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

  • Refer to 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. Refer to 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). 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: 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

View these waterbodies and additional information on Fish ON-Line.

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

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.)
  • Burleigh Lake (44°52′17″N., 78°05′03″W.)
  • Currie Lake (44°58′25″N., 77°36′34″W.)
  • Dixie Lake (45°02′18″N., 78°08′54″W.)
  • Halls Lake (45°06′32″N., 78°44′44″W.)
  • Jimmie Lake (44°59′27″N., 77°39′11″W.)
  • Johnson Lake (45°22′45″N., 77°52′52″W.)
  • Lost Lake (45°10′11″N., 78°52′06″W.)
  • Lowry (Bluerock) Lake (44°55′52″N., 78°15′06″W.)
  • 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.)
  • Pritchard Lake (45°06′24″N., 77°34′44″W)
  • Runaround Lake (44°52′25″N., 78°12′25″W.)
  • Shoelace Lake (45°12′33″N., 78°45′16″W.)
  • Stethan Lake (44°50′34″N., 78°07′48″W.)
  • Stick Lake (44°50′30″N., 78°11′17″W.)
  • East Tommy (Tommies) Lake (44°58′56″N., 77°36′51″W.)
  • Wicklow Lake (45°21′22″N., 77°58′14″W.)
  • Yuill Lake (45°21'48"N., 77°51'48"W.)

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.)
  • Harry Lake (45°25'44″N., 78°26'41″W.)
  • Rence Lake (45°24'59″N., 78°28'08″W.)
  • Welcome Lake (45°25'06″N., 78°25'04″W.)

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.)

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.)
  • Scott Lake (45°29'10″N., 78°43'21″W.)

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

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.)

Lake Trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year

View these waterbodies and additional information on Fish ON-Line.

  • Bark Lake (45°27′19″N., 77°50′58″W.)
  • 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.)
  • Big Gibson Lake (46°15′36″N., 78°10′06″W.)
  • Big Limestone Lake (45°14′11″N., 77°00′44″W.)
  • Bigwind Lake (45°03′26″N., 79°03′17″W.)
  • Bitter Lake (45°10′19″N., 78°34′32″W.)
  • Blackstone Lake (excluding sanctuary) (45°13′54″N., 79°53′01″W.)
  • Buckskin Lake (44°57′34″N., 78°11′35″W.)
  • Cardwell Lake (Long Lake) (45°19′52N., 79°29′28″W.)
  • Cherry Lake (44°39′40″N., 78°14′42″W.)
  • Concession Lake (44°40′49″N., 78°28′30″W.)
  • Cox Lake (44°41′06″N., 78°15′13″W.)
  • Crane Lake (45°12′45″N., 79°55′30″W.)
  • Darlington Lake (45°22′02″N., 80°01′57″W.)
  • Diamond Lake (45°04′26″N., 78°02′12″W.)
  • Dotty Lake (45°27′41″N., 78°59′30″W.)
  • Duck Lake (Little Seguin Lake) (45°22′51″N., 79°48′04″W.)
  • Fairholme Lake (45°34′36″N., 79°54′13″W.)
  • Fletcher Lake (45°21′13″N., 78°47′04″W.)
  • Forget Lake (45°15′16″N., 79°54′20″W.)
  • Fortescue Lake (44°50′14″N., 78°26′30″W.)
  • Fourcorner Lake (45°09′39″N., 78°16′41″W.)
  • Green Lake (45°15′30″N., 76°55′16″W.)
  • Harp Lake (45°22′43″N., 79°08′06″W.)
  • Kabakwa Lake (45°06′51″N., 78°47′14″W.)
  • Klaxon Lake (45°09′43″N., 78°37′50″W.)
  • Lipsy Lake (45°10′29″N., 78°38′12″W.)
  • Little Anstruther Lake (44°49′33″N., 78°09′26″W.)
  • Little Bob Lake (44°52′37″N., 78°47′12″W.)
  • Little Mayo Lake (45°03′23″N., 77°35′55″W.)
  • Loon Lake (Big Dudman Lake) (45°00′57″N., 78°22′33″W.)
  • Lorimer Lake (45°32′41″N., 79°57′31″W.)
  • Lower Fletcher Lake (45°20′33″N., 78°49′57″W.)
  • Loxton Lake (45°57′02″N., 79°12′57″W.)
  • Lutterworth Lake (Devil’s Lake) (45°52′10″N., 78°50′16″W.)
  • Maple Lake (45°05′46″N., 78°40′14″W.)
  • Mayo Lake (45°02′15″N., 77°35′06″W.)
  • McGee Lake (44°38′47″N., 78°10′14″W.)
  • McSourley Lake (46°13′09″N., 77°58′16″W.)
  • Monmouth Lake (44°54′30″N., 78°11′32″W.)
  • Moore Lake (44°47′47″N., 78°48′29″W.)
  • Morrow Lake (45°12′57″N., 77°02′17″W.)
  • North Pigeon Lake (44°52′54″N., 78°46′37″W.)
  • Oxbow Lake (45°26′12″N., 78°57′60″W.)
  • Pencil Lake (44°48′34″N., 78°21′09″W.)
  • Peninsula Lake (45°20′34″N., 79°05′57″W.)
  • Portage Lake (45°12′48″N., 79°48′02″W.)
  • Raglan Lake (White Lake)
  • Rathbun Lake (44°46′38″N., 78°12′11″W.)
  • Rebecca Lake (45°25′45″N., 79°02′24″W.)
  • Robinson Lake (44°54′39″N., 77°43′06″W.)
  • Sheldon Lake (44°50′58″N., 78°50′41″W.)
  • Shoe Lake (45°12′30″N., 78°54′29″W.)
  • Silver Lake (45°13′36″N., 79°48′06″W.)
  • South Anson Lake (Rainy Lake) (44°56′45″N., 78°54′39″W.)
  • Star Lake (45°19′46″N., 79°45′24″W.)
  • Sucker Lake (45°15′02″N., 79°40′58″W.)
  • Triangle Lake (44°40′12″N., 78°15′04″W.)
  • 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.)
  • Wabun Lake (45°13′39″N., 76°49′55″W.)
  • Wadsworth Lake (45°26′23″N., 77°34′53″W.)
  • Wauquimakog Lake (Wilson Lake) (45°54′07″N., 80°00′00″W.)
  • Whyte Lake (45°03′50″N., 77°35′30″W.)
  • Wilbermere Lake (45°00′29″N., 78°12′33″W.)
  • Young Lake (45°12′15″N., 79°32′53″W.)

