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

Fisheries Management Zone 10

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General information

  • See 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
  • 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). Baitfish or leeches, whether live or dead, may not be transported into or out of a BMZ. See 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
NewLimits: 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
NewLimits: 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

NewSeason: January 1 to the third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31
NewLimits: 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

  • Annie Lake (47°16′37″N., 81°22′60″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Antoine Lake (47°53′44″N., 84°50′35″W.) - Rabazo Township
  • Barager’s Lake (47°27′21″N., 81°24′59″W.) - Garibaldi Township
  • Betts Lake (47°07′22″N., 81°16′56″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Beulah Lake (47°16′01″N., 81°23′46″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Big Beaver Lake (South Odin Lake) (47°06′05″N., 81°15′04″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Boot Lake (47°36′36″N., 80°56′50″W.) - Tyrrell Township
  • NewBrilliant Lake (46°40’35”N., 84°09’02”W.) - Jarvis Township
  • NewBroder Lake 23 (46°23’48”N., 80°57’26”W.) - Broder Township
  • Brown’s Lake (Lampman 39) (47°09′34″N., 81°13′23″W.) - Lampman Township
  • Camp Lake (47°06′59″N., 81°17′44″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Caput Lake (47°33′24″N., 81°12′21″W.) - Asquith Township
  • Crane Lake (47°36′41″N., 80°26′30″W.) - Roadhouse Township
  • Crystal Lake (47°08′36″N., 81°18′07″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Daniel Lake (47°12′29″N., 81°23′23″W.) - Marshay Township
  • Dwyer Lake (46°39′03″N., 80°24′05″W.) - Janes Township, bait restriction also applies
  • Eli Lake (47°13′39″N., 81°24′25″W.) - Marshay Township
  • Felix Lake (Lake 28) (47°12′42″N., 81°24′04″W.) - Marshay Township
  • NewFinn Lake (46°38’53”N., 84°16’10”W.) - Aweres Township
  • NewFranks Lake (46°53’59”N., 83°30’23”W.) - Reilly Township
  • Gay Lake (47°35′46″N., 81°08′47″W.) - MacMurchy Township
  • Hook Lake (47°35′26″N., 81°08′45″W.) - MacMurchy Township
  • Ingrid Lake 20 (47°18′30″N., 81°23′22″W.) - Beulah Township
  • NewJackson Lake (46°35’39”N., 80°37’08”W.) - Street Township
  • NewJarvis Lake 9 (46°40’28”N., 84°09’39”W.) - Jarvis Township
  • Jen Lake (47°17′38″N., 81°24′07″W.) - Beulah Township
  • NewJones Lake (46°54’24”N., 83°29’03”W.) - Reilly Township
  • NewKaufman Lake (46°40’14”N., 84°10’37"W.) - Jarvis Township
