Zone 11 is located in northeastern Ontario and includes the cities of North Bay, Temagami, Sturgeon Falls and New Liskeard.

Fisheries Management Zone 11

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General information

  • See general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
  • Some brook trout additional fishing opportunities in Zone 11 also have bait restrictions.

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

    • Cut Lake
    • French River Provincial Park
    • Green Lake
    • Lake Nipissing
    • Lake Temagami
    • McConnell Lake
    • Shanty Lake
    • Surecatch Lake
    • Trout Lake
  • FMZ 11 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: closed all year

Brook trout

Season: February 15 to September 30
Limits: S-5; not more than 1 greater than 31 centimetres, and C-2; none greater than 31 centimetres

Brown trout

Season: fourth Saturday in April to September 30
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: February 15 to third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May 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: January 1 to third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31​​​
Limits: S-6 and C-2

Muskellunge

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

Northern pike

Season: January 1 to third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31
Limits: S-6; not more than two greater than 61 centimetres, of which not more than 1 is greater than 86 centimetres and C-2; not more than 1 greater than 61 centimetres, none greater than 86 centimetres

Pacific salmon

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

Rainbow trout

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

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 third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to December 31
Limits: S-4 and C-2; none between 43-60 centimetres, not more than 1 greater than 60 centimetres

Yellow perch

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

Species exceptions

Brook trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year
Limits: S-5 and C-2; no size limit

  • Barnett Lake (47°09′05″N., 80°02′37″W.) - Aston Township
  • Bartle Lake (47°30′00″N., 79°50′00″W.) - Hudson Township
  • Bastien Lake (Tower Lake) (46°23′56″N., 78°54′52″W.) - Mattawan Township
  • Beach Lake (46°44′11″N., 79°47′48″W.) - Sisk Township
  • Best Lake 73 (47°09′30″N., 79°45′41″W.) - Best Township
  • Brown’s Lake (47°06′57″N., 80°05′18″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Coppersand Lake (47°08′44″N., 80°03′47″W.) - Aston Township
  • Dokis Pond (46°07′23″N., 80°02′46″W.) - Dokis Number 9 First Nation
  • Fork Lake (46°09′13″N., 78°43′53″W.) - Boyd Township
  • Froggy Lake (46°17′12″N., 79°07′22″W.) - Bonfield Township
  • Gillies Limit Lake 19 (47°16′04″N., 79°46′59″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Gillies Limit Lake 51 (47°16′57″N., 79°42′44″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Glassy Lake (46°23′16″N., 79°06′50″W.) - Phelps Township
  • Herbert Lake (46°58′48″N., 80°08′17″W.) - Joan Township
  • High Lake (46°53′46″N., 80°20′28″W.) - Afton Township
  • Hillcrest Lake (47°00′52″N., 80°03′24″W.) - Joan Township
  • Hook Lake (47°08′10″N., 79°50′47″W.) - Strathy Township
  • Hush Hush Lake (47°08′12″N., 80°02′54″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Indian Lake (46°28′05″N., 79°08′19″W.) - French Township
  • Lake 697 (46°29′51″N., 79°04′00″W.) - Butler Township
  • Lake 2 (Pothole 2) (46°30′12″N., 79°09′44″W.) - French Township
  • Little McConnell Lake (46°45′12″N., 79°20′13″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Love Lake (45°59′20″N., 79°19′47″W.) - Himsworth Township
  • Malloch Lake (47°04′43″N., 80°03′04″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Mirror Lake (46°25′24″N., 79°07′05″W.) - Phelps Township
  • Montreuil Lake (46°25′54″N., 78°54′28″W.) - Mattawan Township
  • Mowat Lake (47°28′51″N., 79°57′37″W.) - Barr Township
  • Mug Lake (46°44′33″N., 79°22′30″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Norway Lake (46°45′08″N., 79°15′08″W.) - Wyse Township
  • Pine Lake (46°44′47″N., 79°16′39″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Pole Lake (46°43′45″N., 79°21′50″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Price Lake (46°58′03″N., 80°07′32″W.) - Phyllis Township
  • Quarry Lake (46°43′43″N., 79°21′12″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Redbark Lake (46°59′45″N., 80°09′55″W.) - Joan Township
  • Robert Lake (Head Lake) - (47°16′01″N., 79°51′36″W.) - Brigstocke Township
  • Roko Lake (47°07′12″N., 80°02′52″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Round Lake (46°46′34″N., 79°18′55″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Secord Lake (46°45′25″N., 79°24′54″W.) - La Salle Township
  • Side Rock Lake (47°04′36″N., 80°03′34″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Strathcona Lake 25 (47°01′23″N., 79°46′40″W.) - Strathcona Township
  • Teasdale Lake (46°21′20″N., 79°02′30″W.) - Olrig Township
  • Turtle Lake (46°09′15″N., 79°01′52″W.) - Boulter Township
  • Whitefawn Lake (46°23′23″N., 79°27′53″W.) - Widdifield Township

