{"id":217379,"date":"2026-03-19T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=217379"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:42:28","slug":"individual-fined-for-illegal-fishing-in-algonquin-provincial-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/individual-fined-for-illegal-fishing-in-algonquin-provincial-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual fined for illegal fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An individual from Southern Ontario has been fined $5,000 for the following fishing violation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mykola Bondaruk of Toronto pleaded guilty to possessing 67 bass over the legal limit. He was fined $5,000 and is prohibited from all fishing-related activities in Ontario for one year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ontario Court of Justice heard that on August 21, 2025, conservation officers inspected Bondaruk who had been fishing from a rowboat on Sec Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, which is located in Fisheries Management Zone 15. The officers\u2019 inspection on the water revealed Bondaruk was in possession of a mix of 38 largemouth and smallmouth bass. At Bondaruk\u2019s waterfront campsite, an additional 35 bass were located in coolers, bags and pans. The sport fishing possession limit for largemouth and smallmouth bass combined in Fisheries Management Zone 15 is six, and Bondaruk was found to be in possession of 73 bass in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice of the Peace Jennifer L. Grant heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Pembroke, on November 17, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report a natural resource problem or provide information about an unsolved case, members of the public can call the ministry TIPS line toll-free at 1-877-847-7667. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS. For more information about unsolved cases, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/solve-natural-resource-case\">ontario.ca\/MNRTips<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An individual from Southern Ontario has been fined $5,000 for the following fishing violation: Mykola Bondaruk of Toronto pleaded guilty to possessing 67 bass over the legal limit. 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