2018 Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary
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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ZONE 11 ZONE 11 58 Recreational Fishing Regulations 2018 FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ZONE 11 ZONE 11 SEASONS AND LIMITS • Dates are inclusive; all dates including the first and last dates stated in the summary are open or closed SPECIES OPEN SEASONS LIMITS SPECIES OPEN SEASONS LIMITS Walleye & Jan. 1 to 3rd S - 4; none between 43-60 cm Brook Trout* Feb. 15 to Sept. 30 S - 5; not more than 1 greater than Sauger or any Sun. in Mar. & (16.9-23.6 in.), not more than 1 31 cm (12.2 in.) combination 3rd Sat. in May greater than 60 cm (23.6 in.) C - 2; none greater than 31 cm to Dec. 31 C - 2; none between 43-60 cm (12.2 in.) (16.9-23.6 in.), not more than 1 Brown Trout* 4th Sat. in Apr. S - 5 greater than 60 cm (23.6 in.) to Sept. 30 C - 2 Largemouth 4th Sat. in June S - 6 Rainbow Open all year S - 5 & Smallmouth to Dec.31 C - 2 Trout* C - 2 Bass or any Lake Trout* Feb. 15 to 3rd S - 2 combination Sun. in Mar. & C - 1 Northern Pike Jan. 1 to 3rd S - 6; not more than 2 greater than 3rd Sat. in May to Sept. 30 Sun. in Mar. & 61 cm (24 in.), of which not more 3rd Sat. in May than 1 greater than 86 cm (33.9 in.) Splake* Open all year S - 5 to Dec. 31 C - 2; not more than 1 greater than C - 2 61 cm (24 in.), none greater than Pacific Open all year S - 5 86 cm (33.9 in.) Salmon* C - 2 Muskellunge 3rd Sat. in June S - 1; must be greater than 122 cm Atlantic Closed all year to Dec. 15 (48 in.) Salmon* C - 0 Lake Whitefish Open all year S - 12 Yellow Perch Open all year S - 50 C - 6 C - 25 Lake Sturgeon Closed all year Crappie Open all year S - 30 Channel Open all year S - 12 C - 10 Catfish C - 6 Sunfish Open all year S - 50 C - 25 ZONE 11 *Aggregate limits apply to these species. See page 7 for full details. Lake Nipissing and Lake Temagami have regulations that are different than the zone-wide regulations. Please see exceptions to Zone 11 regulations for details. ADDITIONAL ZONE 11 FISHING OPPORTUNITIES Brook Trout open all year Barnett Lake - Aston Twp. Herbert Lake - Joan Twp. Pine Lake - McAuslan Twp. Bartle Lake (47°30'N., 79°50'W.) - Hudson Twp. High Lake - Afton Twp. Pole Lake (46°43'N., 79°22'W.) - McAuslan Twp. Bastien Lake - Mattawan Twp. Hillcrest Lake - Joan Twp. Price Lake - Phyllis Twp. Beach Lake (46°44'N., 79°48'W.) - Sisk Twp. Hook Lake - Strathy Twp. Quarry Lake - McAuslan Twp. Best Lake #73 - Best Twp. Hush Hush Lake - Cynthia Twp. Redbark Lake - Joan and Belfast Twp. Brown’s Lake - Cynthia Twp. Indian Lake - French Twp. Robert Lake - Brigstocke Twp. Coppersand Lake - Cynthia Twp. Lake #697 - Butler Twp. Roko Lake - Cynthia Twp. Dokis Pond - IR #9 Lake #2 - French Twp. Round Lake (46°47'N., 79°20'W.) - McAuslan Twp. Fork Lake - Boyd Twp. Little McConnell Lake - McConnell Twp. Secord Lake - LaSalle Twp. Froggy Lake - Bonfield Twp. Love Lake - South Himsworth Twp. Side Rock Lake - Cynthia Twp. Gillies Limit Lake #19 Malloch Lake - Cynthia Twp. Strathcona Lake #25 (47°16'N., 79°47'W.) - Gillies Limit Twp. Mirror Lake - Phelps Twp. (47°01'N., 79°49'W.) - Strathcona Twp. Gillies Limit Lake #51 Montreuil Lake - Mattawa Twp. Teasdale Lake - Olrig Twp. (47°16'N., 79°43'W.) - Gillies Limit Twp. Mowat Lake - Barr Twp. Turtle Lake - Boulter Twp. Glassy Lake - Phelps Twp. Mug Lake - McAuslan Twp. Whitefawn Lake (46°24'N., 79°28'W.) - Widdifield Twp. Norway Lake - Wyse Twp. Lake Trout open all year Crooked Lake - Patterson Twp. Kitt Lake - (47°21’03”N., 79°55’28”W.) - Kittson Twp. Threetrails Lake - McAuslan Twp. Hearst Lake - Gillies Limit Twp. McNab Lake - Best Twp. Tooth Lake - Lorrian Twp. Justin Lake - Coleman Twp. Roosevelt Lake - Gillies Limit Twp. Kingston Lake (47°35'N., 80°06'W.) - Cane Twp. Stormy Lake - Patterson Twp. Recreational Fishing Regulations 2018 59 EXCEPTIONS TO ZONE 11 REGULATIONS WATERBODY EXCEPTION DETAILS WATERBODY EXCEPTION DETAILS Anima-Nipissing River - Banting Fish sanctuary - no fishing from Lake Nipissing (Wasi Falls) Fish sanctuary - no fishing from Twp. from 100 m (328 ft.) in an arc Apr. 1 - June 15. - Waters of Lake Nipissing lying Mar. 16 to May 31 & Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 extending out into Red Squirrel Lake east of the east boundary of Lot 9, to a point