2016 Multi Species Challenge start/end dates

[MuskieBait]

I think any species should be allowed, as long as caught my angling methods

Ok...seriously...

I think the purpose of this challenge, at its core, is to encourage people to expand their fishing experience to all the species that Ontario has to offer. Certainly, some species are more difficult to catch from shore compared to others, but that added to the challenge and excitement of the catch. Also, seeing that this is Ontario Shore Fishing, I tend to favour the idea that the challenge should be restricted to shore fishing only.

Now...in terms of icefishing...

In many ways, icefishing are very similar to shorefishing. Although you are more mobile than typical shorefishing, the amount of water you cover at any one time is really limited to the number of holes you've drilled (or able to drill without having a heart attack). With shorefishing, you are equally limited to the amount of water to fish dictated by access, shoreline vegetation, nearshore structure...etc. I see many parallels between summer shorefishing and winter icefishing (I guess saying winter icefishing is redundant...).

Opening up icefishing for the contest can also encourage more member to fish in the winter.

So I support the idea to allow icefishing catches for the contest.

I also think we should start the contest on Jan 1 and conclude on Dec 31. For this year's contest, we can accept species already caught before we officially start the 2016 event...since we're just discussing this now...

It was fun watching the contest from the sideline this year...I may do it again for the next contest.