Season: January 1 to June 30

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

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.)
  • Buck Lake (45°17′35″N., 77°44′24″W.)
  • Flaxman Lake (45°20′04″N., 79°49′36″W.)
  • Horn Lake (Sollman Lake) (45°40′05″N., 79°29′28″W.)
  • Kimball Lake (45°20′30″N., 78°40′34″W.)
  • Otter Lake (45°16′41″N., 79°58′03″W.)
  • Pusey Lake (Dark Lake) (45°02′53″N., 78°12′56″W.)
  • Three Legged Lake (45°15′48″N., 80°01′17″W.)

Season: third Saturday in May to September 30

  • Basshaunt Lake (45°07′23″N., 78°27′50″W.)
  • Big Trout Lake (44°55′41″N., 78°55′40″W.)
  • Blue Chalk Lake (45°11′57″N., 78°56′18″W.)
  • Buck Lake (McCann Lake) (45°41′24″N., 79°09′59″W.)
  • 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.)
  • Crochet Lake (44°57′33″N., 78°56′06″W.)
  • Davis Lake (44°47′25″N., 78°42′34″W.)
  • Delphis Lake (45°06′36″N., 78°22′24″W.)
  • Eighteen Mile Lake (45°22′54″N., 78°57′48″W.)
  • Fifteen Mile Lake (45°20′59″N., 78°57′46″W.)
  • Fishtail Lake (45°08′37″N., 78°11′52″W.)
  • Goodwin Lake (45°15′18″N., 78°38′57″W.)
  • Grass Lake (Sweny Lake) (45°40′48″N., 79°12′11″W.)
  • John Lake (44°56′15″N., 77°46′05″W.)
  • Kelly Lake (45°15′05″N., 78°37′08″W.)
  • Long Lake (Oliphant Lake) (45°42′37″N., 79°10′30″W.)
  • Margaret Lake (45°08′41″N., 78°52′52″W.)
  • McFadden Lake (Crozier Lake) (45°20′03″N., 78°51′04″W.)
  • Mountain Lake (44°54′42″N., 77°58′56″W.)
  • 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.)
  • Sherborne Lake (45°10′47″N., 78°47′04″W.)
  • Solitaire Lake (45°23′31″N., 79°00′31″W.)
  • South Tasso Lake (45°25′49″N., 78°55′35″W.)
  • Spring Lake (Fowke Lake) (45°48′37″N., 79°40′54″W.)
  • Stormy Lake (44°58′33″N., 78°24′33″W.)
  • Two Island Lake (45°03′57″N., 78°22′29″W.)

