Zone 10 is located in northeastern 澳门永利, including Manitoulin Island and the cities of Wawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.

Fisheries Management Zone 10

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General information

  • Refer to general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
  • All waters north of Highway 17 and all waters west of where the east bank of the Serpent River crosses Highway 17 are open year-round for largemouth and smallmouth bass.

  • The following waterbodies, or portions of them, have different regulations that are listed in the waterbody exceptions:

    • Waterbodies within the Geographic Townships of Schembri and Scriven in the Territorial District of Sudbury and Way-White
    • Wlasy Bracci and Tupper in the Territorial District of Algoma
    • Biscotasi Lake
    • Blue Jay Creek
    • East Goulais River
    • French River
    • Garden River
    • Gong Lake
    • Goulais River
    • Greenhorn Lake
    • Kirkpatrick Lake
    • Manitoulin Island
    • McGovern Lake
    • Pancake Lake
    • Spanish River
    • Solo Creek
    • Thor Lake
    • Edna Lake
  • FMZ 10, with the exception of Cockburn Island, Michipicoten Island, St. Joseph Island and Manitoulin Island, is part of the Northeast Bait Management Zone (BMZ). Live or dead baitfish or leeches may not be transported into or out of a BMZ. These rules do not apply to baitfish and leeches which are both dead and preserved. Refer to bait for more details.

Zone-wide seasons and limits

Zone-wide seasons and limits apply to all waters in the Zone except for the specific waters and species listed in the species exceptions, waterbody exceptions and fish sanctuaries.

Aggregate limits for trout and salmon (including splake)

Limits: S-5 and C-2; total daily catch and possession limit for all trout and salmon species combined

Atlantic salmon

Season: January 1 to September 30       
Limits: S-1 and C-0

Brook trout

Season: January 1 to September 30       
Limits: S-5 and C-2

Brown trout

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-5 and C-2

Channel catfish

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-12 and C-6

Crappie

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-30 and C-10

Lake sturgeon

Season: closed all year

Lake trout

Season: January 1 to Labour Day       
Limits: S-2; not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres, and C-1

Lake whitefish

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-12 and C-6

Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined

Season: third Saturday in June to November 30       
Limits: S-6 and C-3

Muskellunge

Season: third Saturday in June to December 15       
Limits: S-1; must be greater than 122 centimetres, and C-0

Northern pike

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-6; not more than 1 greater than 61 centimetres, none greater than 86 centimetres, and C-2; none greater than 61 centimetres

Pacific salmon

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-5 and C-2

Rainbow trout

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-2 and C-1

Splake

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-5 and C-2

Sunfish

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-50 and C-25

Walleye and sauger combined

Season: January 1 to the third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31    
Limits: S-4 and C-2; none greater than 46 centimetres