  • Lake 6 (Clem’s Lake) (47°14′28″N., 81°24′27″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Lake 6 (47°25′25″N., 81°24′58″W.) - Garibaldi Township
  • Lake 7 (47°22′43″N., 81°26′41″W.) - Moffat Township
  • Lake 8 (47°43′49″N., 83°23′10″W.) - Chappise Township
  • Lake 16 (Heerschap Lake) (47°17′42″N., 81°25′03″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Lake 27 (Hydro Lake) (47°11′17″N., 81°15′51″W.) - Lampman Township
  • Lake 33 (Weasel Lake) (47°10′32″N., 81°00′46″W.) - Valin Township
  • Lake 48 (47°14′47″N., 81°22′40″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Lake 58 (47°40′19″N., 83°28′49″W.) - Chappise Township
  • Lake 59 (47°40′25″N., 83°29′18″W.) - Chappise Township
  • Lake 64 (Little Jens Lake) (47°17′30″N., 81°23′37″W.) - Beulah Township
  • NewLaurence Lake (46°54’43”N., 83°29’58”W.) - Reilly Township
  • Lawson Lake 15 (47°49′14″N., 83°44′09″W.) - Triquet Township
  • Leta Lake (47°39′34″N., 80°39′01″W.) - Lawson Township
  • Little Beaver Lake (47°05′57″N., 81°15′22″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Lue Lake (47°07′60″N., 81°17′19″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Mike Lake (47°35′23″N., 83°08′19″W.) - Nimitz Township
  • Mile Lake (47°25′25″N., 80°49′11″W.) - Ray Township
  • Monday Lake (47°14′59″N., 81°24′25″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Moonshine Lake (47°14′52″N., 82°06′41″W.) - Margaret Township
  • Outpost 6 (47°10′23″N., 81°03′19″W.) - Valin Township
  • Pat Lake (47°35′40″N., 81°09′05″W.) - MacMurchy Township
  • Pat Lake (47°35′36″N., 83°08′19″W.) - Nimitz Township
  • Paul Lake (47°27′30″N., 81°52′36″W.) - Invergarry Township
  • Pheasant Lake (47°18′32″N., 81°24′41″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Phyl’s Lake (47°29′11″N., 82°59′22″W.) - Lynch Township
  • Red Bark Lake (47°34′29″N., 83°14′05″W.) - Reaney Township
  • Roadhouse Lake 19 (47°37′20″N., 80°30′38″W.) - Roadhouse Township
  • Roadhouse Lake 20 (47°37′05″N., 80°29′01″W.) - Roadhouse Township
  • Seagull Lake (47°09′51″N., 81°13′02″W.) - Lampman Township
  • Stripcut Lake (47°32′53″N., 82°58′49″W.) - Neelands Township
  • Suzuki Lake (47°16′02″N., 81°22′45″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Tower Lake (47°16′37″N., 82°07′17″W.) - Margaret Township
  • Tremble Lake (47°28′09″N., 80°55′03″W.) - North Williams Township
  • Twin Lake South (47°28′03″N., 81°26′31″W.) - Garibaldi Township
  • Walroth Lake (47°27′25″N., 81°26′18″W.) - Garibaldi Township
  • White Bark Lake (47°34′35″N., 83°13′43″W.) - Reaney Township
  • Wiener Lake (47°40′43″N., 83°24′33″W.) - Chappise Township
  • Wrench Lake (47°06′48″N., 81°09′24″W.) - McNamara Township

