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For complete information on Ontario fishing regulations:
Carry Your Licence With You
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More of Ontario's Fishing Regulations
- Carry Your Licence with You
- Federal and Provincial Laws
- Maps: Legal Boundaries of the Fisheries Management Zones
- Regulation Maps for Great Lakes Tributaries
- Angling Terms
- Open Seasons
- Lake Sturgeon Season Closure
- Fish Sanctuaries
- Catch and Retain Rules
- Exporting, Transporting or Storing Fish
- Permitted Baitfish Species
- Dip Netting Waters in Zones 10, 11 and 15
Your Outdoors Card provides privileges to you alone; is not transferable. Remember to carry your Outdoors Card with you at all times when fishing.
For Ontario residents, a complete and valid licence to fish consists of:
- an Outdoors Card plus a valid fishing licence tag
OR
- an Ontario Resident Temporary Fishing Licence and Outdoors Card and Application.
For Canadian residents or non-Canadian residents, a complete and valid licence to fish consists of:
- an Outdoors Card (or a Canadian resident or non-Canadian resident Temporary Outdoors Card and Application)
PLUS
- a valid fishing licence tag.
An Outdoors Card alone in NOT a fishing licence.
Note: An Outdoors Card is not required for a one-day fishing licence.
If a Conservation Officer asks to see your licence, the law states that you must show it.
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Last Modified: January 13, 2010