Zone 15 is located primarily in southern Ontario and includes the cities of Pembroke, Parry Sound, Huntsville and Bancroft.

Fisheries Management Zone 15

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General information

  • See general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
  • There are a number of brook trout and lake trout waterbodies that have species-specific regulations in addition to restrictions related to gear, bait and fish sanctuaries. These additional restrictions are applicable to the waterbody, regardless of what species are being targeted. See species exceptions for more details.
  • The following waterbodies, or portion of them, have different regulations that are listed in the waterbody exceptions:
    • all waterbodies in Algonquin Park
    • Bonnechere River
    • Calabogie Lake
    • Carmichael Lake
    • Jack Lake
    • Kushog Lake
    • Lake Clear and Little Lake Clear
    • Madawaska River
    • Mud Lake
    • Murphy’s Lake (Arabis Lake)
    • Royal Lake
    • Slipper Lake
    • South Wildcat Lake
    • Stocking Lake
    • Stoney Lake
    • Trout Lake
    • Windigo Lake
  • FMZ 15 is part of the Central Bait Management Zone (BMZ). Baitfish or leeches, whether live or dead, may not be transported into or out of a BMZ with some limited exceptions. 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: 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 September 30
Limits: S-2 and C-1

Lake whitefish

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

Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined

Season: fourth Saturday in June to November 30
Limits: S-6 and C-2

Muskellunge

Season: 1st Saturday in June to December 15
Limits: S-1; must be greater than 91 centimetres, and C-0

Northern pike

Season: January 1 to March 31 and third Saturday in May to December 31
Limits: S-6 and C-2

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 March 15 and third Saturday in May to December 31
Limits: S-4 and C-2; not more than 1 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

  • Aide Lake (45°00′35″N., 77°33′12″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Barns Lake (45°36′19″N., 78°08′15″W.) - Murchison Township
  • Black Cat Lake (45°11′01″N., 78°41′52″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Bronson Lake (45°02′31″N., 77°46′02″W.) - Dungannon Township
  • Burdock Lake (45°10′21″N., 78°35′11″W.) - Guilford Township
  • Burnt Lake (45°01′37″N., 77°53′07″W.) - Faraday Township
  • Burnt River (44°53′N., 78°38′W.) - Snowdon Township
  • Cat Lake (45°10′37″N., 78°40′47″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Cedar Lake (44°58′38″N., 77°45′53″W.) - Dungannon Township
  • Centre Lake (45°00′51″N., 78°03′00″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Cherrytree Lake (45°04′12″N., 77°36′21″W.) - Mayo Township
  • Davis Pond (45°18′55″N., 77°48′23″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • Doe Lake (44°56′26″N., 78°53′54″W.) - Anson Township
  • Dovetail Lake (45°01′13″N., 77°37′24″W.) - Mayo Township
  • East Chainy Lake (45°12′25″N., 78°04′16″W.) - McClure Township
  • Finger Lake (45°35′13″N., 77°48′27″W.) - Dickens Township
  • Fish Lake (45°32′29″N., 77°50′48″W.) - Dickens Township
  • Gil Lake (44°53′07″N., 78°10′21″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Glennie’s Pond (45°12′48″N., 78°46′14″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Green Canoe Lake (45°10′44″N., 78°28′00″W.) - Harburn Township
  • Green Lake (45°28′30″N., 77°59′25″W.) - Lyell Township
  • Harburn Lake (45°12′46″N., 78°26′41″W.) - Harburn Township
  • Hardings Lake (45°00′19″N., 78°04′57″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Hicks Lake (45°22′27″N., 77°49′27″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Ike’s Pond (45°11′37″N., 78°27′51″W.) - Harburn Township
  • Inright Lake (45°23′25″N., 77°51′21″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • James Lake (45°21′25″N., 77°43′36″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Ketch Lake (45°01′48″N., 78°57′20″W.) - Hindon Township
  • Lake on the Hill (45°25′54″N., 77°59′05″W.) - Lyell Township
  • Leatherroot Lake (45°11′32″N., 78°03′16″W.) - Herschel Township
  • Lennon Lake (45°17′50″N., 77°40′44″W.) - Carlow Township
  • Little Birch Lake (45°00′07″N., 77°33′04″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Little Bob Lake (44°55′19″N., 78°22′57″W.) - Glamorgan Township
  • Little Clear Lake (44°46′52″N., 78°23′47″W.) - Cavendish Township
  • Little Copper Lake (44°47′28″N., 78°11′32″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Little Echo Lake (44°54′50″N., 78°10′04″W.) - Monmouth Township
  • Little Otter Lake (44°54′08″N., 78°52′11″W.) - Anson Township
  • Long Lake (45°03′21″N., 78°08′19″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Lunch Lake (45°33′17″N., 78°14′23″W.) - Airy Township
  • Mawson Lake (44°56′26″N., 77°35′08″W.) - Cashel Township
  • McCormick Lake (45°20′28″N., 77°46′46″W.) - Bangor Township
  • McFee Lake (45°31′20″N., 78°06′44″W.) - Airy Township
  • Mitchell Lake (45°04′10″N., 78°00′34″W.) - Herschel Township
  • Moonbeam Lake (45°34′16″N., 78°08′17″W.) - Airy Township
  • Nehemiah Lake (45°12′15″N., 78°48′18″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • North Chainy Lake (45°12′29″N., 78°04′33″W.) - McClure Township
  • Otherside Lake (45°34′26″N., 78°04′31″W.) - Murchison Township
  • Paradise Lake (45°37′23″N., 77°54′28″W.) - Dickens Township
  • Partridge Lake (45°07′50″N., 78°47′18″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Pat Lake (45°18′19″N., 78°04′49″W.) - McClure Township
  • Pell Lake (45°25′30″N., 77°57′06″W.) - Lyell Township
  • Poplar Pond (45°21′29″N., 77°48′17″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Potash Lake (45°22′45″N., 77°49′41″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Rabbit Lake (45°11′15″N., 78°44′14″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Rock Lake (45°03′48″N., 77°40′33″W.) - Dungannon Township
  • Ronald Lake (45°12′33″N., 78°48′09″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Salt Lake (45°10′57″N., 77°33′56″W.) - Carlow Township
  • Seesaw Lake (45°33′41″N., 78°11′35″W.) - Airy Township
  • Silver Buck Lake (45°09′45″N., 78°47′33″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Silver Doe Lake (45°09′59″N., 78°47′42″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Silversheen Lake (45°17′48″N., 78°05′05″W.) - McClure Township
  • Sleeper Lake (Green Lake) (45°00′57″N., 77°28′32″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Sunbeam Lake (45°39′41″N., 78°41′21″W.) - McLaughlin Township
  • Swordfingal Lake (45°02′27″N., 77°37′04″W.) - Mayo Township
  • Tim Lake (45°07′41″N., 77°53′02″W.) - Herschel Township
  • Trout Lake (Alsever Lake) (45°31′00″N., 77°58′36″W.) - Murchison Township
  • Tub Lake (45°30′52″N., 77°58′03″W.) - Murchison Township
  • Tuya Lake (45°33′04″N., 78°08′37″W.) - Airy Township
  • Twin Lake (45°00′34″N., 78°04′33″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • West Headstone Lake (45°34′15″N., 78°13′47″W.) - Airy Township
  • Wish Lake (45°36′44″N., 78°05′07″W.) - Murchison Township

