Zone 6
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: Arrow River, Cushing Lake, *New* D'Arcy Lake, *New* Hades Lake, Jessie Lake, Lac des Mille Lacs, Lake Helen, Lake Nipigon, Little Savanne River, McIntyre River, Nipigon River, *New* Pass Lake, Polly Lake, Savanne River and *New* Uncle Al's Lake, *New* Wednesday Lake.
  • FMZ 6, with the exception of St. Ignace Island and Simpson Island, 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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Atlantic Salmon

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

not more than 1 greater than 30 cm ( 12" ). No size limit in some areas

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

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

must be greater than 56 cm

All tributaries to Lake Superior in Zone 6 described as follows:

  • Current River downstream from the Boulevard Lake Dam (48°27′N., 89°11′W.);
  • Coldwater Creek downstream from Ouimet Canyon Road (48°45′N., 88°36′W.);
  • Spring Creek downstream from Dorion Fish Culture Station (48°50′N., 88°36′W.);
  • Wolf River downstream from the lower falls (48°50′58″N., 88°34′87″W.);
  • Black Sturgeon River downstream from the dam (48°55′N., 88°23′W.);
  • Nipigon River, entire length including Jessie Lake, Polly Lake and Lake Helen;
  • From the Pigeon River to the Nipigon River, all tributaries lying downstream from Highway 61 and Highway 11/17, including Sibley and Black Bay Peninsula and all islands and excluding those listed in the first six sub-bullets above.
Brook trout
Brook trout
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2
  • Adrian Lake (48°27′10″N., 89°48′58″W.) - Adrian Township
  • Aldina Lake (48°21′31″N., 89°58′41″W.) - Aldina Township
  • Annette Lake (49°26′06″N., 89°39′49″W.)
  • Bateman Lake (48°30′33″N., 89°45′17″W.) - Conmee Township
  • Bell Lake (48°06′16″N., 89°42′26″W.) - Devon Township
  • Birch Lake (48°10′28″N., 90°07′18″W.) - Hardwick Township
  • Blake’s Lake (48°56′57″N., 88°28′11″W.) - Hele Township
  • Caribou Lake (48°37′23″N., 88°40′14″W.) - McTavish Township
  • Caro Lake (49°06′13″N., 88°57′50″W.)
  • Cavern Lake (48°50′04″N., 88°39′35″W.) - Dorion Township
  • Chub Lake (48°16′54″N., 89°34′22″W.) - Scoble Township
  • Deer Lake (49°03′36″N., 88°20′23″W.) - Booth Township
  • Devon Lake (48°09′18″N., 89°50′45″W.) - Devon Township
  • Devonline Lake (48°09′33″N., 89°50′58″W.) - Fraleigh Township
  • Downy Lake (48°14′23″N., 89°52′10″W.) - Lybster Township
  • Driftstone Lake (48°57′30″N., 88°30′11″W.) - Hele Township
  • Duchess Lake (Dutchies Lake) (48°52′26″N., 88°34′18″W.) - Stirling Township
  • Echo Lake (48°19′30″N., 89°53′33″W.) - Marks Township
  • Elbow Lake (48°10′56″N., 90°16′23″W.)
  • Fall Lake (48°47′51″N., 88°38′02″W.) - Dorion Township
  • Five Minute Lake (48°40′28″N., 88°48′04″W.)
  • Float Lake (48°20′37″N., 89°53′20″W.) - Marks Township
  • Forrest Lake (48°07′24″N., 90°15′14″W.)
  • Furcate Lake (48°47′11″N., 88°45′50″W.) - Dorion Township
  • Goddard Lake (49°42′22″N., 87°43′38″W.) - Walters Township
  • Gold Lake (48°30′05″N., 89°45′08″W.) - Conmee Township
  • Golding Lake (48°35′49″N., 89°14′00″W.) - Gorham Township
  • Goodmorning Lakes North (48°47'11"N., 88°42'03"W.) - Dorion Township
  • Goodmorning Lakes South (48°46'41"N., 88°41'47"W.) - Dorion Township
  • Grande Lake (48°49′09″N., 88°40′52″W.) - Dorion Township
  • Hans’ Lake (McMaster Lake 79) (49°01′53″N., 88°35′04″W.) - McMaster Township
  • Hartington Lake 1 (48°09′04″N., 89°56′37″W.) - Hartington Township
  • Hartington Lake 2 (48°08′32″N., 89°57′18″W.) - Hartington Township
  • Hartington Lake 3 (48°08′49″N., 89°56′57″W.) - Hartington Township
  • Head Lake (48°16′50″N., 90°09′30″W.)
  • Himdick Lake (48°45′22″N., 88°43′30″W.) - Dorion Township
  • Inwood Lake (49°01′10″N., 90°26′45″W.) - Inwood Township
