Saxe Point
Well-Known Member
I’m thinking about boating from Sooke (where I moor my boat) to Renfrew on a beautiful calm day, fishing for a while, and then heading back at the end of the day.
With my luck as of late, I’ll catch no salmon. If I catch and keep one spring, no issue.
But what if I caught and kept 2 springs, which you are allowed to do in Renfrew? I then boat back to Sooke. Even if unlikely, a couple of things could happen. DFO stops and checks me between East Point and Sheringham. Or they stop and check me between Sheringham and my dock in Sooke. They are saying either I caught the fish where it was closed to salmon fishing or I’ve got one too many.
Any ideas on how to deal with this? No simple solution it seems to me. Is the only answer to keep one spring?
Or is it a non-issue as they can’t prove where you caught the fish unless they saw you catch them or have witnesses or other evidence to establish where they were caught?
Anyone with experience or knowledge about this?
With my luck as of late, I’ll catch no salmon. If I catch and keep one spring, no issue.
But what if I caught and kept 2 springs, which you are allowed to do in Renfrew? I then boat back to Sooke. Even if unlikely, a couple of things could happen. DFO stops and checks me between East Point and Sheringham. Or they stop and check me between Sheringham and my dock in Sooke. They are saying either I caught the fish where it was closed to salmon fishing or I’ve got one too many.
Any ideas on how to deal with this? No simple solution it seems to me. Is the only answer to keep one spring?
Or is it a non-issue as they can’t prove where you caught the fish unless they saw you catch them or have witnesses or other evidence to establish where they were caught?
Anyone with experience or knowledge about this?