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Pickle
04-13-2005, 04:47 PM
Going to Ontario in June . . . we usually order our leeches ahead of time, and pick them up when we cross the border. Are there any new laws in Ontario for this season regarding leeches that I should be aware of?
retire55
04-14-2005, 09:10 AM
Pickle:
It is difficult to predict whether there will be any difficulties associated with obtaining leeches in Ontario in June 2005. Ontario had readied legislation to prohibit the importation of leeches (by bait vendors) into Ontario. It has been illegal for recreational fishermen to bring live leeches into Ontario for some time now. It was anticipated that the legislation would have already been passed and the prohibition of importation of leeches into Ontario was scheduled to take effect 1 Jan 2005. However, the passage of the legislation was delayed. Passage is now anticipated for June 05 or even later.
Get ready to pay more. According to the website of a source in Ear Falls a pound lof leeches will sell for $39 U.S. where they were $25 U.S. last year.
Can we bring salted leeches accross and has anyone done so?
fishfrenzy
04-14-2005, 03:08 PM
KinD......was thinking of heading up to Ear Falls this June for first time. Usually fish near Armstrong area. I have no idea where to get my leeches from, can you give me the name of the website in Ear Falls so I can seek the information I need.
thanx n fish till ya drop
Rich J
04-14-2005, 09:23 PM
fishnfrenzy
Try this, it lists all the business in Ear Falls. Four Seasons carries leeches.
Rich J
http://www.ear-falls.com/html/business_info.html
I'm aware of two sources in Ear Falls: http://www.deminnows.ca/index.htm and Four Seasons Sport Shop. For the past two years Four Seasons (fourseas@nwconx.net)has had leeches for our post Labor Day trip.
Pickle
04-17-2005, 06:43 PM
I assume you can bring dead leeches across, because you can bring dead (frozen or salted) minnows across, but I don't know that to be a fact.
I have never heard of salting leeches, but I have of minnows. As a kid, we would torture leeches sometimes by pouring salt on them. They ended up a bloody mess (of course this was a lot of salt!). _ wasn't always a nice kid!
I would recommend freezing them if you want to take some dead leeches across, but let me know if you have had success with salted leeches.