Illegal to shore fish in Toronto Harbour !!

[Mike Riehl]

Good afternoon all :-)

I was given a heads up of the 2 fishing incidents that happened over the past few days this morning by one of your fishing colleagues and while I was gathering information for my earlier post, I took the time to register on this site.

"MikeH" and "Oldtimer" please call my office and I can help explain this all better if my posting above is still unclear.

As I hope you have all gathered, the over-riding issue here is who owns the land. Several of postings have talked about "public areas" (areas that the public is allowed to visit) but some of this property under the control of Harbourfront Centre...and they have a no fishing rule.

City Parks and Rec property is "public" property and fishing is allowed unless posted...so areas like HTO park (I have not checked for signs there today but will try to visit this week), along the western beaches (e.g. Marilyn Bell park unless posted signs), central waterfront park (in front of Harbour Square condos which "mostly" is a city park...the condo might own portions by the boardwalk in the northwest corner), north side of the Outer Harbour (but not in the swimming or boating areas)...the portion of the area from the Outer Harbour (Unwin Ave) to the Outer Harbour Marina belongs to Toronto Portlands Corporation and I currently dont know their fishing rules.

cheers all

Michael
416-462-1227

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OH yes...I forgot to mention that I have already involved the Marine Unit in this conversation so that enforcement by them will be consistent with the TPA rules.

Michael