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A city man has pled guilty to taking walleye of a prohibited size from Lake Nipissing.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says Bruce Duhaime has pled guilty to catching and then retaining a half dozen undersized walleye at a fine of $400 for each fish. Court heard that conservation officers attempted to a stop a vessel with 3 men on board on the shoreline at the waterfront.

Court heard the men attempted to flee on foot and when apprehended one of them was found to be in possession of the six undersized fish.