Lake Trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year
Limits: S-2 and C-1; no size limit

  • Crooked Lake (46°02′45″N., 79°50′36″W.) - Patterson Township
  • Hearst Lake (47°17′28″N., 79°45′34″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Justin Lake (First Justin) (47°20′36″N., 79°53′27″W.) - Coleman Township
  • Kingston Lake (47°35′17″N., 80°05′39″W.) - Cane Township
  • Kitt Lake - (47°21′03″N., 79°55′28″W.) - Kittson Township
  • McNab Lake (47°09′48″N., 79°40′18″W.) - Best Township
  • Roosevelt Lake (47°15′38″N., 79°42′45″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Stormy Lake (46°04′47″N., 79°46′29″W.) - Patterson Township
  • Threetrails Lake (46°44′07″N., 79°16′18″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Tooth Lake (47°10′53″N., 79°30′31″W.) - South Lorrain Township

Season: closed all year

  • Florence Lake (47°13′36″N., 80°33′09″W.) - Dundee Township

Limits: S-2; not more than 1 greater than 50 centimetres, and C-1

  • Cross Lake (46°52’19”N., 79°57’57”W.) - Torrington Township
  • Diamond Lake (47°12’12”N., 80°14’37”W.) - Canton Township
  • Kokoko Lake (47°05’31”N., 80°01’45”W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Makobe Lake (47°26’49”N., 80°25’47”W.) - Tretheway Township

Limits: S-1 and C-0

  • Obabika Lake (47°00’60”N., 80°16’26”W.) - Belfast Township

Waterbody exceptions

Cut Lake (46°45′47”N., 79°16′02”W.) - McAuslan Township

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and day after Labour Day to December 31

French River - waters lying south of the Five Finger Rapids, and west of the Chaudière Dam downstream to the Highway 69 bridge including Wolseley Bay, the North Channel of the French River, 18 Mile Bay, Ranger Bay and Dry Pine Bay to the Highway 607 Bridge

Green Lake (46°48'26"N., 79°14'50"W.) - Parkman Township

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Brook trout - open from May 1 to September 30

McConnell Lake (46°44'23"N., 79°20'23"W.) - McAuslan Township

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and day after Labour Day to December 31

Lake Nipissing - Iron Island vicinity, 100 metres around shore

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 16 to Friday before third Saturday in May

Lake Nipissing - Wasi Falls, waters of Lake Nipissing lying east of the east boundary of Lot 9, Concession 24, and south of a line joining this projection where it meets Lake Nipissing to the northwest tip of Burford Point, and mouth of the Wistiswasing River (North Himsworth Township)

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 16 to May 31 and October 1 to November 30