Season: open all year
Bait restriction: live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Adams Lake (44°59′07″N., 78°10′26″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Burleigh Lake (44°52′17″N., 78°05′03″W.) - Chandos Township
  • Currie Lake (44°58′25″N., 77°36′34″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Dixie Lake (45°02′18″N., 78°08′54″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Halls Lake (45°06′32″N., 78°44′44″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Jimmie Lake (44°59′27″N., 77°39′11″W.) - Dungannon Township
  • Johnson Lake (45°22′45″N., 77°52′52″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • Lost Lake (45°10′11″N., 78°52′06″W.) - Ridout Township
  • Lowry (Bluerock) Lake (44°55′52″N., 78°15′06″W.) - Monmouth Township
  • No Name Lake (45°10′51″N., 78°44′58″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • North Moonbeam Lake (Sawlog Lake) (45°35′05″N., 78°07′09″W.) - Murchison Township
  • Pritchard Lake (45°06′24″N., 77°34′44″W) - Mayo Township
  • Runaround Lake (44°52′25″N., 78°12′25″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Shoelace Lake (45°12′33″N., 78°45′16″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Stethan Lake (44°50′34″N., 78°07′48″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Stick Lake (44°50′30″N., 78°11′17″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • East Tommy (Tommies) Lake (44°58′56″N., 77°36′51″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Wicklow Lake (45°21′22″N., 77°58′14″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • Yuill Lake (45°21'48"N., 77°51'48"W.) - Wicklow Township

Limits: S-2 and C-2; must be greater than 36 centimetres
Gear restriction: only artificial lures may be used, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Animoosh Lake (45°46'18″N., 78°08'29″W.) - Dickson and Niven Townships
  • Harry Lake (45°25'44″N., 78°26'41″W.) - Lawrence Township
  • Rence Lake (45°24'59″N., 78°28'08″W.) - Lawrence Township
  • Welcome Lake (45°25'06″N., 78°25'04″W.) - Lawrence and Nightingale Townships

Limits: S-2 and C-2; must be greater than 46 centimetres
Gear restriction: only artificial lures may be used, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Westward Lake (45°29'28″N., 78°46'32″W.) - Peck Township

Limits: S-2 and C-2
Gear restriction: only artificial lures may be used, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Little Crooked Lake (45°49'39″N., 78°11'19″W.) - Dickson Township
  • Scott Lake (45°29'10″N., 78°43'21″W.)- Peck Township

Season: fourth Saturday in April to September 30
Limits: S-5 and C-2; must be greater than 28 centimetres
Bait restriction: live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Baldcoot Lake (45°19'13″N., 77°39'54″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Blairs Lake (45°17'01″N., 77°54'36″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • East Lake (45°07'35″N., 78°14'11″W.) - Harcourt Township
  • Echo Lake (45°19'24″N., 77°41'40″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Evans Lake (45°19'57″N., 77°55'45″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • Greenbark Lake (45°14'31″N., 78°00'13″W.) - McClure Township
  • Hawk Lake (45°20'25″N., 77°55'47″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • Hound Lake (45°08'34″N., 78°00'10″W.) - Herschel Township
  • Little Meach Lake (45°17'23″N., 78°07'15″W.) - McClure Township
  • Meach Lake (45°17'59″N., 78°07'51″W.) - McClure Township
  • Mitchell Lake (45°14'54″N., 77°59'31″W.) - McClure Township
  • Rocky Lake (45°07'32″N., 77°32'39″W.) - Mayo Township
  • Sud Lake (45°15'57″N., 78°03'39″W.) - McClure Township