upstream 400 m (1,312 ft.). Conc.XXIV, and south of a line joining Big Webb Lake - Parkman Twp. Live fish may not be used as bait or this projection where it meets Lake possessed for use as bait. Nipissing to the northwest tip of Burford Point, and mouth of the Wistiswasing Blue Lake - McAuslan Twp. Fish sanctuary - no fishing from River - North Himsworth Twp. Jan. 1 - Apr. 30 & Oct. 1 - Dec. 31. Lake Nipissing – including the Closed to all species from Mar. 16 - Fri. Camp Lake - McAuslan Twp. Live fish may not be used as bait or waters of the French River from the before 3rd Sat. in May & Dec. 1 - Dec. 31. possessed for use as bait. Chaudière and the Little Chaudière Walleye and Yellow Perch open from Cut Lake (46°46’N., 79°16’W.) Fish sanctuary – no fishing from dams to Lake Nipissing; the west bay Jan. 1 - Mar. 15 & 3rd Sat. in May - Oct. 15. McAuslan Twp. Jan. 1 – Apr. 30 & Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. of Lake Nipissing in Haddo Twp.; the Walleye S-2, none less than 46 cm (18.1 in.) Live fish may not be used as bait or northwest bay of Lake Nipissing to and C - 1, none less than 46 cm (18.1 in.). the falls of MacPherson Creek; the possessed for use as bait. Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass open Sturgeon River from Lake Nipissing from 3rd Saturday in June - November 30. Duchesney Creek - City of North Fish sanctuary - no fishing from to the dam at Sturgeon Falls; the Bay and Commanda Twp., from Lake Mar. 16 - Fri. before 3rd Sat. in May. Veuve River from Lake Nipissing to Muskellunge open from 3rd Saturday in Nipissing to the C.N.R. bridge. the chutes located in Lot 5 in June – November 30. Emerald Lake - McAuslan Twp. Live fish may not be used as bait or Conc. l in Caldwell Twp.; the South Northern Pike S - 4, not more than 2 possessed for use as bait. River from Lake Nipissing to Hwy. greater than 61 cm (24 in.), of which not 654; and the entire West Arm of Lake Ferrim Creek - Cynthia Twp., from Fish sanctuary - no fishing from more than 1 is greater than 86 cm (33.9 Nipissing including Cross Lake. Ferrim Lake to 200 m (656 ft.) in an arc Mar. 16 - Fri. before 3rd Sat. in May. in.) and C - 2, not more than 1 greater extending out into Kokoko Lake. than 61 cm (24 in.), none greater than 86 cm (33.9 in.). Florence Lake Lake Trout closed all year. Lake Temagami Only live or dead baitfish less than 13 cm (47°14'16"N., 80°33'28"W.). (5.1 in.) in length may be used as bait. Four Mile Creek - Widdifield Twp., Fish sanctuary - closed all year. Lake Whitefish S - 25 and C - 12. within Lots 8 and 9 in Conc. B. Walleye none between 46-60 cm (18.1-23.6 in.), not more than 1 greater French River Provincial Park - Walleye and Sauger open from Jan. 1 - than 60 cm (23.6 in.). waters lying south of the Five Finger Mar. 31 & 3rd Sat. in May - Dec. 31. Rapids, and west of the Chaudière Walleye and Sauger S - 4 and C - 2 Lake Temagami - Gull Creek - Scholes Fish sanctuary - no fishing from Dam downstream to -none between 40-60 cm (15.7-23.6 in.), and Phyllis Twps., from dam at outlet Mar. 15 - June 15. the Hwy. 69 bridge including not more than 1 greater than 60 cm of Gull Lake to 200 m (656 ft.) in an arc Wolseley Bay, the North Channel (23.6 in.). extending into Lake Temagami. of the French River, 18 Mile Bay, Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass Ranger Bay and Dry Pine Bay, and Lake Temagami - Kokoko Bay - Joan Fish sanctuary - no fishing from S - 4 and C - 2 - none between 33-43 cm ZONE 11 the waters of Cross Lake lying west Twp. Mar. 15 - June 15. (13-17 in.), not more than 1 greater than of Hwy. 536 in Cherriman Twp. 43 cm (17 in.). Lake Temagami - Spawning Creek Fish sanctuary - no fishing from Northern Pike open Jan. 1 - Mar. 31 & - Briggs and Joan Twps., from Mar. 15 - June 15. 3rd Sat. in May to Dec. 31. Spawning Lake including all waters of Spawning Bay and Loon Bay. Northern Pike S - 4 and C - 2 - none between 53-86 cm (21-34 in.), not more Liberty Lake - Aston Twp. Fish sanctuary - closed all year in 2018. than 1 greater than 86 cm (34 in.). Little Clear Lake - Boulter Twp. Live fish may not be used as bait or Muskellunge open from 1st Sat. in possessed for use as bait. June - Dec. 15. Little Webb Lake - Parkman Twp. Live fish may not be used as bait or Friday Creek - Cassels Twp., Fish sanctuary - no fishing from possessed for use as bait.