Yellow perch

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-50 and C-25

Species exceptions

Brook trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year

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  • Annie Lake (47掳16鈥37鈥N., 81掳22鈥60鈥W.)
  • Antoine Lake (47掳53鈥44鈥N., 84掳50鈥35鈥W.)
  • Barager鈥檚 Lake (47掳27鈥21鈥N., 81掳24鈥59鈥W.)
  • Betts Lake (47掳07鈥22鈥N., 81掳16鈥56鈥W.)
  • Beulah Lake (47掳16鈥01鈥N., 81掳23鈥46鈥W.)
  • Big Beaver Lake (South Odin Lake) (47掳06鈥05鈥N., 81掳15鈥04鈥W.)
  • Boot Lake (47掳36鈥36鈥N., 80掳56鈥50鈥W.)
  • Brilliant Lake (46掳40鈥35鈥N., 84掳09鈥02鈥W.)
  • Broder Lake 23 (46掳23鈥48鈥N., 80掳57鈥26鈥W.)
  • Brown鈥檚 Lake (Lampman 39) (47掳09鈥34鈥N., 81掳13鈥23鈥W.)
  • Camp Lake (47掳06鈥59鈥N., 81掳17鈥44鈥W.)
  • Caput Lake (47掳33鈥24鈥N., 81掳12鈥21鈥W.)
  • Crane Lake (47掳36鈥41鈥N., 80掳26鈥30鈥W.)
  • Crystal Lake (47掳08鈥36鈥N., 81掳18鈥07鈥W.)
  • Daniel Lake (47掳12鈥29鈥N., 81掳23鈥23鈥W.)
  • Dwyer Lake (46掳39鈥03鈥N., 80掳24鈥05鈥W.)
  • Eli Lake (47掳13鈥39鈥N., 81掳24鈥25鈥W.)
  • Felix Lake (Lake 28) (47掳12鈥42鈥N., 81掳24鈥04鈥W.)
  • Finn Lake (46掳38鈥53鈥N., 84掳16鈥10鈥W.)
  • Franks Lake (46掳53鈥59鈥N., 83掳30鈥23鈥W.)
  • Gay Lake (47掳35鈥46鈥N., 81掳08鈥47鈥W.)
  • Hook Lake (47掳35鈥26鈥N., 81掳08鈥45鈥W.)
  • Ingrid Lake 20 (47掳18鈥30鈥N., 81掳23鈥22鈥W.)
  • Jackson Lake (46掳35鈥39鈥N., 80掳37鈥08鈥W.)
  • Jarvis Lake 9 (46掳40鈥28鈥N., 84掳09鈥39鈥W.)
  • Jen Lake (47掳17鈥38鈥N., 81掳24鈥07鈥W.)
  • Jones Lake (46掳54鈥24鈥N., 83掳29鈥03鈥W.)
  • Kaufman Lake (46掳40鈥14鈥N., 84掳10鈥37"W.)
  • Lake 6 (Clem鈥檚 Lake) (47掳14鈥28鈥N., 81掳24鈥27鈥W.) - Beulah Township
  • Lake 6 (47掳25鈥25鈥N., 81掳24鈥58鈥W.) - Garibaldi Township
  • Lake 7 (47掳22鈥43鈥N., 81掳26鈥41鈥W.)
  • Lake 8 (47掳43鈥49鈥N., 83掳23鈥10鈥W.)
  • Lake 16 (Heerschap Lake) (47掳17鈥42鈥N., 81掳25鈥03鈥W.)
  • Lake 27 (Hydro Lake) (47掳11鈥17鈥N., 81掳15鈥51鈥W.)
  • Lake 33 (Weasel Lake) (47掳10鈥32鈥N., 81掳00鈥46鈥W.)
  • Lake 48 (47掳14鈥47鈥N., 81掳22鈥40鈥W.)
  • Lake 58 (47掳40鈥19鈥N., 83掳28鈥49鈥W.)
  • Lake 59 (47掳40鈥25鈥N., 83掳29鈥18鈥W.)
  • Lake 64 (Little Jens Lake) (47掳17鈥30鈥N., 81掳23鈥37鈥W.)
  • Laurence Lake (46掳54鈥43鈥N., 83掳29鈥58鈥W.)
  • Lawson Lake 15 (47掳49鈥14鈥N., 83掳44鈥09鈥W.)
  • Leta Lake (47掳39鈥34鈥N., 80掳39鈥01鈥W.)
  • Little Beaver Lake (47掳05鈥57鈥N., 81掳15鈥22鈥W.)
  • Lue Lake (47掳07鈥60鈥N., 81掳17鈥19鈥W.)
  • Mike Lake (47掳35鈥23鈥N., 83掳08鈥19鈥W.)
  • Mile Lake (47掳25鈥25鈥N., 80掳49鈥11鈥W.)
  • Monday Lake (47掳14鈥59鈥N., 81掳24鈥25鈥W.)
  • Moonshine Lake (47掳14鈥52鈥N., 82掳06鈥41鈥W.)
  • Outpost 6 (47掳10鈥23鈥N., 81掳03鈥19鈥W.)
  • Pat Lake (47掳35鈥40鈥N., 81掳09鈥05鈥W.) - MacMurchy Township
  • Pat Lake (47掳35鈥36鈥N., 83掳08鈥19鈥W.) - Nimitz Township
  • Paul Lake (47掳27鈥30鈥N., 81掳52鈥36鈥W.)
  • Pheasant Lake (47掳18鈥32鈥N., 81掳24鈥41鈥W.)
  • Phyl鈥檚 Lake (47掳29鈥11鈥N., 82掳59鈥22鈥W.)
  • Red Bark Lake (47掳34鈥29鈥N., 83掳14鈥05鈥W.)
  • Roadhouse Lake 19 (47掳37鈥20鈥N., 80掳30鈥38鈥W.)
  • Roadhouse Lake 20 (47掳37鈥05鈥N., 80掳29鈥01鈥W.)
  • Seagull Lake (47掳09鈥51鈥N., 81掳13鈥02鈥W.)
  • Stripcut Lake (47掳32鈥53鈥N., 82掳58鈥49鈥W.)
  • Suzuki Lake (47掳16鈥02鈥N., 81掳22鈥45鈥W.)
  • Tower Lake (47掳16鈥37鈥N., 82掳07鈥17鈥W.)
  • Tremble Lake (47掳28鈥09鈥N., 80掳55鈥03鈥W.)
  • Twin Lake South (47掳28鈥03鈥N., 81掳26鈥31鈥W.)
  • Walroth Lake (47掳27鈥25鈥N., 81掳26鈥18鈥W.)
  • White Bark Lake (47掳34鈥35鈥N., 83掳13鈥43鈥W.)
  • Wiener Lake (47掳40鈥43鈥N., 83掳24鈥33鈥W.)
  • Wrench Lake (47掳06鈥48鈥N., 81掳09鈥24鈥W.)

