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 speciesClose timeSport fishing licence quota and size limitConservation fishing licence quota and size limit
Atlantic salmonNo close time1, must be greater than 63 cm0
Black & white crappieNo close time30, any size10, any size
Brook troutJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Brown troutNo close time5, any size2, any size
Channel catfishNo close time12, any size6, any size
Lake sturgeonJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Lake troutOctober 1 to November 303, any size1, any size
Lake whitefishNo close time12, any size6, 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.

MuskellungeJanuary 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in June and December 16 to December 311, must be greater than 137 cm0
Northern pikeApril 1 to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in May6, any size2, any size
Pacific salmonNo close time5, any size2, any size
Rainbow troutNo close time2, any size1, any size
SplakeJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
SunfishNo close time100, any size50, any size
Walleye & saugerMarch 2 to the Friday before the 1st Saturday in May4, not more than 1 greater than 63 cm2, not more than 1 greater than 63 cm
Yellow perchNo close time50, any size25, any size
Any other speciesNo close timeNo limitNo 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.
WatersSpecies or combination of speciesClose timeSport fishing licence quota and size limitConservation 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 StationYellow perchApril 1 to the Friday before the 2nd Saturday in MayNo changeNo 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. FrancisWalleyeNo change4, any size2, any size