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Get The Lead Out

Lead-Free Fishing Tackle Campaign


Toxins in your Tackle Box

The "Let's Get The Lead Out" Program, is an initiative designed to reduce toxic lead fishing tackle from accumulating in the environment where it is responsible for the deaths of millions of birds and other wildlife annually.  Loons, eagles, swans and waterfowl are especially vulnerable.  Lead is very harmful to all living things, including people and it threatens our water quality. 

Lead (Pb) is a neuro-toxin which attacks the nervous system  and can lead to blindness, decreased reproductivity, seizures and death. Lead is fatal to loons and other aquatic birds.

Campaign Origins

The MLCA is very pleased to join the efforts of the Wolfe Lake Association.  They created this award winning program to help anglers learn how to protect wildlife from the deadly affects of lead.  The utimate goal, of course, is to get lead tackle banned for Fishing in Ontario and Canada.

The lakes of McKellar brings the number of participating lakes in Ontario to 40.

We are grateful for the support of the Wolfe Lake Association.  They have allowed us to use all of their materials in order for us to further this significant work.

The Wolfe Lake website, FishLeadFree.ca, is an excellent resource. 

Did You Know?

  • In some regions, lead poisoning from ingested lead tackle is the #1 killer of common loons - up to 50% of mortality
  • Just one tiny piece of lead about the size of a pencil tip will give a loon, eagle or duck an agonizing death over a 2-3 week period
  • Recent government estimates advise that 545 metric tonnes of lead sinkers & jigs are lost in Canadian water bodies every year!
  • The annual cost increase for the average Canadian angler to switch to lead-free tackle is estimated at less than 2%.

Check Your Tackle
for Lead!





  • Lead is dull and grey in colour.  It will leave a mark when scratched on paper. 
  • Lead is a dense soft metal. If you can dent it with your fingernail or pliers it is lead. 
  • Is it safe to use coated lead tackle?Coatings are quickly eroded by the grinding in the digestive system and then lead is absorbed into the blood stream.

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