Wednesday, November 17, 2010

American Angler Fined for using fake licence

Not knowing the name of the mayor of Mississauga, was the downfall of a Chicago-area angler caught fishing on one of northwestern Ontario's biggest lakes with a fraudulent Ontario Outdoors card.

The Park Ridge, Illinois man was charged in August after a routine
boat inspection on Lac Seul determined he was not from Mississauga, the municipality he used when he purchased his card.

Conservation officer Tim Neidenbach says he asked the man who the mayor of Mississauga is, but he didn't know her name.

Neidenbach says most people who live in Mississauga know it's Hazel McCallion, who has been the city's mayor for 31 years.

Neidenbach says the man, who was fined $5,000, is an avid fisherman who had been using a fraudulent Outdoors Ontario card since 1993.