SF – 2021/20

Under The Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007

Pursuant to the authority vested in me under subsection 13(1) of the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007, made under the Fisheries Act R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14 and I hereby authorize and declare the following:

  1. That Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 20 (SF-2019/20) signed by Minister Yurek on October 29, 2018 is revoked and replaced by this Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 20 (SF-2021/20).
  2. That the angling close times as set out in Schedule 2 to the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007 and the angling quotas and size limits as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the said Regulations for Fisheries Management Zone 20 are hereby varied as set out in Schedules A and B to this Sport Fishing Variation Order.
  3. That if there is a conflict between this Sport Fishing Variation Order and a close time for a fish sanctuary, the close time for the fish sanctuary prevails.
  4. That this Sport Fishing Variation Order comes into effect January 1, 2021.

Dated at Toronto this 23rd day of November, 2020.

John Yakabuski
Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

Schedule A – Zone-wide close times, quotas and size limits for Fisheries Management Zone 20

Subject to Schedule B of this Variation Order the following Angling close times, fishing quotas and size limits (measured in total length) apply to all waters in Fisheries Management Zone 20.
Species or combination of species Close time Sport fishing licence quota and size limit Conservation fishing licence quota and size limit
Atlantic salmon No close time 1, must be greater than 63 cm 0
Black & white crappie No close time 30, any size 10, any size
Brook trout January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Brown trout No close time 5, any size 2, any size
Channel catfish No close time 12, any size 6, any size
Lake sturgeon January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Lake trout October 1 to November 30 3, any size 1, any size
Lake whitefish No close time 12, any size 6, any size
Largemouth bass & smallmouth bass

Largemouth bass: May 11 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in June

Smallmouth bass: May 11 to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in July

Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass: 0, from January 1 to May 10 and 6 from the 1st Saturday in July to December 31, any size

Largemouth bass: 6 from the 3rd Saturday in June to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in July, any size

Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass: 0, from January 1 to May 10 and 2 from the 1st Saturday in July to December 31, any size

Largemouth bass: 2 from the 3rd Saturday in June to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in July, any size.
Muskellunge January 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in June and December 16 to December 31 1, must be greater than 137 cm 0
Northern pike April 1 to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in May 6, any size 2, any size
Pacific salmon No close time 5, any size 2, any size
Rainbow trout No close time 2, any size 1, any size
Splake January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Sunfish No close time 100, any size 50, any size
Walleye & sauger March 2 to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in May 4, not more than 1 greater than 63 cm 2, not more than 1 greater than 63 cm
Yellow perch No close time 50, any size 25, any size
Any other species No close time No limit No limit

Schedule B – Exceptions to the Zone-wide close times, quotas and size limits for Fisheries Management Zone 20

Despite Schedule A of this Variation Order the Angling close times, quotas and size limits (measured in total length) set out in this Schedule apply in the following waters. For greater clarity, where this schedule indicates “no change”, the Zone-wide requirement in Schedule A applies.
Waters Species or combination of species Close time Sport fishing licence quota and size limit Conservation fishing licence quota and size limit
Lake St. Francis - The waters of the St. Lawrence River including Lake St. Francis lying east of Robert H. Saunders Generating Station Yellow perch April 1 to the Friday before the 2nd Saturday in May No change No change
St. Lawrence River, waters lying east of a line drawn between Bishops Point and the easternmost tips of Howe and Wolfe Islands, and including Lake St. Francis Walleye No change 4, any size 2, any size