Season: open all year       
Limits: S-1 and C-0; must be greater than 55 centimetres

  • Moss Lake (46掳39'01鈥N., 84掳09'26鈥W.)
  • Lost Loon Lake (46掳40'53鈥N.,84掳08'25鈥W.)

Season: fourth Saturday in April to Labour Day       
Limits: S-1 and C-0; must be greater than 56 centimetres

  • All tributaries to Lake Superior in Zone 10 described as follows:
    • That portion of the Montreal River (in Zone 9) downstream from the falls (47掳14鈥16.73鈥N., 84掳38鈥41.52鈥W.)
    • Batchewana River - downstream from the falls (46掳59鈥13.15鈥N., 84掳31鈥26.86鈥W.)
    • Chippewa River - downstream from the falls (46掳55鈥47.57鈥N., 84掳25鈥31.42鈥W.)
    • Carp River - downstream from the road crossing (46掳57鈥43.09鈥N., 84掳35鈥2.16鈥W.) where the Carp River Weir Road (east bank of the river) fords the river and joins the Carp Road (west bank of the river)
    • Harmony River - downstream from the hydro line crossing the river (46掳51鈥2.82鈥N., 84掳20鈥54.01鈥W.)
  • From the boundary between Zone 7 and Zone 10 to the north shore of the Montreal River, all tributaries downstream from the first falls, rapids, dams or lakes or the entire stream if there are no falls, rapids, dams or lakes

Limits: S-2 and C-1; not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres

  • Maquon Lake (47掳41鈥58鈥N., 84掳38鈥47鈥W.) - Stone Township

Lake trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Limits: S-2 and C-1; no size limit

  • Azure Lake (47掳27鈥36鈥N., 81掳52鈥10鈥W.)
  • Bass Lake (46掳13鈥16鈥N., 82掳53鈥53鈥W.)
  • Bellows Lake (Horseshoe Lake) (46掳19鈥08鈥N., 82掳20鈥26鈥W.)
  • Blackies Lake (47掳26鈥55鈥N., 81掳26鈥22鈥W.)
  • Cedar Lake (Lake 56) (47掳12鈥48鈥N., 80掳51鈥43鈥W.)
  • Elizabeth Lake (46掳14鈥39鈥N., 81掳38鈥02鈥W.)
  • Geneva Lake (46掳45鈥52鈥N., 81掳32鈥31鈥W.)
  • Gowganda Lake (47掳38鈥18鈥N., 80掳46鈥59鈥W.)
  • Isabel Lake (Beauty Lake) (47掳32鈥06鈥N., 80掳36鈥10鈥W.)
  • Jerry Lake (47掳35鈥13鈥N., 81掳08鈥57鈥W.)
  • Kecil Lake (46掳15鈥34鈥N., 82掳17鈥57鈥W.)
  • Lake 34 (Plier Lake) (47掳17鈥05鈥N., 80掳57鈥53鈥W.)
  • Loon Lake (46掳12鈥44鈥N., 81掳42鈥29鈥W.)
  • Memoir Lake (47掳30鈥16鈥N., 82掳58鈥54鈥W.)
  • Miller Lake (47掳39鈥37鈥N., 80掳43鈥26鈥W.)
  • Mount Lake (46掳40鈥31鈥N., 82掳43鈥51鈥W.)
  • Ortona Lake (Tee Lake) (46掳29鈥48鈥N., 82掳14鈥08鈥W.)
  • Rocky Island Lake (46掳55鈥06鈥N., 83掳01鈥22鈥W.)
  • Shoofly Lake (47掳13鈥35鈥N., 81掳22鈥45鈥W.)
  • Upper Island Lake (Island Lake) (46掳40鈥26鈥N., 84掳15鈥11鈥W.)

