Last Updated: December 31, 2024
  • See the Boundary Waters section for information on licences and limits in boundary waters and remember that regulations differ between Ontario and Quebec. Anglers are responsible to ensure they are obeying the regulations of the waters where they are fishing.
  • American Eel is a specially protected species and may not be caught or possessed under a Recreational Fishing Licence.
  • The following species are not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year: Pacific Salmon
  • FMZ 12 is the Ottawa River. Baitfish and leeches that are both dead and preserved can be transported into and out of BMZs and the Ottawa River.
  • Baitfish and leeches that are not both dead and preserved may be transported out of:
    • an adjacent Bait Management Zone and used in the Great Lakes
    • the Great Lakes only to be disposed of immediately more than 30 m from the water

Zone-wide Seasons and Limits

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  • Open in Limited Locations
  • Open Season
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American Shad

American Shad
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

Additional Fishing Opportunities

  • Ottawa River - below Carillon Dam to Pointe Fortune

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
1
Conservation Limit
0

Total daily catch and possession limit for all trout, salmon and splake species combined

Black Crappie

Black Crappie
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
30
Conservation Limit
10

Total daily catch and possession limit for white and black crappie combined.

Bluegill

Bluegill
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
No limit
Conservation Limit
No limit

Brook Trout

Brook trout
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

Total daily catch and possession limit for all trout, salmon and splake species combined

Brown Trout

Brown Trout
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

Total daily catch and possession limit for all trout, salmon and splake species combined

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
12
Conservation Limit
6

Chinook Salmon

Chinook Salmon
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

Not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year

Coho Salmon

Coho Salmon
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

Not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year

Green Sunfish

Green Sunfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
No limit
Conservation Limit
No limit

Lake Sturgeon

Lake Sturgeon
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

Closed all year

Lake Trout

Lake Trout
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1

must be greater than 45 cm ( 17 3/4" )

Total daily catch and possession limit for all trout, salmon and splake species combined

Lake Whitefish

Lake Whitefish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
12
Conservation Limit
6

Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
6
Conservation Limit
2

Total daily catch and possession limit for all largemouth and smallmouth bass combined

Muskellunge

Muskellunge
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
1
Conservation Limit
0

must be greater than 137 cm ( 54" )

Northern Pike

Northern Pike
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
6
Conservation Limit
2
Northern Pike
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
6
Conservation Limit
2

Northern Sunfish

Northern Sunfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
No limit
Conservation Limit
No limit

Orange-spotted Sunfish

Orange-spotted Sunfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
No limit
Conservation Limit
No limit

Pink Salmon

Pink Salmon
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

Not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year

Pumpkinseed

Pumpkinseed
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
No limit
Conservation Limit
No limit

Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

Total daily catch and possession limit for all trout, salmon and splake species combined

Sauger

Sauger
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

must be less than 40 cm ( 15 3/4" ) from March 1 to March 31

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Sauger
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

must be less than 40 cm ( 15 3/4" ) from March 1 to June 15

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
6
Conservation Limit
2

Total daily catch and possession limit for all largemouth and smallmouth bass combined

Splake

Splake
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1

must be greater than 45 cm ( 17 3/4" )

Total daily catch and possession limit for all trout, salmon and splake species combined

Walleye

Walleye
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

must be less than 40 cm ( 15 3/4" ) from March 1 to March 31

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Walleye
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

must be less than 40 cm ( 15 3/4" ) from March 1 to June 15

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

White Crappie

White Crappie
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
30
Conservation Limit
10

Total daily catch and possession limit for white and black crappie combined.

Yellow Perch

Yellow Perch
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
50
Conservation Limit
25