Season: fourth Saturday in April to September 30
Bait restriction: live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Nelson Lake (45°29′31″N., 78°57′21.75″W.) - Finlayson Township

Lake Trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year

  • Bark Lake (45°27′19″N., 77°50′58″W.) - Jones Township
  • Bay Lake (45°01′29″N., 77°51′32″W.) - Faraday Township
  • Bay Lake (45°30′16″N., 79°12′05″W.) - Perry Township
  • Beech Lake (45°04′39″N., 78°41′44″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Big Gibson Lake (46°15′36″N., 78°10′06″W.) - Maria Township
  • Big Limestone Lake (45°14′11″N., 77°00′44″W.) - Brougham Township
  • Bigwind Lake (45°03′26″N., 79°03′17″W.) - Oakley Township
  • Bitter Lake (45°10′19″N., 78°34′32″W.) - Guilford Township
  • Blackstone Lake (excluding sanctuary) (45°13′54″N., 79°53′01″W.) - Conger Township
  • Buckskin Lake (44°57′34″N., 78°11′35″W.) - Monmouth Township
  • Cardwell Lake (Long Lake) (45°19′52N., 79°29′28″W.) - Wicklow Township
  • Cherry Lake (44°39′40″N., 78°14′42″W.) - Burleigh Township
  • Concession Lake (44°40′49″N., 78°28′30″W.) - Galway Township
  • Cox Lake (44°41′06″N., 78°15′13″W.) - Burleigh Township
  • Crane Lake (45°12′45″N., 79°55′30″W.) - Cargel Township
  • Darlington Lake (45°22′02″N., 80°01′57″W.) - McDougall Township
  • Diamond Lake (45°04′26″N., 78°02′12″W.) - Herschel Township
  • Dotty Lake (45°27′41″N., 78°59′30″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • Duck Lake (Little Seguin Lake) (45°22′51″N., 79°48′04″W.) - Christie Township
  • Fairholme Lake (45°34′36″N., 79°54′13″W.) - Hagerman Township
  • Fletcher Lake (45°21′13″N., 78°47′04″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Forget Lake (45°15′16″N., 79°54′20″W.) - Foley Township
  • Fortescue Lake (44°50′14″N., 78°26′30″W.) - Cavendish Township
  • Fourcorner Lake (45°09′39″N., 78°16′41″W.) - Harcourt Township
  • Green Lake (45°15′30″N., 76°55′16″W.) - Brougham Township
  • Harp Lake (45°22′43″N., 79°08′06″W.) - Chaffey Township
  • Kabakwa Lake (45°06′51″N., 78°47′14″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Klaxon Lake (45°09′43″N., 78°37′50″W.) - Guilford Township
  • Lipsy Lake (45°10′29″N., 78°38′12″W.) - Guilford Township
  • Little Anstruther Lake (44°49′33″N., 78°09′26″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Little Bob Lake (44°52′37″N., 78°47′12″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Little Mayo Lake (45°03′23″N., 77°35′55″W.) - Mayo Township
  • Loon Lake (Big Dudman Lake) (45°00′57″N., 78°22′33″W.) - Dudley Township
  • Lorimer Lake (45°32′41″N., 79°57′31″W.) - Hagerman Township
  • Lower Fletcher Lake (45°20′33″N., 78°49′57″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Loxton Lake (45°57′02″N., 79°12′57″W.) - Ballantyne Township
  • Lutterworth Lake (Devil’s Lake) (45°52′10″N., 78°50′16″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Maple Lake (45°05′46″N., 78°40′14″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Mayo Lake (45°02′15″N., 77°35′06″W.) - Mayo Township
  • McGee Lake (44°38′47″N., 78°10′14″W.) - Burleigh Township
  • McSourley Lake (46°13′09″N., 77°58′16″W.) - Head Township
  • Monmouth Lake (44°54′30″N., 78°11′32″W.) - Monmouth Township
  • Moore Lake (44°47′47″N., 78°48′29″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Morrow Lake (45°12′57″N., 77°02′17″W.) - Matawatchan Township
  • North Pigeon Lake (44°52′54″N., 78°46′37″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Oxbow Lake (45°26′12″N., 78°57′60″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • Pencil Lake (44°48′34″N., 78°21′09″W.) - Cavendish Township
  • Peninsula Lake (45°20′34″N., 79°05′57″W.) - Franklin Township
  • Portage Lake (45°12′48″N., 79°48′02″W.) - Conger Township
  • Raglan Lake (White Lake) - (45°16′21″N., 77°30′41″W.) - Raglan Township
  • Rathbun Lake (44°46′38″N., 78°12′11″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Rebecca Lake (45°25′45″N., 79°02′24″W.) - Sinclair Township
  • Robinson Lake (44°54′39″N., 77°43′06″W.) - Limerick Township
  • Sheldon Lake (44°50′58″N., 78°50′41″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Shoe Lake (45°12′30″N., 78°54′29″W.) - Ridout Township
  • Silver Lake (45°13′36″N., 79°48′06″W.) - Humphrey Township
  • South Anson Lake (Rainy Lake) (44°56′45″N., 78°54′39″W.) - Anson Township
  • Star Lake (45°19′46″N., 79°45′24″W.) - Christie Township
  • Sucker Lake (45°15′02″N., 79°40′58″W.) - Humphrey Township
  • Triangle Lake (44°40′12″N., 78°15′04″W.) - Burleigh Township
  • Trout Lake (Stubbs Lake) (45°29′32″N., 77°44′29″W.) - Sherwood Township
  • Trout Lake - (45°25′34″N., 79°58′31″W.) McDougall Township
  • Valiant Lake (46°12′22″N., 78°06′09″W.) - Maria Township
  • Wabun Lake (45°13′39″N., 76°49′55″W.) - Brougham Township
  • Wadsworth Lake (45°26′23″N., 77°34′53″W.) - Radcliffe Township
  • Wauquimakog Lake (Wilson Lake) (45°54′07″N., 80°00′00″W.) - Wilson Township
  • Whyte Lake (45°03′50″N., 77°35′30″W.) - Mayo Township
  • Wilbermere Lake (45°00′29″N., 78°12′33″W.) - Monmouth Township
  • Young Lake (45°12′15″N., 79°32′53″W.) - Watt Township

