martinsville pond perch

[duke1]

Anyone clarify about if you are allowed to keep these perch?? one article i read,, this is not a stocked pond soooo no rules apply to hooks or release only. another i read from the town is that its TRYING to create a fsihng pond catch and release only.. oh boy which one is it. keep or release?  Txs

[pickle84]

I heard only catch and release but I could be wrong maybe call your local Conservation office they'll be able to tell you for sure as they're the ones gonna fine you

[silverfox1969]

Are the perch a descent size in the Martensville pond,,? I also like to do alot of C&R

[fishingfever32]

There alright, lots of Smalls ones but Theres the average one here n there. Its barbless hooks only n ive seen people take them home. No the town didnt stalk it, someone put perch in there without permission

[duke1]

thank fellow Warmanite.

[coldazice]

years ago i had caught them out of there up to 10.5" they were put there by the kinsmen club, not the town.

[o bin fishin]

Fishing Lakes

The City of Martensville is working on developing an area east of Kinsmen Lake for fishing. Fishing will be permitted as long as the following guidelines are followed, all anglers over the age of 16 will require a valid Saskatchewan Angling License, the fishing area is one of catch and release only and only barbless hooks are allowed.

This is from the City of Martensville web site.  It was intended for giving kids a good experience fishing close to home.... lots of catching and easy to go back home if they get bored, cold or wet.  How about we keep it that way.

[poorfisherman]

That's a great idea.  It would be nice to have a c & r pond close to home.

[duke1]

excellent taking kids there on the wkend. no school is killin me. 

[churks]

years back before aolt of people new about this i caught alot i took a few home just to try man they were good. now they dont want any taken out but if u think about how fast and how much they reproduce there going to end up with alot of winter kill in a few yeras. i think it would be a good idea to let people keep a limit of 5 perch. its enought for a taste and just enough to keep them going.

[firesong]

The Pond there is like an aquarium.
Last time I was there I did talk to a CO and it was standard rules.
Only the one pond was allowing fishing, the other wasn't. There were signs posted.

Most of them were super small but fun to catch. Can't imagine wanting
to actually fillet them. I think they were over crowded and weren't growing that big.

So, you can take them and eat them. Barbs were allowed.  There was a sign
at the parking lot last season so have a look at it for the barb thing if it has changed.

FS

[duke1]

been there a couple times with kids,, wow lotsa action for kids. they think it should be 20 fish everytime now.  catching too many fish can be a bad thing too. lol.

[LMKilla]

years back before aolt of people new about this i caught alot i took a few home just to try man they were good. now they dont want any taken out but if u think about how fast and how much they reproduce there going to end up with alot of winter kill in a few yeras. i think it would be a good idea to let people keep a limit of 5 perch. its enought for a taste and just enough to keep them going.

wont cause winter kill but too many fish for a given waterbody will cause stunting!

[addictedtofishing]

Anyone clarify about if you are allowed to keep these perch?? one article i read,, this is not a stocked pond soooo no rules apply to hooks or release only. another i read from the town is that its TRYING to create a fsihng pond catch and release only.. oh boy which one is it. keep or release?  Txs

I was out there a couple weekends ago, The sign says Catch and Release is encouraged.  That tells me that you are allowed to keep them but it is frowned upon.

They are probably saying that for two reasons.  Its a small lake and could be fished out.  The other is that is the storm water retention pond for all of Martensville.  So all of the runoff collected from the streets, backyards weeping tile, etc in these lakes goes to these ponds.  Probably not going to kill you, but not that healthy for you.

[basdif]

I stopped by there the other weekend and have never been before.  I looked at the pond and felt like an adult jumping into the ball bin at McDonalds!  So I didn't bother and left.  Kids can have their fun