Lake Nipissing - including the waters of the French River from the Chaudière and the Little Chaudière dams to Lake Nipissing; the west bay of Lake Nipissing in Haddo Township; the northwest bay of Lake Nipissing to the falls of MacPherson Creek; the Sturgeon River from Lake Nipissing to the dam at Sturgeon Falls; the Veuve River from Lake Nipissing to the chutes located in Lot 5 in Concession 1 in Caldwell Township; the Lavase River from Lake Nipissing to the Champlain Park Boat Ramp (46°14'31"N., 79°25'11"W.) in the city of North Bay, the South River from Lake Nipissing to Highway 654; and the entire West Arm of Lake Nipissing including Cross Lake

  • Closed to all species - from March 16 to Friday before third Saturday in May and December 1 to December 31
  • Largemouth and smallmouth bass - open from from January 1 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to November 30
  • Muskellunge - open from third Saturday in June to November 30
  • Muskellunge - S-1 and C-0; must be greater than 137 centimetres
  • Northern pike - S-4 and C-2; not more than 1 greater than 61 centimetres, none greater than 86 centimetres
  • Walleye and yellow perch - open from January 1 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to October 15
  • Walleye - S-2 and C-1; must be between 40-45 centimetres

Lake Temagami (46°59'36"N.,, 80°04'15"W.)

  • Only live or dead baitfish less than 13 centimetres in length may be used as bait
  • Lake trout - open February 15 to third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to September 30
  • Lake trout - S-2; not more than 1 greater than 50 centimetres, and C-1, from February 15 to third Sunday in March and third Saturday in May to Labour Day
  • Lake trout - S-0 and C-0; day after Labour Day to September 30
  • Lake whitefish - S-25 and C-12
  • Walleye - none between 46-60 centimetres, not more than 1 greater than 60 centimetres
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from Monday after third Sunday in March to June 15 in the following areas:
    • Scholes and Phyllis Townships, Gull Creek from dam at outlet of Gull Lake to 200 metres in an arc extending into Lake Temagami Joan Township, Kokoko Bay
    • Briggs and Joan Townships, Spawning Creek from Spawning Lake including all waters of Spawning Bay and Loon Bay

Shanty Lake (46°45'45″N., 79°19'41″W.) - McAuslan Township

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to April 30 and October 1 to December 31

Surecatch Lake (46°48'07″N., 79°15'15″W.) - Parkman Township

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Brook trout - open from May 1 to September 30

Trout Lake - (46°19′09″N., 79°20′11″W.) - City of North Bay and East Ferris Township

  • Lake trout and Atlantic salmon - open from third Saturday in June to Friday before fourth Saturday in June
  • Lake trout and Atlantic salmon - S-1 and C-1; must be less than 55 centimetres
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from May 15 to July 31 in the following areas:
    • Trout Lake - East Ferris Township, lying between the water’s edge and a line drawn 30 metres in perpendicular distance from Poplar Island along the west side of the island from the northwest tip of the island to the southwest tip of the island
    • Trout Lake - Widdifield Township, lying within a line drawn from the most westerly tip of Kirkwood Island, commonly known as Camp Island extending 50 metres into the water and paralleling the shore for a distance of 500 metres then back to the south shore