Season: January 1 to June 30

  • Clean Lake (45°14′55″N., 78°31′39″W.) - Havelock Township
  • Eyre Lake (45°15′35″N., 78°29′59″W.) - Eyre Township
  • Little Clean Lake (45°15′13″N., 78°30′44″W.) - Eyre Township
  • MacDonald Lake (45°14′11″N., 78°33′33″W.) - Havelock Township

Season: third Saturday in May to September 30
Limits: S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres

  • Baptiste Lake (45°06′59″N., 78°00′12″W.) - Herschel Township
  • Buck Lake (45°17′35″N., 77°44′24″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Flaxman Lake (45°20′04″N., 79°49′36″W.) - Christie Township
  • Horn Lake (Sollman Lake) (45°40′05″N., 79°29′28″W.) - Chapman Township
  • Kimball Lake (45°20′30″N., 78°40′34″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Otter Lake (45°16′41″N., 79°58′03″W.) - Foley Township
  • Pusey Lake (Dark Lake) (45°02′53″N., 78°12′56″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Three Legged Lake (45°15′48″N., 80°01′17″W.) - Cowper Township

Season: third Saturday in May to September 30

  • Basshaunt Lake (45°07′23″N., 78°27′50″W.) - Guilford Township
  • Big Trout Lake (44°55′41″N., 78°55′40″W.) - Longford Township
  • Blue Chalk Lake (45°11′57″N., 78°56′18″W.) - Ridout Township
  • Buck Lake (McCann Lake) (45°41′24″N., 79°09′59″W.) - Proudfoot Township
  • Clear Lake (45°02′31″N., 79°00′59″W.) - Oakley Township
  • Clear Lake (45°10′56″N., 78°42′44″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Clearwater Lake (44°48′26″N., 79°14′37″W.) - Morrison Township
  • Crochet Lake (44°57′33″N., 78°56′06″W.) - Longford Township
  • Davis Lake (44°47′25″N., 78°42′34″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Delphis Lake (45°06′36″N., 78°22′24″W.) - Dudley Township
  • Eighteen Mile Lake (45°22′54″N., 78°57′48″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Fifteen Mile Lake (45°20′59″N., 78°57′46″W.) - Franklin Township
  • Fishtail Lake (45°08′37″N., 78°11′52″W.) - Harcourt Township
  • Goodwin Lake (45°15′18″N., 78°38′57″W.) - Havelock Township
  • Grass Lake (Sweny Lake) (45°40′48″N., 79°12′11″W.) - Proudfoot Township
  • John Lake (44°56′15″N., 77°46′05″W.) - Limerick Township
  • Kelly Lake (45°15′05″N., 78°37′08″W.) - Havelock Township
  • Long Lake (Oliphant Lake) (45°42′37″N., 79°10′30″W.) - Proudfoot Township
  • Margaret Lake (45°08′41″N., 78°52′52″W.) - Ridout Township
  • McFadden Lake (Crozier Lake) (45°20′03″N., 78°51′04″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Mountain Lake (44°54′42″N., 77°58′56″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • North Lake (45°14′46″N., 78°24′34″W.) - Harburn Township
  • North Lake (45°43′17″N., 79°11′49″W.) - Proudfoot Township
  • Pine Lake (45°05′09″N., 78°13′47″W.) - Harcourt Township
  • Pine Lake (45°03′59″N., 79°04′06″W.) - Oakley Township
  • Red Chalk Lake (45°11′23″N., 78°56′51″W.) - Ridout Township
  • Sherborne Lake (45°10′47″N., 78°47′04″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Solitaire Lake (45°23′31″N., 79°00′31″W.) - Sinclair Township
  • South Tasso Lake (45°25′49″N., 78°55′35″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • Spring Lake (Fowke Lake) (45°48′37″N., 79°40′54″W.) - Lount Township
  • Stormy Lake (44°58′33″N., 78°24′33″W.) - Glamorgan Township
  • Two Island Lake (45°03′57″N., 78°22′29″W.) - Dudley Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres
Fish sanctuary: January 1 to Friday before fourth Saturday in April and December 1 to December 31

  • Drizzle Lake - Sabine Township
  • Hay Lake - Sabine Township
  • Otter Creek - Sabine Township
  • Otter Creek (Lower Hay Lake) – Airy Township, south of the Hay Lake Dam
  • Tallan Lake - Chandos Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres
Fish sanctuary: January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and December 1 to December 31