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
  • Hay Lake
  • Otter Creek
  • Otter Creek (Lower Hay Lake)
  • Tallan Lake

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
  • Chandos Lake
  • Deer Lake
  • Eels Lake
  • Holland Lake
  • Hudson Lake
  • Jamieson Lake
  • Jeffrey Lake
  • Lavallee Lake
  • Stoplog Lake
  • Wahwashkesh Lake (Deer Lake)

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.)
  • Aylen Lake (45°37'06″N., 77°51'11″W.)
  • Bear Lake (45°20'28″N., 78°42'34″W.)
  • Bella Lake (45°26'39″N., 79°01'52″W.)
  • Bob Lake (44°54'55″N., 78°47'18″W.)
  • Boshkung Lake (45°03'58″N., 78°43'45″W.)
  • Camp Lake (45°23'24″N., 78°20'08″W.)
  • Carson Lake (45°30'50″N., 77°45'29″W.)
  • Cashel Lake (44°54'54″N., 77°33'02″W.)
  • Clear Lake (45°15'42″N., 79°48'00″W.) - Humphrey Township
  • Clinto Lake (45°18'49″N., 78°52'04″W.)
  • Drag Lake (45°04'27″N., 78°24'38″W.)
  • Eagle Lake (45°08'16″N., 78°29'29″W.)
  • Esson Lake (45°01'23″N., 78°16'09″W.)
  • Faraday Lake (45°03'35″N., 77°55'19″W.)
  • Galeairy Lake (45°29'03″N., 78°17'13″W.)
  • Gliskning Lake (45°31'40″N., 78°12'30″W.)
  • Grace Lake (45°04'20″N., 78°14'05″W.)
  • Gull Lake (46°01'31″N., 78°34'03″W.)
  • Halls Lake (45°6'32″N., 78°44'44″W.)
  • Havelock Lake (45°17'29″N., 78°37'52″W.)
  • Johnson Lake (45°15'57″N., 78°37'20"W.)
  • Kamaniskeg Lake (45°25'03″N., 77°41'23″W.)
  • Kawagama Lake (45°17'55″N., 78°45'09″W.)
  • Koshlong Lake (44°58'23″N., 78°29'07″W.)
  • Limerick Lake (44°53'34″N., 77°37'01″W.)
  • Limestone Lake (45°04'26″N., 77°34'25″W.)
  • Little Boshkung Lake (45°02'19″N., 78°43'06″W.)
  • Livingstone Lake (45°21'36″N., 78°43'09″W.)
  • Lobster Lake (45°32'22″N., 78°11'38″W.)
  • Lyell Lake (Cross Lake) (45°23'48″N., 77°56'36″W.)
  • Marsden Lake (45°13'43″N., 78°30'31″W.)
  • Mephisto Lake (44°55'49″N., 77°34'36″W.)
  • Moose Lake (45°08'59″N., 78°27'50″W.)
  • Mountain Lake (44°58'32″N., 78°42'38″W.)
  • Nunikani Lake (45°11'57″N., 78°44'12″W.)
  • Oxtongue Lake (45°21'57″N., 78°55'12″W.)
  • Papineau Lake (45°20'42″N., 77°48'51″W.)
  • Paudash Lake (44°57'45″N., 78°02'57″W.)
  • Paugh Lake (45°35'25″N., 77°41'59″W.)
  • Purdy Lake (45°20'34″N., 77°43'59″W.)
  • Raven Lake (45°35'26″N., 78°38'57″W.)
  • Round Lake (45°38'26″N., 77°31'44″W.) - Hagarty and Richards Townships
  • Salmon Lake (44°49'07″N., 78°26'47″W.)
  • Silent Lake (44°54'42″N., 78°03'35″W.)
  • Skeleton Lake (45°15'04″N., 79°27'11″W.)
  • Soyers Lake (45°01'29″N., 78°36'36″W.)
  • St. Nora Lake (45°09'25″N., 78°49'44″W.)
  • Sucker Lake (44°45'51″N., 78°15'21″W.)
  • Twelve Mile Lake (45°01'30″N., 78°42'16″W.)
  • Victoria Lake (45°37'09″N., 78°01'22″W.)
  • Waterloo Lake (46°10'32″N., 78°11'37″W.)
  • Whitefish Lake (45°17'29″N., 79°46'40″W.)

