The ice fishing season is well underway in Saskatchewan.
Through the entire year, the province is able to attract 250,000 anglers with about 20 percent of them taking part in ice fishing.
Murray Koob from the Ministry of Environment advises the rules which apply in the summer, still apply in the winter, with the exception that in the winter you are allowed to fish with two lines. and every angler must be within 25 metres of those lines plus they must be visible to the angler.
He adds that if you are planning to leave an ice shack overnight on a lake, the shack must be identified with your name and contact information.
Koob urges to always test the ice thickness before travelling on it.
A minimum of ten centimetres of ice is needed for walking and 30 centimetres for light vehicle trave, and avoid areas around moving water.

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