{"id":78325,"date":"2025-08-18T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78325\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:07:08","slug":"man-guilty-of-catching-and-retaining-22-yellow-perch-on-lake-simcoe-banned-from-fishing-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78325\/","title":{"rendered":"Man guilty of catching and retaining 22 yellow perch on Lake Simcoe, banned from fishing in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A U.S. angler has been fined and banned from fishing in Ontario after being caught in the winter with more than 20 fish over the legal limit on Lake Simcoe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Midland, Michigan, man pleaded guilty to catching and retaining 22 yellow perch over the legal limit. He was fined $2,000 and prohibited from obtaining a fishing licence or participating in any fishing-related activities around the province for the next two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the Ontario Government, all fishing equipment used at the time has also been forfeited to the Crown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The province says it is safeguarding fish populations in Lake Simcoe by ensuring everyone follows the legal catch and retain limits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In February, a conservation officer encountered the man while ice fishing near Beaverton, Ont. After an inspection, the officer made a shocking discovery. The fisherman had 72 yellow perch, exceeding the daily sport fishing licence quota of 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The case was heard by the court in Whitby in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">To report a natural resource problem or provide information about an unsolved case, the public can call the ministry TIPS line at 1-877-847-7667 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A U.S. angler has been fined and banned from fishing in Ontario after being caught in the winter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-78325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}