Calling all anglers: diary programs returns

The Lake Simcoe Fisheries Stakeholder Committee is calling on the anglers who participated in a diary program to return their diaries as soon as possible.

“We are looking forward to receiving the information contained in the diaries and having it summarized in the database the Ministry of Natural Resources has established for us," said LSFSC chair Larry Wickett.

In partnership with the MNR, the committee distributed the diaries last winter. The objectives for the diary program are to engage anglers and obtain advanced information, and alert officials to changes in success and other fish community patterns. This information will be used to help improve and evaluate fisheries management on the lake.

Diaries will be collected through the fall. The data will be summarized in a report that will be released sometime in early winter.

Anglers are asked to use the self-addressed envelop that they originally received with the diaries. Alternatively, diaries can be dropped off to the fourth floor of the Aurora District Office at 50 Bloomington Road West. If requested, anglers can have their diaries returned for subsequent use, or for their records.

New diaries will be available for the upcoming ice fishing season. Anglers may obtain a diary and instructions from their local tackle shops around the watershed, or by calling 905-713-7400.