Call about fishing ban, or maybe take up knitting instead

[MuskieBait]

(06-08-2012 12:29 AM)Magikarp Wrote:  Does anyone really know what they mean by a fishing ban? it sounds bad if you like fishing and id hate to see toronto turn away fishing for everyone but what does it mean like fishing in general is banned or only in certain parks/rivers or special areas? I hadn't herd a thing about this until i read it so i guess ill go look up information on it but it just seams silly to say no fishing anywhere in toronto city limits. maybe rob ford will see this as the war on fishing just like he loves to talk about the war on cars who knows.

so apparently its just for the harbour front. which kinda sucks but then again the water quality in the harbour is terrible so maybe its best there is no fishing there. might be in your best interest health wise lol. at least we have toronto island. I'm guessing someone probably got hooked walking along the board walk so they are shutting it down good thing is lake ontario is big they only closed .1% of it the rest is good to go!

Water quality is not that bad along the harbour front. There is no health issue at all unless the City post up an E.coli warning, but that's mainly for swimmers who may ingest water during their swim.

If someone was hooked and that was reported, I want to see the police report to back up the reason to shut down the entire harbour front. If not, there is no hazard issue at all.

We're getting more and more into a policed state. Stupid people will always do stupid things despite rules and protective measures. Earlier in the year, someone fell into the lake early in the morning...not because he was fishing, but because he was stupid flirting with the edge of the harbour on a cold and slippery day. You can't fix stupid...and punishing everyone else because of a couple bad apples is not fair at all.

If they decide to maintain the No Fishing zone, then I would demand that they install designated fishing areas in all the traditional fishing grounds along the harbour front. I would demand that fishing piers and platforms to be built such that we can continue our hobby in these designated areas. After all, most large cities of North America allow fishing along their water front right downtown. And we call Toronto a world-class international city?