I have been going to NW Ontario for the last 12 years, twice a year for the last 8. We enter thru International Falls/Fort Francis and always take nightcrawlers that I purchase at Wally World and packaged by DMT Bait. These crawlers are packaged in "sterile" bedding. The regulations state that night crawlers may be brought into Canada if packaged in a "commercial bedding". When Customs ask, I tell them we have night crawlers in "sterile commercial bedding" and all they say is "have a nice fishing trip" I was just up there for a week the last week of May. If you are going thru an outfitter, you might want to check with them first. The outfitter that I use has 13 different lakes and he does not permit live bait of any type on about half of them.

Paul L