Season: closed all year

  • Broker Lake - (46掳08鈥43鈥N., 80掳59鈥46鈥W.)
  • Fraleck Lake (46掳54鈥52鈥N., 80掳52鈥57鈥W.)
  • George Lake (46掳01鈥44鈥N., 81掳23鈥52鈥W.) - Killarney Provincial Park
  • Kakakise Lake (46掳03鈥48鈥N., 81掳19鈥15鈥W.) - Killarney Provincial Park
  • Lower Matagamasi Lake (46掳50鈥20鈥N., 80掳29鈥04鈥W.)
  • Peter Lake (46掳29鈥30鈥N., 83掳52鈥25鈥W.)
  • Stouffer Lake (47掳04鈥07鈥N., 80掳40鈥59鈥W.)

Season: February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to Labour Day

  • Avery Lake (47掳08鈥38鈥N., 81掳13鈥58鈥W.)
  • Barnet Lake (47掳10鈥52鈥N., 81掳10鈥39鈥W.)
  • Burwash Lake (47掳07鈥46鈥N., 81掳02鈥46鈥W.)
  • Chrysler Lake (47掳28鈥16鈥N., 81掳06鈥27鈥W.)
  • Edna Lake (47掳04鈥44鈥N., 81掳13鈥45鈥W.)
  • Flagg (47掳47鈥33鈥N., 84掳17鈥51鈥W.) and Gould lakes (47掳48鈥33鈥N., 84掳17鈥07鈥W.) and all connecting waters and tributaries - District of Algoma
  • Lake 44 (47掳10鈥50鈥N., 81掳05鈥38鈥W.)
  • Lake 65 - Valin Township
  • Lake 79 - Valin Township
  • Leask Lake (47掳12鈥39鈥N., 81掳05鈥19鈥W.)
  • Little Burwash Lake (47掳07鈥57鈥N., 81掳05鈥31鈥W.)
  • Little Chiblow Lake (46掳21鈥25鈥N., 83掳07鈥57鈥W.)
  • Little Prune Lake (47掳10鈥50鈥N., 81掳06鈥26鈥W.)
  • Meteor Lake (47掳18鈥09鈥N., 81掳23鈥55鈥W.)
  • Neault Lake (47掳12鈥38鈥N., 80掳59鈥14鈥W.)
  • Pilon Lake (46掳29鈥44鈥N., 82掳24鈥03鈥W.)
  • Prune Lake (47掳11鈥19鈥N., 81掳07鈥44鈥W.)
  • Scotia Lake (47掳04鈥20鈥N., 81掳22鈥39鈥W.)
  • Tikamaganda Lake (47掳30鈥29鈥N., 84掳10鈥12鈥W.)
  • Welcome Lake (47掳05鈥41鈥N., 83掳38鈥08鈥W.)

Season: third Saturday in May to Labour Day

  • Bell Lake (46掳07鈥38鈥N., 81掳12鈥33鈥W.) - Goschen Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Johnnie Lake (46掳05鈥53鈥N., 81掳13鈥53鈥W.) - Carlyle Township, Killarney Provincial Park

Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined

Season: open all year

  • All waters north of Highway 17 and all waters west of where the east bank of the Serpent River crosses Highway 17

Muskellunge

Limits: S-1; must be greater than 137 centimetres, and C-0

  • Echo River and Echo Lake (46掳33'36"N., 83掳58'28"W.) 鈥 downstream from the dam (46掳34'27"N., 83掳56'07"W.) to Zone 14
  • Mississagi River 鈥 downstream from the dam at Red Rock Lake (46掳18'56"N., 83掳17'27"W.) to Zone 14
  • Serpent River 鈥 downstream from Highway 17 to Zone 14
  • Thessalon River 鈥 downstream from Rydal Dam (46掳21'55"N., 83掳44'31"W.) to Zone 14
  • Wanapitae River 鈥 downstream of Sturgeon Chutes (46掳04'19"N., 80掳49'50"W.) to the French River

Rainbow trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Limits: S-5 and C-2

