The Ministry of Natural Resources will be conducting a Golden Lake survey (estimated this spring/summer) that will have a netting and hydroacoustic boat. They will be providing the committee with a presentation to show what they are doing and how the technology works and as soon as we have that information, we will share it here.
The province has created several Bait Management Zones (BMZ) which will restrict the movement of harvested baitfish and leeches – this covers Zone 15 (Golden Lake is part of that) and states that effective immediately, live or dead bait may not be transported into or out of a BMZ. Fishers must purchase from a licensed store in the BNZ where they are fishing, bait must be used within 2 weeks of purchasing and you must keep your receipt. This has been put in place in an attempt to halt the spread of invasive species and fish diseases. Here is a good YouTube explaining it further. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNLsuZx2hQ
There will be a number of contests this year focusing on taking photos of the fish you catch so check into the GLPOA website and Facebook page regularly, you don’t want to miss out!
If you are interested in harvesting smelt this year, there is equipment available to you, please reach out to Jay Foran (jay_deb@bell.net). Keep checking the website and FB page to know when they are running.