  • Buzzard Lake - Burleigh Township
  • Chandos Lake - Chandos Township
  • Deer Lake - Cardiff Township
  • Eels Lake - Anstruther and Cardiff Townships
  • Holland Lake - Dungannon Township
  • Hudson Lake - Cardiff Township
  • Jamieson Lake - Dungannon Township
  • Jeffrey Lake - Faraday Township
  • Lavallee Lake - Faraday Township
  • Stoplog Lake - Burleigh Township
  • Wahwashkesh Lake (Deer Lake) - Burton and McKenzie Townships

Limits: S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres
Gear restriction: only 1 line may be used when angling through the ice, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Art Lake (Spruce Lake) (45°18'37″N., 78°54'07″W.) - Dysart Township
  • Aylen Lake (45°37'06″N., 77°51'11″W.) - Dickens Township
  • Bear Lake (45°20'28″N., 78°42'34″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Bella Lake (45°26'39″N., 79°01'52″W.) - Sinclair Township
  • Bob Lake (44°54'55″N., 78°47'18″W.) - Anson Township
  • Boshkung Lake (45°03'58″N., 78°43'45″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Camp Lake (45°23'24″N., 78°20'08″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • Carson Lake (45°30'50″N., 77°45'29″W.) - Jones and Sherwood Townsh
  • ips
  • Cashel Lake (44°54'54″N., 77°33'02″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Clear Lake (45°15'42″N., 79°48'00″W.) - Humphrey Township
  • Clinto Lake (45°18'49″N., 78°52'04″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Drag Lake (45°04'27″N., 78°24'38″W.) - Dudley and Dysart Townships
  • Eagle Lake (45°08'16″N., 78°29'29″W.) - Guilford Township
  • Esson Lake (45°01'23″N., 78°16'09″W.) - Monmouth Township
  • Faraday Lake (45°03'35″N., 77°55'19″W.) - Faraday Township
  • Galeairy Lake (45°29'03″N., 78°17'13″W.) - Airy and Nightingale Townships
  • Gliskning Lake (45°31'40″N., 78°12'30″W.) - Airy Township
  • Grace Lake (45°04'20″N., 78°14'05″W.) - Harcourt Township
  • Gull Lake (46°01'31″N., 78°34'03″W.) - Lutterworth Township
  • Halls Lake (45°6'32″N., 78°44'44″W.) - Stanhope Township
  • Havelock Lake (45°17'29″N., 78°37'52″W.) - Havelock Township
  • Johnson Lake (45°15'57″N., 78°37'20"W.) - Havelock Township
  • Kamaniskeg Lake (45°25'03″N., 77°41'23″W.) - Sherwood and Bangor Townships
  • Kawagama Lake (45°17'55″N., 78°45'09″W.) - Sherborne, McClintock and Livingstone Townships
  • Koshlong Lake (44°58'23″N., 78°29'07″W.) - Glamorgan Township
  • Limerick Lake (44°53'34″N., 77°37'01″W.) - Limerick Township
  • Limestone Lake (45°04'26″N., 77°34'25″W.) - Mayo Township
  • Little Boshkung Lake (45°02'19″N., 78°43'06″W.) - Minden Township
  • Livingstone Lake (45°21'36″N., 78°43'09″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Lobster Lake (45°32'22″N., 78°11'38″W.) - Airy Township
  • Lyell Lake (Cross Lake) (45°23'48″N., 77°56'36″W.) - Lyell Township
  • Marsden Lake (45°13'43″N., 78°30'31″W.) - Eyre, Guilford and Havelock Townships
  • Mephisto Lake (44°55'49″N., 77°34'36″W.) - Cashel Township
  • Moose Lake (45°08'59″N., 78°27'50″W.) - Guilford and Harburn Townships
  • Mountain Lake (44°58'32″N., 78°42'38″W.) - Minden Township
  • Nunikani Lake (45°11'57″N., 78°44'12″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Oxtongue Lake (45°21'57″N., 78°55'12″W.) - McClintlock Township
  • Papineau Lake (45°20'42″N., 77°48'51″W.) - Wicklow and Bangor Townships
  • Paudash Lake (44°57'45″N., 78°02'57″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Paugh Lake (45°35'25″N., 77°41'59″W.) - Burns and Sherwood Townships
  • Purdy Lake (45°20'34″N., 77°43'59″W.) - Bangor Township
  • Raven Lake (45°35'26″N., 78°38'57″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Round Lake (45°38'26″N., 77°31'44″W.) - Hagarty and Richards Townships
  • Salmon Lake (44°49'07″N., 78°26'47″W.) -Cavendish Township
  • Silent Lake (44°54'42″N., 78°03'35″W.) - Cardiff Township
  • Skeleton Lake (45°15'04″N., 79°27'11″W.) - Cardwell, Sisted, Stephenson and Watts Townships
  • Soyers Lake (45°01'29″N., 78°36'36″W.) - Minden Township
  • St. Nora Lake (45°09'25″N., 78°49'44″W.) - Sherborne Township
  • Sucker Lake (44°45'51″N., 78°15'21″W.) - Anstruther Township
  • Twelve Mile Lake (45°01'30″N., 78°42'16″W.) - Minden Township
  • Victoria Lake (45°37'09″N., 78°01'22″W.) - Clancy and Murchison Townships
  • Waterloo Lake (46°10'32″N., 78°11'37″W.) - Clara Township
  • Whitefish Lake (45°17'29″N., 79°46'40″W.) - Humphrey Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres