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

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

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.)
  • Long Lake (44°41'19″N., 78°10'29″W.)
  • Loucks Lake (44°40'52″N., 78°13'20″W.)
  • McCauley Lake (45°32'37″N., 78°06'49″W.)
  • McKenzie Lake (45°21'52″N., 78°01'10″W.)
  • Wollaston Lake (44°50'26″N., 77°50'09″W.)

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.)

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

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

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.)
  • Algonquin Park - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Blue Paint Lake (45°19'55″N., 78°42'00″W.)
  • Bright Lake (45°23'27″N., 78°50'46″W.)
  • Buchanan Lake (45°19'45″N., 78°49'31″W.)
  • Buck (Mountain) Lake (45°22'35″N., 77°20'56"W)
  • Burnt Lake (45°41'43″N., 79°04'06″W.)
  • Capsell Lake (45°51'20″N., 79°11'24″W.)
  • Carmichael Lake (45°47'52″N., 79°07'40″W.) - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Cod Lake (45°19'16″N., 78°54'28″W.)
  • Crosstee Lake (Pine Lake) (45°35'07″N., 78°07'46″W.)
  • Crystalline Lake (45°26'24″N., 78°44'46″W.)
  • Doughnut Lake (45°27'51″N., 78°54'31″W.)
  • East Jeannie Lakes (45°20'02″N., 78°43'40″W.)
  • Eastell Lake (45°23'51″N., 79°01'24″W.)
  • Eiler Lake (45°22'36″N., 78°56'34″W.)
  • Finger Lake (45°42'58″N., 79°04'45″W.)
  • Fisher Lake (45°22'58″N., 78°47'49″W.)
  • Island Lake (45°46'02″N., 79°07'12″W.)
  • Kuwasda Lake (45°59'12″N., 79°08'57″W.)
  • Laurier Lake (45°54'24″N., 79°19'54″W.)
  • Little Beaver Lake (45°56'06″N., 79°12'50″W.)
  • Little Butt Lake (45°38'29″N., 79°02'12″W.)
  • Little Nelson Lake (45°28'48.3″N., 78°57'03.03″W.)
  • Little Troutspawn Lake (45°22'58″N., 78°45'52″W.)
  • Little Whetstone Lake (45°41'47″N., 79°08'29″W.)
  • Lonesome Lake (45°34'52″N., 78°07'58″W.)
  • Long Lake (45°49'48″N., 79°15'33″W.)
  • Long Lake (45°51'04″N., 79°11'23″W.)
  • Martencamp Lake (45°25'00″N., 78°55'27″W.)
  • McGuire Lake (45°43'45″N., 79°04'39″W.)
  • Millichamp Lake (45°19'32″N., 78°49'45″W.)
  • Mud Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Nabdoe Lake (45°41'15″N., 79°05'01″W.)
  • Niger Lake (45°24'09″N., 78°50'51″W.)
  • Nightfall Lake (45°32'31″N., 78°56'44″W.)
  • Paisley Lake (45°48'44″N., 79°14'05″W.)
  • Peyton Lake (45°46'19″N., 79°09'08″W.)
  • Pine Lake (45°41'24″N., 79°03'16″W.)
  • Red Deer Lake (45°53'12″N., 79°13'11″W.)
  • Roger Lake (45°26'05″N., 78°44'40″W.)
  • Royal Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Saunders Lake (45°36'59″N., 79°46'25″W.)
  • Slipper Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • South Wildcat Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Stocking Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Stoney Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Stubinski Lake (45°12'57″N., 76°53'26″W.)
  • Sunrise Lake (45°25'35″N., 78°45'12″W.)
  • Thumb Lake (45°23'21″N., 78°52'24″W.)
  • Trout Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Upper Oxbow Lake (45°24'35″N., 78°57'56″W.)
  • Whetstone Lake (45°41'26″N., 79°07'40″W.)
  • Wilbur Lake (45°19'46″N., 78°54'48″W.)
  • Windfall Lake (45°45'20″N., 79°05'54″W.)

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. Refer to 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) – refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Piglet Lake - Maria Township
  • Slipper Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Stocking Lake - refer to 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

  • Refer to 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 - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Calabogie Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Hansons Creek - McNab Township
  • Jack Lake - refer to waterbody exceptions
  • Madawaska River - refer to 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 - refer to 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