Ice Fishing is almost over!

You have one more day to enjoy ice fishing.

As of midnight tonight, all huts and structures have to be cleared away across the province.

Nick Reynolds is the Enforcement Supervisor for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Midhurst District.

He says March 15th has been the cut off day for years because of safety issues.

Reynolds says even though it still looks like winter and there's more snow than usual, it will warm up soon and ice will become unsafe.

There is also an environmental concern. Reynolds says as the ice melts, if the structures are still out there, they'll break up and wash up on people's properties or cause problems for boaters.

He says if ice hut operators don't comply, they could face fines of five hundred up to 15 hundred dollars.

Reynolds tells us he hasn't heard any complaints from operators who have to remove the structures.

He says MNR officers will be regularly patrolling Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching to make sure all ice huts are off by tonight's deadline.