  • Bob Lake 29 (47掳36鈥05鈥N., 81掳09鈥18鈥W.)
  • Bridget Lake (47掳53鈥43鈥N., 84掳51鈥26鈥W.)
  • Broder Lake 23 (46掳23鈥48鈥N., 80掳57鈥26鈥W.)
  • Bud Lake 20 (47掳27鈥50鈥N., 81掳51鈥55鈥W.)
  • Coyne Lake (47掳24鈥27鈥N., 81掳25鈥04鈥W.)
  • Deer Lake (46掳47鈥15鈥N., 83掳53鈥31鈥W.)
  • Dobie Lake (47掳36鈥02鈥N., 80掳49鈥07鈥W.)
  • Felix Lake (Lake 28) (47掳12鈥42鈥N., 81掳24鈥04鈥W.)
  • Groom Lake (47掳06鈥48鈥N., 81掳17鈥57鈥W.)
  • Horne Lake (46掳23鈥27鈥N., 82掳38鈥57鈥W.)
  • Jackson Lake (46掳35鈥39鈥N., 80掳37鈥08鈥W.)
  • Malbeuf Lake (46掳48鈥27鈥N., 80掳52鈥16鈥W.)
  • Margaret Lake (47掳16鈥15鈥N., 81掳22鈥55鈥W.)
  • Minnow Lake (46掳32鈥22鈥N., 82掳43鈥40鈥W.)
  • Moon Lake (46掳40鈥16鈥N., 82掳39鈥39鈥W.)
  • Moose Lake (47掳33鈥04鈥N., 80掳36鈥24鈥W.)
  • Prospect Lake (46掳22鈥22鈥N., 83掳28鈥36鈥W.)
  • Rainbow Lake (46掳22鈥06鈥N., 83掳29鈥47鈥W.)
  • Robertson Lake (Mud Lake) (46掳47鈥02鈥N., 84掳15鈥44鈥W.)
  • Sandplains Lake (47掳31鈥24鈥N., 80掳39鈥51鈥W.)
  • Twentythree Lake (46掳32鈥41鈥N., 82掳41鈥47鈥W.)

Walleye

Season: closed all year

  • La Cloche Lake (46掳08鈥03鈥N., 82掳02鈥39鈥W.) - Harrow Township

Limits: S-1 and C-0; must be greater than 50 centimetres

  • Gough Lake (Birch Lake) (46掳18鈥02鈥N., 81掳58鈥30鈥W.) - Gough Township

Waterbody exceptions

All of the waters within the boundaries and all of the waters of which a portion falls within the boundaries of the geographic Townships of Schembri and Scriven in the Territorial District of Sudbury and Way-White, Wlasy, Bracci and Tupper in the Territorial District of Algoma, excepting those portions of Government Creek and Sawmill Creek in Tupper Townships in the Territorial District of Algoma from the centreline of Highway 17 to the shore of Lake Superior (See Government Creek and Sawmill Creek for additional fish sanctuary restrictions)

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to February 14 and March 16 to Friday before third Saturday in May and October 1 to December 31

Biscotasi Lake

  • Closed to angling for all species from April 1 to June 15 in the following areas:
    • 100 metres east and west of the centre point of the C.P.R. Hogsback Channel trestle (Lillie Township) and 200 metres north and south of the railway tracks
    • 100 metres east and west of the centre point of the C.P.R. trestle (Margaret Township) and 200 metres north and south of the railway tracks
    • from the eastern most Ramsey Dam (47掳11鈥03鈥N., 82掳10鈥06鈥W.) extending downstream 500 metres

Blue Jay Creek - from bridge on Concession 4 (Tehkummah Township), downstream to the mouth of Blue Jay Creek on Lake Huron

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 1 to Friday before second Saturday in May and September 25 to October 31

Blue Jay Creek - Tehkummah Township

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 1 to Friday before second Saturday in May

East Goulais River - from Laughing Lake (46掳56'57"N., 83掳40'29"W.) (Menard Township) to the Goulais River (46掳52'15"N., 83掳58'43"W.)

  • Only artificial flies may be used

French River - those waters north of Highway 64 and west of Highway 69 starting at the Highway 69 bridge on the French River and proceeding downstream to Georgian Bay including all connected waters within the boundaries of the French River Provincial Park

  • Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined - S-4 and C-2; any size
  • Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined - open January 1 to third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31
  • Muskellunge - S-1, must be greater than 137 centimetres and C-0
  • Northern pike - open January 1 to 3 Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31
  • Northern pike - S-4; not more than 1 greater than 61 centimetres, none greater than 86 centimetres, C-2; none greater than 61 centimetres
  • Walleye and sauger combined - S-4 and C-2; none between 43 and 60 centimetres, not more than 1 greater than 60 centimetres

Garden River - from Ranger Lake (46掳52'12"N., 83掳34'37"W.) to Garden Lake (46掳45'21"N., 83掳41'55"W.)

