Last Updated: December 31, 2024
  • Non-Canadian residents camping on Crown land must follow Conservation Fishing Licence limits.
  • Rainbow Smelt may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait.
  • The following waterbodies, or portions of them, have different regulations that are listed in the Waterbody exceptions: Big Vermilion Lake, Cedar Lake, Cloudlet Lake, Hooch Lake, Lac Seul, Maskinonge Lake, Minnitaki Lake (including Abram Lake, Duck Lake, Pelican Lake, Hidden Lake, Botsford Lake, English River and Rice River), Red Lake and Gullrock System (including Chukuni River, Keg Lake, Ranger Lake and Two Island Lake) and Sydney Lake Area.
  • The following species are not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish and Pacific Salmon.
  • FMZ 4 is part of the Northwest 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

Zone-wide Seasons and Limits

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  • Open in Limited Locations
  • Open Season
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Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic 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

Black Crappie

Black Crappie
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
15
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
50
Conservation Limit
25

Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, and Orange-spotted Sunfish limits combined

Brook Trout

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

not more than 1 greater than 30 cm ( 11 3/4" )

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

Brook trout
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

Additional Fishing Opportunities

no size limit

  • Berglund Lake (49°35’50”N., 91°38’27”W.)
  • Bill Lake (50°04’02”N., 93°58’07”W.)
  • Butler Lake (49°29’10”N., 91°50’13”W.) - Bradshaw Township
  • Dog Lake (50°00’51”N., 94°00’49”W.)
  • Highway Lake (50°04’16”N., 92°01’30”W.) - Drayton Township
  • Krisko Lake (49°42’33”N., 91°12’60”W.)
  • Little Butler Lake (49°28’41”N., 91°50’29”W.) - Bradshaw Township
  • Little Snowstorm Lake (49°37’26”N., 91°43’06”W.)
  • McLaurin Lake (49°43’13”N., 91°12’05”W.)
  • Nyilas Lake (50°03’57”N., 92°04’20”W.) - Drayton Township
  • O’Dell Lake (49°24’01”N., 91°35’10”W.) - Skey Township
  • Reguly Lake (49°38’01”N., 91°43’40”W.)
  • Shrimp Lake (49°35’26”N., 91°38’55”W.)
  • Snowstorm Lake (49°37’17”N., 91°43’27”W.)
  • Snyder Lake (50°03’52”N., 92°04’40”W.) - Drayton Township
  • Wreck Lake (50°02’50”N., 94°08’13”W.)

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

Brown Trout

Brown Trout
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

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

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

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

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
50
Conservation Limit
25

Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, and Orange-spotted Sunfish limits combined

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

Not more than 1 greater than 56 cm ( 22" )

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

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

Season: closed all year

  • Cedarbough Lake (49°58’49”N., 92°11’37”W.) and all connecting streams to Little Vermilion Lake (50°00’06”N., 92°09’18”W.)

  • Little Vermilion Lake (50°00’06”N., 92°09’18”W.) and all connecting streams to Cedarbough Lake (49°58’49”N., 92°11’37”W.)

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
2
Conservation Limit
1
  • must be less than 35 cm ( 13 3/4" )

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

Largemouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

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

Largemouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1
  • must be less than 35 cm ( 13 3/4" )

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 102 cm ( 40 1/8" )

Muskellunge
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
1
Conservation Limit
0

Must be greater than 91 cm ( 35 3/4" )

  • Confusion Lake (50°40’00”N., 94°09’00”W.) • Flat Lake (50°57’43”N., 93°57’12”W.) - Baird Township
  • Russett Lake (50°58’31”N., 93°55’45”W.) - Baird Township
  • Unnamed Lake (Paul-Orr Lake) (50°59’24”N., 93°56’02”W.)
  • Unnamed Lake (Spires Lake) (50°58’42”N., 93°58’45”W.)

Must be greater than 137 cm ( 54" )

  • Cliff Lake (50°10’08”N., 93°17’60”W.) - at Highway 105
  • Longlegged Lake (50°45’00”N., 94°05’00”W.) • Perrault Lake (50°17’N., 93°08’W.)

Northern Pike

Northern Pike
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

none between 70 - 90 cm ( 27 1/2" - 35 3/8" ), not more than 1 greater than 90 cm ( 35 3/8" )

 

Northern Sunfish

Northern Sunfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
50
Conservation Limit
25

Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, and Orange-spotted Sunfish limits combined

Orange-spotted Sunfish

Orange-spotted Sunfish
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
50
Conservation Limit
25

Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, and Orange-spotted Sunfish limits combined

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
50
Conservation Limit
25

Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, and Orange-spotted Sunfish limits combined

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
4
Conservation Limit
2

not more than 1 greater than 46 cm ( 18" )

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Sauger
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

not more than 1 greater than 46 cm ( 18" )

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1
  • must be less than 35 cm ( 13 3/4" )

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

Smallmouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

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

Smallmouth Bass
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1
  • must be less than 35 cm ( 13 3/4" )

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

Splake

Splake
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

Walleye

Walleye
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

not more than 1 greater than 46 cm ( 18" )

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Walleye
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

not more than 1 greater than 46 cm ( 18" )

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Walleye
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

not more than 1 greater than 46 cm ( 18" )

  • Graystone Lake (49°59’11”N., 91°02’38”W.) - from Highway 599 to a line drawn across Graystone Lake at 91°03’13”W.
  • Post Creek - from the base of the waterfall in Post Bay to latitude 49°55’36“N. on Sturgeon Lake
  • Sturgeon Lake (49°55’38”N., 90°53’49”W.) - described as Trappers Point Bay from 50°11’55”N. to the intersection of Trout Creek and Second Creek with Highway 599

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

Walleye
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
4
Conservation Limit
2

not more than 1 greater than 46 cm ( 18" )

  • Graystone Lake (49°59’11”N., 91°02’38”W.) - from Highway 599 to a line drawn across Graystone Lake at 91°03’13”W.
  • Post Creek - from the base of the waterfall in Post Bay to latitude 49°55’36“N. on Sturgeon Lake
  • Sturgeon Lake (49°55’38”N., 90°53’49”W.) - described as Trappers Point Bay from 50°11’55”N. to the intersection of Trout Creek and Second Creek with Highway 599

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

White Crappie

White Crappie
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
15
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