"A fishing licence is now
required to fish in the Kawartha Lakes."

We advise you to get a fishing licence. It is required by all Canadian residents between the ages of 18 through 65 to fish on any lake in Ontario including the Kawartha Lakes region. An Outdoors Card plus a fishing-licence-tag is required to be with you at all times while fishing. We'd hate for you to be caught by the water patrol police without one.

If you do not or never had an Outdoors Card, you can request an application form to be mailed to you by phoning the Outdoors Card Centre from anywhere in Canada at 1-800-387-7011. Your Outdoors card is good for three calendar years.

Trolling on Pigeon Lake in the Kawarthas

If you want to fish in Ontario right away as a Canadain resident between the ages of 18 and 65, you can buy a "Resident-Fishing-Licence and Outdoors Card Apllication" from one of more than 2,000 licence issuer's across the province.

This temporay paper licence is effective immediately and is valid until December 31 of that year you purchased it. The fee for the tempory paper licence includes the cost of a three-year plastic Outdoors Card.

For more information about a fishing licence visit www.mnr.gov.on.ca