Bait restrictions

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

  • Big Webb Lake (46°49'07″N., 79°16'15″W.) - Parkman Township
  • Camp Lake (46°45'20″N., 79°17'16″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Cut Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Emerald Lake (46°47'39.75"N, 79°18'4.73"W) - McAuslan Township
  • Green Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Jimmie Lake (46°44'43″N., 79°21'04″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Klock Lake (47°28'05″N., 80°07'55″W.) - Klock Township
  • Liberty Lake (47°10'56″N., 80°03'37″W.) - Aston Township
  • Little Clear Lake (46°08'07″N., 79°01'44″W.) - Boulter Township
  • Little Webb Lake (46°49'49″N., 79°16'26″W.) - Parkman Township
  • McConnell Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Modder Lake (46°45'30″N., 79°22'52″W.) - McAuslan and La Salle Townships
  • Mug Lake (46°44'33″N., 79°22'30″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Norway Lake (46°45'08″N., 79°15'08″W.) - Wyse Township
  • Orient Lake (46°45'29″N., 79°18'30″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Otter Lake (46°49'01″N., 79°18'07″W.) - Parkman Township
  • Pascal Lake (46°09'27″N., 79°02'12″W.) - Boulter Township
  • Pine Lake (46°44'47″N., 79°16'39″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Planet Lake (47°28'16″N., 80°08'55″W.) - Van Nostrand Township
  • Pole Lake (46°43'45″N., 79°21'50″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Quarry Lake (46°43'43″N., 79°21'12″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Rainbow Lake (47°25'27″N., 80°10'54″W.) - Van Nostrand Township
  • Round Lake (46°46’34”N., 79°18’56”W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Shanty Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Slade Lake (47°24'07″N., 80°10'09″W.) - Leo Township
  • Spring Lake (46°45'36″N., 79°16'37″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Surecatch Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Troutbait Lake (46°48'04″N., 79°17'14″W.) - Parkman Township
  • Turtle Lake (46°09'15″N., 79°01'52″W.) - Boulter Township
  • Wolf Lake (46°46'49″N., 79°52'39″W.) - Sisk Township

Only live or dead baitfish less than 13 centimetres in length may be used as bait

Fish sanctuaries

No fishing - closed all year

  • Aurora Lake - Gamble Township
  • Four Mile Creek - Widdifield Township, within Lots 8 and 9 in Concession B
  • Little Aurora Lake - Gamble Township
  • Little Whitepine Lake - Gamble Township
  • Whirligig Lake - Gamble Township
  • Whitepine Lake - Gamble Township

No fishing - January 1 to April 30 and October 1 to December 31

No fishing - January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May

  • Wicksteed Lake - Kenny, Gladman, Flett, Gooderham and Milne Townships

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

No fishing - March 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May

  • Kaibuskong Bay - in front of Bonfield Township
  • Kaibuskong River - from Sheedy Lake to Kaibuskong Bay
  • Sharpes Creek - from Highway 17 to Kaibuskong Bay
  • Talon Lake - in front of Olrig and Calvin Townships, including Kaibuskong Bay

No fishing - March 1 to June 15

  • Restoule Lake and River - Patterson Township, that part in Lots 24 and 25, Concessions 3 and 4

No fishing - March 16 to Friday before third Saturday in May

  • Duchesney Creek - City of North Bay and Commanda Township, from Lake Nipissing to the C.N.R. bridge
  • Lake Nipissing - see waterbody exceptions

No fishing - March 16 to Friday before third Saturday in May and October 1 to November 30

  • South River - the waters of the South River lying between the bridge that forms part of Highway 654 and the northerly boundary of Concession 14 (Nipissing Township)

No fishing - March 16 to May 31 and October 1 to November 30

No fishing - Monday after third Sunday in March to Friday before third Saturday in May

  • Ferrim Creek - Cynthia Township, from Ferrim Lake to 200 metres in an arc extending out into Kokoko Lake

No fishing - Monday after third Sunday in March to June 15

No fishing - April 1 to June 15

  • Anima-Nipissing River - Banting Township, from 100 metres in an arc extending out into Red Squirrel Lake to a point upstream 400 metres
  • Friday Creek - Cassels Township, including the waters in an arc extending 200 metres out into Obashkong Lake
  • Kanichee Creek - Strathy Township, from Kanichee Lake to 200 metres in an arc extending out into Net Lake
  • Mattawa River - Papineau and Mattawan Townships, from the face of Hurdman Dam to 200 metres downstream
  • Montreal River - Town of Latchford and Gillies Limit Township, Ontario Hydro dam to 30 metres south of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission bridge

No fishing - April 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May

  • Memesagamesing Lake and Rainy Creek - Hardy Township, waters that fall within Lots 22, 23, 24, 25, Concession 7

No fishing - May 15 to July 31