  • Bonita Lake (45°31′23″N., 78°43′21″W.) - Peck Township
  • Canoe Lake (45°33′03″N., 78°43′04″W.) - Peck Township
  • Rock Lake (45°30′12″N., 78°23′31″W.) - Nightingale Township
  • Smoke Lake (45°30′57″N., 78°40′53″W.) - Peck Township
  • Spider Lake (45°14′13″N., 80°03′11″W.)
  • Tea Lake (45°30′30″N., 78°44′04″W.) - Peck Township
  • Two Rivers Lake (45°34′42″N., 78°28′51″W.) - Canisbay Township
  • Whitefish Lake (45°32′43″N., 78°25′19″W.) - Sproule Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; none between 33-40 centimetres
Gear restriction: only 1 line may be used when angling through the ice, regardless of what species is/are being targeted

  • Lake St. Peter (45°18'43″N., 78°01'24″W.) - McClure Township
  • Long Lake (44°41'19″N., 78°10'29″W.) - Burleigh Township
  • Loucks Lake (44°40'52″N., 78°13'20″W.) - Burleigh Township
  • McCauley Lake (45°32'37″N., 78°06'49″W.) - Airy and Murchison Townships
  • McKenzie Lake (45°21'52″N., 78°01'10″W.) - Sabine and McClure Townships
  • Wollaston Lake (44°50'26″N., 77°50'09″W.) - Wollaston Township

Muskellunge

Limits: S-1; must be greater than 122 centimetres, and C-0

  • Pickerel River - from the first set of rapids downstream of the lake at 45°59′45″N., 80°21′W. downstream to Georgian Bay and including those parts of the Pickerel River known as Cantin Lake, Trestle Gully Lake, Deep Bay, Muskrat Bay and David’s Bay

Walleye

Season: third Saturday in May to December 31

  • Chateau Lake (46°05′35″N., 78°00′43″W.) - Maria Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; must be greater than 50 centimetres

  • Black Donald Lake (45°13′01″N., 76°56′23″W.) - Brougham Township
  • Centennial Lake (45°09′15″N., 77°03′09″W.) - Matawatchan Township
  • Golden Lake (45°34′26″N., 77°20′10″W.) - North Algona Township
  • Lake Doré (45°37′12″N., 77°06′47″W.) - Wilberforce Township
  • Meadow Lake (45°26′14″N., 77°08′31″W.) - Sebastopol Township
  • Mud Lake (45°24′59″N., 77°09′52″W.) - Sebastopol Township

Waterbody exceptions

Algonquin Park

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Dip nets and baitfish traps may not be used to harvest baitfish
  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to Friday before fourth Saturday in April and December 1 to December 31

Lake Opeongo

  • Lake Whitefish - closed all year

Bonnechere River and the expansions - being Sicards, Square, Wilson and Kranz bays and Griffins Narrows lying between the south face of the Tramere Dam and the northerly edge of the bridge at King’s Highway 60 (North Algona, Hagarty and Richards Townships)

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

Bonnechere River - downstream of the Tramore Dam (Round Lake) (45º37′N., 77º28′W.) and upstream of the Golden Lake Dam (45º34′N., 77º14′W.)

  • Walleye - S-2 and C-1; must be greater than 50 centimetres

Calabogie Lake (45°16′38″N., 76°44′34″W.) - Bagot Township

  • Walleye - S-2 and C-1; must be greater than 50 centimetres

Calabogie Lake - Bagot and Blithfield Townships, west of line from Nettleton’s Bay to Barnet’s Point and inflowing streams

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

Carmichael Lake (45°47′52″N., 79°07′40"W.) - Paxton 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 fourth Saturday in April

Jack Lake - Burleigh and Methuen Townships, those waters lying north of the most northerly narrows of Rathbun Bay in Lot 27, Concession 8 (Methuen Township)

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

Jack Lake - Burleigh and Methuen Townships, those waters lying within Lots 22 to 25 in Concession 8, and within Lots 21 to 26 in Concessions 9 and 10 (Methuen Township)

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from April 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May

Kushog Lake (45°05'24"N., 78°47'32"W.) - Stanhope Township

  • Only 1 line may be used when angling through ice
  • Lake trout - S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres

Kushog Lake (Ox Narrows) - Stanhope Township, 100 metres on either side of the bridge on Highway 35

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from September 15 to November 30

Lake Clear (45°26′29″N., 77°11′44″W.) and Little Lake Clear (45°28′06″N., 77°12′52″W.) - Sebastopol Township

  • Walleye - S-2 and C-1; must be greater than 50 centimetres
  • Lake trout - open from third Saturday in May to September 30
  • Lake trout - S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres

Madawaska River

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May in the following areas:
    • Madawaska River - Bagot Township, Lots 17 and 18, Concessions 9 and 10
    • Madawaska River - from Mountain Chute Hydro Dam to Lots 17-19, Concession 1 (Brougham Township) and Lots 17-20, Concession 9 (North Canonto Township)
    • Madawaska River - from the bridge on Highway 62 at Combermere south to the bridge crossing at Madawaska River at Lot 24, Concession 18 (Raglan Township) on Highway 515
    • Madawaska River - Griffith and Matawatchan Townships
    • Madawaska River - McNabb Township, downstream from the Stewartville Hydro Dam, including Lots 9 to 13 in Concession 6
    • Madawaska River (Calabogie Lake) - Bagot and Blithfield Townships, west of line from Nettleton’s Bay to Barnet’s Point and inflowing streams

Madawaska River - upstream of Mountain Chute Dam (45°12′N., 76°54′W.) and downstream of Highland Falls (45°15′N., 77°11′W.), including Black Donald Lake (45°13′N., 76°56′W.) and Centennial Lake (45°09′N., 77°04′W.)

