A total of 35 charges and 81 warnings were issued during a recent Ministry of Natural Resources check.
The three-day enforcement blitz took place on Highway 105, between Ear Falls and Vermilion Bay.
A total of 824 anglers were stopped, including 712 non-residents.
Violations included fishing without a licence, having an over-limit of fish, possessing fish of a prohibited length, possessing live fish, transporting live fish, having packaged fish that could not be readily counted, possessing illegal bait, obstructing a conservation officer, consuming liquor and failing to have personal flotation devices.
Officers found a group of six anglers who had 21 black crappie over the combined legal limit and a group of three who had 11-walleye over the combined legal limit.
Thirteen commercial baitfish dealers were also inspected, and warnings were issued for selling baitfish without a licence, failing to maintain a log book and failing to comply with the conditions of a baitfish dealer licence.