  • Only artificial flies may be used

Gong Lake (47掳04鈥12鈥N., 83掳32鈥10鈥W.) - Handleman Township

  • Brook trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to September 30
  • Brook trout - S-2 and C-1; not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres
  • Lake trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to Labour Day

Goulais River (Whitman Dam to Lake Superior)

  • Muskellunge - S-1, must be greater than 137 centimetres, C-0
  • Walleye and sauger combined - open January 1 to March 31 and July 1 to December 31

Greenhorn Lake (46掳39'53''N., 84掳07'32''W.) - Jarvis Township

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to July 31 and October 16 to December 31
    • Aurora trout - open from August 1 to October 15
    • Aurora trout - S-1, C-0

Kirkpatrick Lake - Sayer and LeCaron Townships, the rivers and streams of Kirkpatrick Lake extending 800 metres from the lake and an unnamed stream connecting Robb and Elbow Lakes

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from fourth Saturday in April to May 25

Kirkpatrick Lake (Blue Lake) - Sayer and LeCaron Townships

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to February 14 and March 16 to Friday before fourth Saturday in April and October 1 to December 31

Manitoulin Island - inland waters including Cockburn Island (check exceptions to Zone 10 regulations for lake specific restrictions)

  • Lake trout - S-2 and C-1; no size limit
  • Lake trout - open from January 1 to September 30
  • Northern pike - open from January 1 to March 31 and third Saturday in May to December 31
  • Rainbow trout - open from fourth Saturday in April to December 31
  • Yellow perch - open from January 1 to March 31 and third Saturday in May to December 31
  • Yellow perch - S-25; possession limit of 50, and C-12; possession limit of 25

McGovern Lake (47掳05鈥45鈥N., 84掳20鈥30鈥W.) - Olsen Township

  • Brook trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to September 30
  • Brook trout - S-2 and C-1; not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres
  • Lake trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to Labour Day

Pancake Lake (47掳04鈥19鈥N., 84掳36鈥56鈥W.) - Kincaid Township

  • Brook trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to September 30
  • Brook trout - S-2 and C-1; not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres
  • Lake trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to Labour Day

Spanish River - downstream from the Highway 6 bridge and the Aux Sables River from its confluence at the Spanish River upstream to Highway 17

  • Muskellunge - S-1; must be greater than 137 centimetres, and C-0

Spanish River - Town of Espanola, the waters extending from the dam at Domtar Incorporated to the Highway 6 bridge

  • Fish sanctuary - closed all year

Spanish River - downstream from Espanola excluding Gagans Pond (Victoria Township)

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and October 1 to December 31

Solo Creek and Thor Lake - Territorial District of Sudbury, the waters of Solo Creek and Thor Lake from the C.N.R. bridge on Solo Creek north to Thor Lake

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15

Thor and Edna Lakes - from a line 90 degrees due north and another line 90 degrees due east from the center of the island situated on Edna Lake (47掳05鈥N., 81掳13鈥W.), at the mouth of the Vermilion River north through the river 400 metres into Thor Lake (47掳09鈥N., 81掳18鈥W.)

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15

Thor Lake - (47掳08鈥05鈥N., 81掳16鈥52鈥W.) - Frechette Township

  • Lake trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to Labour Day

Bait restrictions

Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait

  • Carol Lake (47掳34'07鈥N., 84掳37'22鈥W.)
  • Dwyer Lake (46掳39'03鈥N., 80掳24'05鈥W.)
  • Geographic Townships of Schembri and Scriven in the Territorial District of Sudbury and Way-White, Wlasy, Bracci and Tupper in the Territorial District of Algoma - refer to Waterbody Exceptions
  • Lake 2 (47掳02'48鈥N., 83掳47'27鈥W.) - Nahwegezhic Township
  • Lake 21 (47掳37'22鈥N., 80掳57'10鈥W.) - Tyrrell Township
  • Lake 24 (47掳03'59鈥N., 83掳47'30鈥W.) - Gaudry Township
  • Lake Superior Provincial Park and the surrounding Townships of Redsky and Restoule (except Anjigami Lake), Roy, Stoney, Sugananaqueb, Barnes, Beaudin, Bullock, Cannard, Greenwood, Grootenboer, Labonte, and Larson, Home and Peever north of the Montreal River
  • Poem Lake (47掳03'13鈥N., 83掳47'42鈥W.)
  • Saddle Lake (46掳57'10鈥N., 83掳47'17鈥W.)
  • Sill Lake (46掳46'24鈥N., 84掳14'59"W.)