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

  • Moss Lake (46°39'01”N., 84°09'26”W.) - Jarvis Township
  • Lost Loon Lake (46°40'53”N.,84°08'25”W.) - Jarvis Township

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°14′16.73″N., 84°38′41.52″W.)
    • Batchewana River - downstream from the falls (46°59′13.15″N., 84°31′26.86″W.)
    • Chippewa River - downstream from the falls (46°55′47.57″N., 84°25′31.42″W.)
    • Carp River - downstream from the road crossing (46°57′43.09″N., 84°35′2.16″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°51′2.82″N., 84°20′54.01″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°41′58″N., 84°38′47″W.) - Stone Township

Lake trout

Additional fishing opportunities

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

  • Azure Lake (47°27′36″N., 81°52′10″W.) - Invergarry Township
  • Bass Lake (46°13′16″N., 82°53′53″W.) - Striker Township
  • Bellows Lake (Horseshoe Lake) (46°19′08″N., 82°20′26″W.) - Deagle Township
  • Blackies Lake (47°26′55″N., 81°26′22″W.) - Garibaldi Township
  • Cedar Lake (Lake 56) (47°12′48″N., 80°51′43″W.) - Haentschel Township
  • Elizabeth Lake (46°14′39″N., 81°38′02″W.) - Foster Township
  • Geneva Lake (46°45′52″N., 81°32′31″W.) - Hess Township
  • Gowganda Lake (47°38′18″N., 80°46′59″W.) - Nicol Township
  • Isabel Lake (Beauty Lake) (47°32′06″N., 80°36′10″W.) - Corkill Township
  • Jerry Lake (47°35′13″N., 81°08′57″W.) - MacMurchy Township
  • Kecil Lake (46°15′34″N., 82°17′57″W.) - Victoria Township
  • Lake 29 (46°09′08″N., 80°44′35″W.) - Cox Township
  • Lake 34 (Plier Lake) (47°17′05″N., 80°57′53″W.) - Stull Township
  • Little Serpent Lake (46°18′09″N., 82°20′46″W.) - Deagle Township
  • Long Lake (Lake 23) (46°10′31″N., 81°59′22″W.) - Harrow Township
  • Loon Lake (46°12′44″N., 81°42′29″W.) - Merritt Township
  • Memoir Lake (47°30′16″N., 82°58′54″W.) - Neelands Township
  • Miller Lake (47°39′37″N., 80°43′26″W.) - Nicol Township
  • Mount Lake (46°40′31″N., 82°43′51″W.) - Sagard Township
  • Ortona Lake (Tee Lake) (46°29′48″N., 82°14′08″W.) - Lockeyer Township
  • Post Lake (47°01′19″N., 81°11′42″W.) - Beaumont Township
  • Rocky Island Lake (46°55′06″N., 83°01′22″W.) - Royal Township
  • Round Lake (46°10′09″N., 81°59′41″W.) - Harrow Township
  • Shoofly Lake (47°13′35″N., 81°22′45″W.) - Marshay Township
  • Upper Island Lake (Island Lake) (46°40′26″N., 84°15′11″W.) - Aweres Township

Season: closed all year

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

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

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

NewSeason: third Saturday in May to Labour Day

  • NewBell Lake (46°07’38”N., 81°12’33”W.) - Goschen Township, Killarney Provincial Park
  • NewJohnnie Lake (46°05’53”N., 81°13’53”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

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

  • NewEcho River and Echo Lake (46°33'36"N., 83°58'28"W.) – downstream from the dam (46°34'27"N., 83°56'07"W.) to Zone 14
  • NewMississagi River – downstream from the dam at Red Rock Lake (46°18'56"N., 83°17'27"W.) to Zone 14
  • NewSerpent River – downstream from Highway 17 to Zone 14
  • NewThessalon River – downstream from Rydal Dam (46°21'55"N., 83°44'31"W.) to Zone 14
  • NewWanapitae River – downstream of Sturgeon Chutes (46°04'19"N., 80°49'50"W.) to the French River

Rainbow trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Limits: S-5 and C-2

  • Bob Lake 29 (47°36′05″N., 81°09′18″W.) - MacMurchy Township
  • Bridget Lake (47°53’43”N., 84°51’26”W.) - Rabazo Township
  • Broder Lake 23 (46°23’48”N., 80°57’26”W.) - Broder Township
  • Bud Lake 20 (47°27′50″N., 81°51′55″W.) - Invergarry Township
  • Coyne Lake (47°24′27″N., 81°25′04″W.) - Moffat Township
  • Deer Lake (46°47′15″N., 83°53′31″W.) - Daumont Township
  • Dobie Lake (47°36′02″N., 80°49′07″W.) - Milner Township
  • Felix Lake (Lake 28) (47°12′42″N., 81°24′04″W.) - Marshay Township
  • Groom Lake (47°06′48″N., 81°17′57″W.) - Frechette Township
  • Horne Lake (46°23′27″N., 82°38′57″W.) - Gunterman Township
  • Jackson Lake (46°35′39″N., 80°37′08″W.) - Street Township
  • Malbeuf Lake (46°48′27″N., 80°52′16″W.) - Parkin Township
  • Margaret Lake (47°16′15″N., 81°22′55″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Minnow Lake (46°32′22″N., 82°43′40″W.) - Raimbault Township
  • Moon Lake (46°40′16″N., 82°39′39″W.) - Viel Township
  • Moose Lake (47°33′04″N., 80°36′24″W.) - Corkill Township
  • Prospect Lake (46°22′22″N., 83°28′36″W.) - Bridgland Township
  • Rainbow Lake (46°22′06″N., 83°29′47″W.) - Bridgland Township
  • Robertson Lake (Mud Lake) (46°47′02″N., 84°15′44″W.) - Vankoughnet Township
  • Sandplains Lake (47°31′24″N., 80°39′51″W.) - Charters Township
  • Twentythree Lake (46°32′41″N., 82°41′47″W.) - Hembruff Township