  • Walleye - S-2 and C-1; must be greater than 50 centimetres

Upper Madawaska River - from the village of Whitney to the Hamlet of Madawaska

  • Walleye - open from third Saturday in May to November 30

Mud Lake (45°48′39″N., 79°08′36″W.) – Paxton 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 fourth Saturday in April

Murphy’s Lake (Arabis Lake) – Burns Township

  • Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and December 1 to December 31
  • Brook trout - S-5 and C-2; must be greater than 28 centimetres

Royal Lake (45°49′18″N., 79°07′58″W.) – Paxton 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 fourth Saturday in April

Slipper Lake (45°17'23"N., 78°41'35"W.) - Havelock 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 December 1 to December 31
  • Brook trout - S-5 and C-2; must be greater than 28 centimetres

South Wildcat Lake (45°19'20″N., 78°34'59″W.) - Havelock Township

  • Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
  • Lake trout - open from third Saturday in May to September 30

Stocking Lake (45°16'42″N., 78°40'58″W.) - Havelock 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 December 1 to December 31
  • Brook trout - S-5 and C-2; must be greater than 28 centimetres

Stoney Lake (45°47'51″N., 79°08'28″W.) – Paxton 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 fourth Saturday in April

Trout Lake (45°48'13″N., 79°08'42″W.) – Paxton 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 fourth Saturday in April

Windigo Lake (46°07'30.88″N., 78°17'19.75″W.) - Clara Township

  • Only 1 line may be used when angling through the ice
  • Brook trout - S-5 and C-2; must be greater than 28 centimetres
  • Lake trout - S-2 and C-1; none between 40-55 centimetres

Bait restrictions

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

  • There are a number of Brook Trout waterbodies in FMZ 15 where live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait, regardless of what species is/are being targeted.
  • Acorn Lake (45°41'23″N., 77°36'45″W.) - Richards Township
  • Algonquin Park - see waterbody exceptions
  • Blue Paint Lake (45°19'55″N., 78°42'00″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Bright Lake (45°23'27″N., 78°50'46″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Buchanan Lake (45°19'45″N., 78°49'31″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Buck (Mountain) Lake (45°22'35″N., 77°20'56"W) - Brudenell Township
  • Burnt Lake (45°41'43″N., 79°04'06″W.) - Butt Township
  • Capsell Lake (45°51'20″N., 79°11'24″W.) - Joly Township
  • Carmichael Lake (45°47'52″N., 79°07'40″W.) - see waterbody exceptions
  • Cod Lake (45°19'16″N., 78°54'28″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Crosstee Lake (Pine Lake) (45°35'07″N., 78°07'46″W.)– Murchison Township
  • Crystalline Lake (45°26'24″N., 78°44'46″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Doughnut Lake (45°27'51″N., 78°54'31″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • East Jeannie Lakes (45°20'02″N., 78°43'40″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Eastell Lake (45°23'51″N., 79°01'24″W.) - Sinclair Township
  • Eiler Lake (45°22'36″N., 78°56'34″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Finger Lake (45°42'58″N., 79°04'45″W.) - Butt Township
  • Fisher Lake (45°22'58″N., 78°47'49″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Island Lake (45°46'02″N., 79°07'12″W.) - Paxton Township
  • Kuwasda Lake (45°59'12″N., 79°08'57″W.) - Ballantyne Township
  • Laurier Lake (45°54'24″N., 79°19'54″W.) - Laurier Township
  • Little Beaver Lake (45°56'06″N., 79°12'50″W.) - Ballantyne Township
  • Little Butt Lake (45°38'29″N., 79°02'12″W.) - Butt Township
  • Little Nelson Lake (45°28'48.3″N., 78°57'03.03″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • Little Troutspawn Lake (45°22'58″N., 78°45'52″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Little Whetstone Lake (45°41'47″N., 79°08'29″W.) - Proudfoot Township
  • Lonesome Lake (45°34'52″N., 78°07'58″W.) - Murchison Township
  • Long Lake (45°49'48″N., 79°15'33″W.) - Joly Township
  • Long Lake (45°51'04″N., 79°11'23″W.) - Joly Township
  • Martencamp Lake (45°25'00″N., 78°55'27″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • McGuire Lake (45°43'45″N., 79°04'39″W.) - Butt Township
  • Millichamp Lake (45°19'32″N., 78°49'45″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Mud Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Nabdoe Lake (45°41'15″N., 79°05'01″W.) - Butt Township
  • Niger Lake (45°24'09″N., 78°50'51″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Nightfall Lake (45°32'31″N., 78°56'44″W.) - McCraney Township
  • Paisley Lake (45°48'44″N., 79°14'05″W.) - Joly Township
  • Peyton Lake (45°46'19″N., 79°09'08″W.) - Joly and Paxton Townships
  • Pine Lake (45°41'24″N., 79°03'16″W.) - Butt Township
  • Red Deer Lake (45°53'12″N., 79°13'11″W.) - Laurier Township
  • Roger Lake (45°26'05″N., 78°44'40″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Royal Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Saunders Lake (45°36'59″N., 79°46'25″W.) - Paxton Township
  • Slipper Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • South Wildcat Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Stocking Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Stoney Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Stubinski Lake (45°12'57″N., 76°53'26″W.) - Brougham Township
  • Sunrise Lake (45°25'35″N., 78°45'12″W.) - Livingstone Township
  • Thumb Lake (45°23'21″N., 78°52'24″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Trout Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Upper Oxbow Lake (45°24'35″N., 78°57'56″W.) - Finlayson Township
  • Whetstone Lake (45°41'26″N., 79°07'40″W.) - Proudfoot Township
  • Wilbur Lake (45°19'46″N., 78°54'48″W.) - McClintock Township
  • Windfall Lake (45°45'20″N., 79°05'54″W.) - Butt Township

