permit issued by Fisheries Branch. Fish must not be handled, transported or disposed of in a way that will allow it to spoil. Fish must be transported and stored so that the number, species, and [...]

Gimli Manitoba's Inventor's Huge Chainsaw May Slay Ice Jams

A lot of things don’t cut ice with fishing folk up here but local inventor Mike Olyarnick isn’t one of them. Olyarnick invents ice-boring and ice-cut­ting equipment that has made him the toast of net fishers and winter road builders on Lake Winnipeg. Now, he’s set his sights on Red River flood-fighting. The invention is [...]

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