  • Jeff Lake (48°43′14″N., 88°39′58″W.) - McTavish Township
  • Joan Lake (48°06′19″N., 89°43′38″W.) - Devon Township
  • Lauries Lakes 1 (48°15′01″N., 90°16′32″W.)
  • Lauries Lake 3 (Larrys Lake 3) (48°14′16″N., 90°17′18″W.)
  • Lauries Lake 4 (Larrys Lake 4) (48°14′30″N., 90°17′16″W.)
  • Lismore Lake 1 (48°09′28″N., 89°56′42″W.) - Lismore Township
  • Lismore Lake 2 (48°09′21″N., 89°57′06″W.) - Lismore Township
  • Little Addie Lake (48°09′18″N., 90°25′02″W.)
  • Little Hawkeye Lake (48°40′08″N., 89°27′40″W.) - Fowler Township
  • Little Head Lake (48°16′20″N., 90°08′21″W.) - Jean Township
  • Liver Lake (48°36′33″N., 88°56′28″W.)
  • Lizard Lake (48°14′33″N., 89°52′23″W.) - Lybster Township
  • Loch Muich Lake (48°36′14″N., 90°20′39″W.) - Haines Township
  • Lofquist Lake (49°02′18″N., 88°20′21″W.) - Nipigon Township
  • Lorne’s Lake (49°03′47″N., 88°35′57″W.) - Cockeram Township
  • Lower Moonshine Lake (48°52′25″N., 88°35′59″W.) - Stirling Township
  • Malborne Lake (49°11′52″N., 88°25′15″W.) - Purdom Township
  • Male Lake (49°13′11″N., 88°22′33″W.) - Purdom Township
  • Marble Lake (48°29′31″N., 89°45′21″W.) - Conmee Township
  • Matson Lake (48°05′48″N., 89°42′04″W.) - Pardee Township
  • McKecknie Lake (48°07′25″N., 90°14′21″W.)
  • Middle Moonshine Lake (48°52′39″N., 88°36′04″W.) - Stirling Township
  • Moonshine Lake (48°52′53″N., 88°36′12″W.) - Stirling Township
  • Morrison Lake (48°11′09″N., 89°52′44″W.) - Fraleigh Township
  • Mutt Lake (48°43′25″N., 88°40′09″W.) - McTavish Township
  • No Good Lake (49°03′00″N., 88°21′00″W.) - Booth Township
  • Nunya Lake (49°28'59"N., 89°35'27"W.)
  • Paradise Lake (48°40′55″N., 88°48′20″W.)
  • Peridotite Lake (48°29′34″N., 89°46′50″W.) - Adrian Township
  • Peter’s Lake (48°57′13″N., 88°28′58″W.) - Hele Township
  • Pocket Lake (48°52′19″N., 88°40′39″W.) - Glen Township
  • Ranger Lake (48°23′16″N., 89°52′10″W.) - Marks Township
  • Rock Lake (48°11′13″N., 90°05′29″W.) - Hardwick Township
  • Roll Lake (Lake 19) (48°38′30″N., 88°57′37″W.)
  • Sand Lake North (48°15′18″N., 90°14′25″W.)
  • Scott Lake 1 (48°10′51″N., 90°18′47″W.)
  • Scott Lake 2 (48°10′41″N., 90°17′49″W.)
  • Shale Lake (48°53′36″N., 88°43′16″W.)
  • Shoepac Lake (49°00′50″N., 88°22′47″W.) - Nipigon Township
  • Sitches Lake (48°39′24″N., 90°38′27″W.) - Ames Township
  • South Castle Lake (48°11′21″N., 90°04′24″W.) - Hardwick Township
  • South Fallingsnow East Lake (48°08′21″N., 89°47′46″W.) - Devon Township
  • South Fallingsnow West Lake (48°08′33″N., 89°48′00″W.) - Devon Township
  • Stillwater Lake (49°02′07″N., 88°24′17″W.) - Nipigon Township
  • Sunset Lake (48°44′19″N., 88°40′55″W.) - Dorion Township
  • Sunset Lake (48°12′11″N., 89°56′20″W.) - Lismore Township
  • Tear Drop Lake (48°37′17″N., 90°21′60″W.) - Haines Township
  • Ten Minute Lake (48°22′38″N., 89°52′14″W.) - Marks Township
  • Thompson Lake (48°52′52″N., 88°34′42″W.) - Stirling Township
  • Thompson Lake 2 (48°17′37″N., 89°35′06″W.) - Scoble Township
  • Thunder Lake (48°29′55″N., 89°45′55″W.) - Conmee Township
  • Tuesday Lake (48°44′15″N., 89°05′16″W.)
  • Twin Mountain Lake (48°10′47″N., 89°49′33″W.) - Fraleigh Township
  • Unnamed Lake 9 (48°42′01″N., 89°27′02″W.) - Fowler Township
  • Unnamed Lake 19 (49°02′11″N., 88°26′23″W.) - Hele Township
  • Unnamed Lake 20 (49°00′31″N., 88°28′44″W.) - Hele Township
  • Unnamed Lake 21 (49°00′03″N., 88°28′08″W.) - Hele Township
  • Unnamed Lake 22 (48°58′05″N., 88°32′09″W.) - Hele Township
  • Unnamed Lake 34 (49°01′55″N., 88°25′13″W.) - Nipigon Township
  • Unnamed Lake 39 (48°56′32″N., 88°25′45″W.) - Nipigon Township
  • Wasp Lake (48°13′31″N., 90°11′12″W.)
  • West Arrow Lake (48°07′35″N., 90°26′13″W.)
  • West Greenhue Lake (48°42′01″N., 89°27′03W.) - Fowler Township
  • West MacDonald Lake (48°50′16″N., 88°38′45″W.) - Dorion Township