Fish sanctuaries

No fishing - closed all year

  • Acid Lake - Killarney Township
  • Barron Lake - Stobie Township
  • Batchawana Lake - Norberg Township
  • Bonhomme Lake - Aylmer Township
  • Bowland Lake - Howey Township
  • Burke Lake - Killarney Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Carol Lake (47掳34'07"N., 84掳37'22"W.) - Beulah Township
  • Caswell Lake (46掳52鈥N., 80掳45鈥W.) - Aylmer Township
  • Chief Lake - Tilton and Broder Townships
  • Colin Scott Lake- McCarthy Township
  • David Lake - Hansen and Goschen Townships, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Davis Lake - McConnell Township
  • Dewdney Lake - Mackelcan Township
  • Edna Lake - McCarthy Township
  • Elboga Lake - Muldrew Township
  • Foy Lake - Foy Township
  • Franks Lake-Mackelcan Township
  • Grace Lake - Curtin Township
  • Great Mountain Lake - Hansen Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Killarney Lake - Killarney Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Lake 21 (47掳37'22"N., 80掳57'10"W.) - Tyrrell Township
  • Lake 27 - Kelly Township
  • Lake 37 - Aylmer Township
  • Little Turkey Lake - Wishart Township
  • Lumsden Lake - Killarney Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Marjorie Lake - McConnell Township
  • Nellie Lake (46掳08鈥N., 81掳31鈥W.) - Roosevelt Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Norway Lake - Killarney and Carlyle Townships, Killarney Provincial Park
  • O.S.A. Lake - Killarney Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Potvin Lake - Kelly Township
  • Rand Lake - Bowell Township
  • Ruth-Roy Lake - Carlyle Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • Silvester Lake - Mackelcan Township
  • Sorley Lake (46掳27鈥35鈥N., 82掳28'34鈥W.) - Buckles Township
  • Spanish River - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Teardrop Lake - Killarney Provincial Park
  • White Oak Lake - Tilton Township
  • White Pine Lake - McLeod Township
  • White Rock Lake - McNie Township
  • Whitefish Channel (Whitefish Creek) - City of Sault Ste. Marie, between St. Mary鈥檚 Island and Whitefish Island
  • Wishart Lake - Wishart Township
  • Wolf Lake - Mackelcan Township

No fishing - January 1 to February 14 and March 16 to Friday before third Saturday in May and October 1 to December 31

  • Geographic Townships of Schembri and Scriven in the Territorial District of Sudbury and Way-White, Wlasy, Bracci and Tupper in the Territorial District of Algoma - refer to waterbody exceptions

No fishing - January 1 to February 14 and March 16 to Friday before fourth Saturday in April and October 1 to December 31

  • Conacher Lake - Shingwaukonce Township
  • Darragh Lake - Otter Township
  • Duval Lake - Slievert Township
  • Elbow Lake (Onedee Lake) (46掳39鈥N., 83掳08鈥W.) - Sayer Township
  • Horner Lake - Shingwaukonce Township
  • Kirkpatrick Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Primeau Lake - Shingwaukonce Township
  • Robb Lake - Sayer Township
  • Townline Lake - Sayer Township
  • White Bear Lake - Sayer Township

No fishing - January 1 to February 14 and March 16 to June 15 and October 1 to December 31

  • Government Creek and tributaries - Tupper Township, except the portion between centre of Highway 17 and Lake Superior Shore
  • Sawmill Creek and tributaries - Tupper Township, except the portion between centre of Highway 17 and Lake Superior Shore

No fishing - January 1 to Friday before fourth Saturday in April

  • Kukagami Lake - Davis, Kelly, Rahbun and Scadding Townships
  • Nelson Lake - Bowell Township

No fishing - January 1 to Friday before fourth Saturday in April and October 1 to December 31

  • Basswood Lake (Wakwekobi Lake) - Day, Gladstone and Kirkwood Townships
  • Chiblow Lake - Montgomery, Patton, Scarfe and Juillette Townships
  • Helenbar Lake - Hembruff Township

No fishing - January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and October 1 to December 31

No fishing - January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and the day after Labour Day to December 31

  • Bobowash Lake - Raimbault Township
  • Dollyberry Lake - Beange and Raimbault Townships
  • Ezma Lake - Nicholas Township
  • Flack Lake - Raimbault Township
  • Fullerton Lake (Lanark Lake) - Raimbault Township
  • Gibberry Lake - Beange and Raimbault Townships
  • Jim Christ Lake - Raimbault Township
  • Kirk Lake - LeCaron Township
  • Rawhide Lake - Viel and Piche Townships
  • Samreid Lake - Raimbault Township
  • Semiwite Lake - Hembruff and Raimbault Townships

No fishing - from January 1 to July 31 and October 16 to December 31

No fishing - March 1 to Friday before second Saturday in May and September 25 to October 31

