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Originally Posted by EZM
Rav is correct - but here's maybe an easier way to explain it .....
If the lake IS SPECIFICALLY listed in the regulations for a size or quantity limit - you go by what it says there.
If the lake is NOT listed SPECIFICALLY - you go by the province wide possession limits.
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That is not true EZM and that is why I specifically made the point to mention each area's regulations.
Each zone has its own limits for unlisted waters, they are found at the beginning of each zones regs.
For example 2016 ES1
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C. For other ES2 Lakes, Reservoirs and Ponds not included under
(A) or (B) and for fish species not mentioned at a listed lake.
l Open all year – Trout limit 5; Walleye limit 3 over 50 cm; Pike limit 3
[no size limit]; Perch limit 15; Mountain Whitefish limit 5 over 30 cm;
Burbot limit 10; Bait, except bait fish, allowed.
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vs 2016 PP2
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C. For other PP2 Lakes, Reservoirs and Ponds not included under
(A) or (B) and for fish species not mentioned at a listed lake.
l Open all year – Walleye limit 3 over 50 cm; Pike limit 3 over 63 cm;
Perch limit 15; Lake Whitefish limit 10; Burbot limit 2 (Burbot
limit 0 - Feb. 1 to Mar. 31); (where present, Trout limit 5;
Mountain Whitefish limit 5 over 30 cm); Bait allowed.
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Note the difference on size limits on pike, burbot limits and also difference in bait allowances.
The general possession limits should only ever be used in the very rare situation where you catch a species in a waterbody that is not specified either under that waterbody or its area. The only example of this I can think of is the guys catching lake trout in the Athabasca river by Fort McMurray.