Brown Trout

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

Chinook Salmon

Chinook Salmon
Chinook Salmon
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

Coho Salmon

Coho Salmon
Coho Salmon
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

Green Sunfish

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

Closed all year.

Lake Trout

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" ) from September 1 to September 30. No size limit the rest of the season

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

Lake Trout
Lake Trout
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1

no size limit

  • Black Sturgeon Lake (49°19’27”N., 88°51’34”W.)
  • Keemle Lake (49°17’00”N., 88°07’00”W.)
  • Pasha Lake (49°42’00”N., 87°43’00”W.) - Walters Township

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

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

Season: closed all year

  • Shebandowan Lakes (48°38’53”N., 90°19’22”W.)

Lake Whitefish

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

Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass
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

Muskellunge

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

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

Northern Pike

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

not more than 1 greater than or equal to 70 cm ( 27 1/2" )

 

Northern Sunfish

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
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
Pink Salmon
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

Pumpkinseed

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
Rainbow Trout
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

Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

Additional Fishing Opportunities

Limits: S-5 and C-2

  • Amanda Lake (49°29’01”N., 89°34’06”W.)
  • Badger Lake (49°29’48”N., 89°31’39”W.)
  • Danielle Lake (49°29'16"N., 89°34'38"W.)
  • Dayle Lake (49°24’52”N., 89°41’47”W.)
  • Dennis Lake (49°28'55"N., 89°35'56"W)
  • Lake 81E (48°13’42”N., 89°54’17”W.) - Strange Township
  • Pothole Lake (48°13’47”N., 89°53’45”W.) - Lybster Township
  • Sandybeach Lake (48°46'42"N.,88°46'09"W.) - Dorion Township
  • Ursus Lake (48°35'35"N., 89°01'11"W.) - MacGregor Township

S-1; must be greater than 69 cm, and C-0

  • Neebing River

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

Sauger

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
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
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

Splake

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
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
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
Walleye
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Closed to fishing
Closed to fishing

Season: closed all year

  • Black Sturgeon River - downstream from the dam (48°55’N., 88°23’W.) to Lake Superior

White Crappie

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

Possession limit of 100 in Whitefish Lake (48°13'00"N., 90°00'00"W.)