  • Blue Jay Creek - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Manitou River - from the bridge on the Government Road (Tehkummah Township) downstream to the mouth of the Manitou River at Michael鈥檚 Bay of Lake Huron

No fishing - March 15 to June 15

No fishing - April 1 to June 15

  • Alton Creek - Peterson Township, flowing into South Old Woman River
  • Bar River - Laird and MacDonald Townships
  • Bass Creek - Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, from the culvert at Highway 6 downstream to the mouth of Bass Creek at Shequiandah Bay
  • Bellevue Creek and tributaries - Vankoughnet Township
  • Clay River - Goodwillie Township
  • Cranberry Creek and tributaries - Fenwick and Pennefeather Townships
  • Crazy Creek - Goodwillie Township
  • Devlin Creek - Peever Township
  • Downey Creek and tributaries - Tilley Township, except the portion between centre of Highway 17 and Lake Superior shore
  • Forte Creek - Rabazo Township, downstream of Mission Lake
  • Frater Creek - Labonte and Labelle Townships
  • Havilland Creek and tributaries - Havilland Township
  • Jones Creek and tributaries - Tilley and Archibald Townships, except the portion between centre of Highway 17 and Lake Superior shore
  • June Creek - Giles Township
  • Kelly Creek and tributaries - Pennefeather Township
  • Lamon Creek and tributaries - Dennis Township
  • Laughing Creek - Peever Township
  • Mamainse Creek and tributaries - within the A. McDonnel Mining location and the North Montreal (Sand Bay) Mining location except the portion between centre of Highway 17 and Lake Superior shore
  • Metheany Creek - Slater Township, between Highway 17 and Lake Superior
  • Mica Bay Creek and tributaries - Kincaid Township
  • Montreal River (flowing into Lake Superior) and Indian River - McParland Township, from 300 metres out from the river mouth to the northern boundary of McParland Township
  • Montreal River (flowing into Lake Superior) at Jeff Creek - Loach Township, from 250 metres out from creek mouth to 2.6 kilometres up creek (at top of rapids)
  • Montreal River and Bunny Creek - McParland Township, from 400 metres south of the mouth of Bunny Creek northeast 600 metres east of the creek mouth and Bunny Creek upstream 800 metres to top of first rapids
  • Muldrew Bay - Onaping Township
  • Nagasin Lake - Caouette and Caverly Townships, all of Bland Bay, Fagus Bay, and Bird Bath Bay
  • Nebskwashi River and Highbrush Lake - Caverly Township, from a point on the Nebskwashi River at 47掳43鈥11鈥N., 83掳34鈥23鈥W. northeast to a line drawn between the west shore of Highbrush Lake at 47掳44鈥11鈥N., 83掳33鈥13鈥W. and a point on the southeast shore at 47掳44鈥00鈥N., 83掳32鈥44鈥W.
  • Noisy Creek - Dulhut Township
  • Northland Creek - Deroche Township, Highway 556 to the Goulais River
  • Perry Creek and tributaries - Gaudette Township
  • Probyn Creek and tributaries - Fenwick Township
  • Rainbow Creek and tributaries - Hodgins Township
  • Ronnie鈥檚 Creek - Labelle Township
  • Salter Creek - LaRonde Township
  • Sheppard Creek and tributaries - Deroche Township
  • Silver Creek and tributaries - Hodgins Township
  • Stokely Creek and tributaries - Vankoughnet Township
  • Stony Creek and tributaries - Hodgins Township
  • Taylor Creek and tributaries - Vankoughnet Township
  • Thielman Creek and tributaries - Pennefeather Township
  • Unnamed Creek (47掳34鈥N., 84掳58鈥W.) - Bray Township, at Gargantua Harbour of Lake Superior
  • Wanapitei River - The waters of that part of the Wanapitei River from the outer wall of the northernmost Bailey bridge (Fraleck Township) to the site of the abandoned Poupore Bridge at the mouth of the Wanapitei River (Rathbun Township)
  • Wenebegon Lake and River - Langlois and Lynch Townships
  • Whitman Creek - Daumont and Gaudette Townships, between Devil鈥檚 Lake (Deil Lake) and the Goulais River

No fishing - fourth Saturday in April to May 25

No fishing - August 24 to December 31

  • Banana Lake - Dalmas Township

No fishing - September 25 to October 31

  • Kagawong River - Billings Township, from the bridge on Highway 540 downstream to the bridge on Henry Street in the Village of Kagawong
  • Mindemoya River - Carnarvon Township, from the bridge on Highway 551/542 downstream to the bridge on Highway 551