Fish sanctuaries

No fishing - closed all year

  • Chipmunk Lake - Preston Township
  • Graphite Lake (45°44'03"N., 79°05'32"W.) - Butt Township
  • Little Mykiss Lake - Preston Township
  • Major Lake - Murchison Township
  • Mykiss Lake - Preston Township
  • Nogies Creek - Galway and Harvey Townships, from Bass Lake Dam to Nogies Creek Dam
  • Opeongo River - Preston Township, from immediately downstream from the dam at Annie Bay of Opeongo Lake to 300 metres downstream
  • Presto Lake - Preston Township
  • Shallnot Lake - Clancy Township
  • Stringer Lake - Lawrence Township

No fishing - January 1 to Friday before Family Day (Ontario)

  • Lake Joseph and Little Lake Joseph - Humphrey and Medora Townships

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

  • There are a number of Lake Trout waterbodies in FMZ 15 where fish sanctuaries exist with this applicable date. See species exceptions
  • Anstruther Lake - Anstruther Township
  • Beaver Lake - Cavendish Township
  • Bottle Lake - Cavendish Township
  • Bow Lake (44°51′N., 78°34′W.) - Snowdon Township
  • Burns Lake - Griffith Township
  • Catchacoma Lake - Cavendish Township
  • Cavendish Lake - Cavendish Township
  • Dixon Lake - Limerick Township
  • Gold Lake - Cavendish Township
  • L’Amable Lake - Faraday Township
  • Miskokway Lake (Simikoka Lake) - Burton and Harrison Townships
  • Mississauga Lake - Cavendish Township
  • Murphy’s Lake (Arabis Lake) – see waterbody exceptions
  • Piglet Lake - Maria Township
  • Slipper Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Stocking Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Trout Lake (45°35′N., 80°10′W.) – East Burpee Township

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

  • See waterbody exceptions for the following lakes:
    • Carmichael Lake
    • Mud Lake
    • Royal Lake
    • Stoney Lake
    • Trout Lake

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

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

  • Bonnechere River - see waterbody exceptions
  • Calabogie Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Hansons Creek - McNab Township
  • Jack Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Madawaska River - see waterbody exceptions
  • York River - from Hamlet of Radcliffe/ Mayhews Landing downstream to a line between the points of land at the confluence with Negeek Lake on the Madawaska River (Lots 10 and 11, Concession 1 of Radcliffe Township)

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

  • Chartier Lake, parts of Pickerel River and Kimikong River - East Mills Township, Lots 13 to 20, Concession 1 and 2
  • Drag River - Dysart Township and Village of Haliburton, between Bailey’s Dam and Head Lake
  • Head Lake - Dysart Township, from the Drag River west to the western boundary of the Highway 121 bridge, including the waters under the bridge

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

  • Black Creek - Wilberforce Township, between the mouth of Black Creek at Lake Doré and the upstream side of the bridge on Black Creek Road
  • Blackstone Lake (45°13'54"N., 79°53'01"W.) and Creek - Conger Township, Lots 12, 13, 14 in Concession 12
  • Burnt River - Dysart Township, between County Road Number 3 and Blue Hawk Lake
  • Dobbs Lake and part of the Little Pickerel River - Lots 1, 2, Concession 4 in Pringle Township and Lots 1, 2, 3, Concession 5 (East Mills Township)
  • Indian River - from Boundary Road in the City of Pembroke downstream to its confluence with the Muskrat River - Renfrew County
  • Jack Lake - see waterbody exceptions
  • Muskrat River - Renfrew County, from Highway 17 downstream through the City of Pembroke to its confluence with the Ottawa River
  • North Magnetawan River - Armour, Proudfoot and Strong Townships, from the bridge between Lots 30 and 31 in Strong Township to Pickerel Lake
  • Six Mile Creek (Bennett’s Creek) - Watt Township, Three Mile Lake to Muskoka Road 35
  • Sucker Creek - Wilson Township

No fishing - April 1 to May 31

  • Cashman Creek - from the first bridge upstream from Sand Lake to the Proudfoot and Bethune Township boundary
  • Joly Creek (Inlet Creek) - from Bernard Lake upstream to Strong and Joly Township boundary

No fishing - April 1 to June 15

  • Muskoka River - including the North Muskoka River (Town of Bracebridge) from Bracebridge Falls downstream to the mouth of the Muskoka River at Lake Muskoka including the main channel to the green lighted buoy (E.E.1) and the secondary channel known as the Gap to the red lighted buoy (E.C.2); and the south Muskoka River (Village of Muskoka Falls) from the South Falls downstream to the confluence of the north and south branches of the Muskoka River

No fishing - May 1 to June 15

  • Magnetawan River - Chapman Township and Village of Magnetawan

No fishing - September 15 to November 30

No fishing - October 1 to December 31

  • Boulter Lake - McClure Township