Walleye

Season: closed all year

  • La Cloche Lake (46°08′03″N., 82°02′39″W.) - Harrow Township

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

  • Gough Lake (Birch Lake) (46°18′02″N., 81°58′30″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°11′03″N., 82°10′06″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°56'57"N., 83°40'29"W.) (Menard Township) to the Goulais River (46°52'15"N., 83°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

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

  • Only artificial flies may be used

Gong Lake (47°04′12″N., 83°32′10″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)

  • NewMuskellunge - 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

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

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°05′45″N., 84°20′30″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°04′19″N., 84°36′56″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

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

  • NewMuskellunge - 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°05′N., 81°13′W.), at the mouth of the Vermilion River north through the river 400 metres into Thor Lake (47°09′N., 81°18′W.)

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

Thor Lake - (47°08′05″N., 81°16′52″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°34'07″N., 84°37'22″W.) - Beulah Township
  • Dwyer Lake (46°39'03″N., 80°24'05″W.) - Janes Township
  • 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 - see Waterbody Exceptions
  • Lake 2 (47°02'48″N., 83°47'27″W.) - Nahwegezhic Township
  • Lake 21 (47°37'22″N., 80°57'10″W.) - Tyrrell Township
  • Lake 24 (47°03'59″N., 83°47'30″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°03'13″N., 83°47'42″W.) - Nahwegezhic Township
  • Saddle Lake (46°57'10″N., 83°47'17″W.) - Lamming Township
  • Sill Lake (46°46'24″N., 84°14'59"W.) - Vankoughnet Township

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
  • NewCarol Lake (47°34'07"N., 84°37'22"W.) - Beulah Township
  • Caswell Lake (46°52′N., 80°45′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
  • NewLake 21 (47°37'22"N., 80°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°08′N., 81°31′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
  • NewSorley Lake (46°27’35”N., 82°28'34”W.) - Buckles Township
  • Spanish River - see 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’s 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 - see 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°39′N., 83°08′W.) - Sayer Township
  • Horner Lake - Shingwaukonce Township
  • Kirkpatrick Lake - see 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 - see waterbody exceptions
  • Manitou River - from the bridge on the Government Road (Tehkummah Township) downstream to the mouth of the Manitou River at Michael’s Bay of Lake Huron

No fishing - March 15 to June 15

No fishing - April 1 to June 15

  • 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°43′11″N., 83°34′23″W. northeast to a line drawn between the west shore of Highbrush Lake at 47°44′11″N., 83°33′13″W. and a point on the southeast shore at 47°44′00″N., 83°32′44″W.
  • NewNoisy Creek - Dulhut Township
  • NewNorthland Creek - Deroche Township, Highway 556 to the Goulais River
  • NewPerry Creek and tributaries - Gaudette Township
  • NewProbyn Creek and tributaries - Fenwick Township
  • NewRainbow Creek and tributaries - Hodgins Township
  • NewRonnie’s Creek - Labelle Township
  • NewSalter Creek - LaRonde Township
  • NewSheppard Creek and tributaries - Deroche Township
  • NewSilver Creek and tributaries - Hodgins Township
  • NewStokely Creek and tributaries - Vankoughnet Township
  • NewStony Creek and tributaries - Hodgins Township
  • NewTaylor Creek and tributaries - Vankoughnet Township
  • NewThielman Creek and tributaries - Pennefeather Township
  • NewUnnamed Creek (47°34’N., 84°58’W.) - Bray Township, at Gargantua Harbour of Lake Superior; City of Sault Ste. Marie
  • 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
  • NewWhitman Creek - Daumont and Gaudette Townships, between Devil’s 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