Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007

9 (1) No person shall fish with

• (a) a hook used in such a manner as to pierce or hook a fish in any part of the body other than the mouth;

• (b) a gaff;

• (c) a snare;

• (d) a snagger; or

• (e) a spear gun.

(2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), a person may use a gaff, other than a spring gaff, to assist in the landing of a fish.

(3) No person shall retain a fish that has been pierced or hooked in any part of the body other than the mouth while angling except a fish that has been pierced or hooked while being landed with a gaff that is not a spring gaff.