I know that ice fishing was prohibited in Kipawa years back due, from what I heard, to an attempt to help with the laker population. Heard that there might be some discussion about revisiting the issue . I was curious if anyone has heard any news about this? Thanks Ziggy
The ice fishing is a Quebec Province wide ban on ice fishing in ANY lake with a Lake Trout population.
It was a legislation lobbied for by anti-fishing groups, contrary to the last 100 yrs + of fisheries management of using keep limits, slot sizes and seasons for individual species.
If there are Lake Trout present - NO ice fishing allowed for any species.
Law makes zero sense - if they really wish to protect Lake Trout, there should be no open season for them in the summer months when release mortality % is very high due to the warm water affects at surface and air bladder issues from catching at depths.
Winter release mortality rates are much lower than warm water months.
We need a petition signed by perhaps a few thousand people to apply for an exception - Quebec has exempted some other lakes already.