Provincial Bait Policy Review

[OldTimer]

(11-13-2014 02:48 PM)Eli Wrote:  I hope not...
I can totally understand the logic behind banning LIVE minnows, but banning the use of dead/cut bait just going too far IMHO. Could they ban the use of worms? That's crazy.
What I do want to see is a total ban on the use of frogs as bait, as I think it's an overly cruel practice that really gives angling a black eye from the perspective of the general public.

I really hope not too Eli.

Worms are already banned in some Ontario waters. (artificial lures only = no bait at all......... about half the Grand River is this way now). And...... out west - and out east - a great majority of the fresh waters have been artificial lures only for quite some time.

Furthermore re disease/virus spreading problems - I have read that Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia can be transmitted in a dead fish or in its parts (cut bait).

And......... on a lighter note........ please advise why maiming/slow-killing a frog is worse than same to a minnow or worm? Or is it those pesky "frog huggers" causin' problems agin..... yeehaw

Cheers,

OldTimer