Last Updated: December 31, 2024
  • Some Brook Trout Additional Fishing Opportunities in Zone 11 also have Bait Restrictions. Be sure to review these regulations carefully
  • The following waterbodies, or portions of them, have different regulations that are listed in the Waterbody exceptions: Cut Lake, French River Provincial Park, Green Lake, Lake Nipissing, Lake Temagami, Liberty Lake, McConnell Lake, Shanty Lake, Surecatch Lake and Trout Lake.
  • FMZ 11 is part of the Northeast 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
  • *New* As of Jan 1, 2025 all waters where angling is permitted in Zone 11 are included in the dip netting season (Oct 1 – Dec 15) for Lake Herring (Cisco) and Lake Whitefish.

Zone-wide Seasons and Limits

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Atlantic Salmon

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

Closed all year

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
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

Sport limit: not more than 1 greater than 31 cm ( 12 1/4" )

Conservation limit: none greater than 31 cm ( 12 1/4" )

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

  • Barnett Lake (47°09′05″N., 80°02′37″W.) - Aston Township
  • Bartle Lake (47°30′00″N., 79°50′00″W.) - Hudson Township
  • Bastien Lake (Tower Lake) (46°23′56″N., 78°54′52″W.) - Mattawan Township
  • Beach Lake (46°44′11″N., 79°47′48″W.) - Sisk Township
  • Best Lake 73 (47°09′30″N., 79°45′41″W.) - Best Township
  • Brown’s Lake (47°06′57″N., 80°05′18″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Coppersand Lake (47°08′44″N., 80°03′47″W.) - Aston Township
  • Dokis Pond (46°07′23″N., 80°02′46″W.) - Dokis Number 9 First Nation
  • Fork Lake (46°09′13″N., 78°43′53″W.) - Boyd Township
  • Froggy Lake (46°17′12″N., 79°07′22″W.) - Bonfield Township
  • Gillies Limit Lake 19 (47°16′04″N., 79°46′59″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Gillies Limit Lake 51 (47°16′57″N., 79°42′44″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Glassy Lake (46°23′16″N., 79°06′50″W.) - Phelps Township
  • Herbert Lake (46°58′48″N., 80°08′17″W.) - Joan Township
  • High Lake (46°53′46″N., 80°20′28″W.) - Afton Township
  • Hillcrest Lake (47°00′52″N., 80°03′24″W.) - Joan Township
  • Hook Lake (47°08′10″N., 79°50′47″W.) - Strathy Township
  • Hush Hush Lake (47°08′12″N., 80°02′54″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Indian Lake (46°28′05″N., 79°08′19″W.) - French Township
  • Lake 697 (46°29′51″N., 79°04′00″W.) - Butler Township
  • Lake 2 (Pothole 2) (46°30′12″N., 79°09′44″W.) - French Township
  • Little McConnell Lake (46°45′12″N., 79°20′13″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Love Lake (45°59′20″N., 79°19′47″W.) - Himsworth Township
  • Malloch Lake (47°04′43″N., 80°03′04″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Mirror Lake (46°25′24″N., 79°07′05″W.) - Phelps Township
  • Montreuil Lake (46°25′54″N., 78°54′28″W.) - Mattawan Township
  • Mowat Lake (47°28′51″N., 79°57′37″W.) - Barr Township
  • Mug Lake (46°44′33″N., 79°22′30″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Norway Lake (46°45′08″N., 79°15′08″W.) - Wyse Township
  • Pine Lake (46°44′47″N., 79°16′39″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Pole Lake (46°43′44″N., 79°21′51″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Price Lake (46°58′03″N., 80°07′32″W.) - Phyllis Township
  • Quarry Lake (46°43′43″N., 79°21′12″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Redbark Lake (46°59′45″N., 80°09′55″W.) - Joan Township
  • Robert Lake (Head Lake) - (47°16′01″N., 79°51′36″W.) - Brigstocke Township
  • Roko Lake (47°07′12″N., 80°02′52″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Round Lake (46°46′34″N., 79°18′55″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Secord Lake (46°45′25″N., 79°24′54″W.) - La Salle Township
  • Side Rock Lake (47°04′36″N., 80°03′34″W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Strathcona Lake 25 (47°01′23″N., 79°46′40″W.) - Strathcona Township
  • Teasdale Lake (46°21′20″N., 79°02′30″W.) - Olrig Township
  • Turtle Lake (46°09′15″N., 79°01′52″W.) - Boulter Township
  • Whitefawn Lake (46°23′23″N., 79°27′53″W.) - Widdifield Township

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
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

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

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
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

Sport limit - not more than 1 greater than 40 cm ( 15 3/4" )

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

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

Sport limit - not more than 1 greater than 40 cm ( 15 3/4" )

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

  • Florence Lake (47°13’36”N., 80°33’09”W.) - Dundee Township
Lake Trout
Additional Fishing Opportunities
Season Start Date
Season End Date
Sport Limit
2
Conservation Limit
1

Additional fishing opportunities

  • Crooked Lake (46°02′45″N., 79°50′36″W.) - Patterson Township
  • Hearst Lake (47°17′28″N., 79°45′34″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Justin Lake (First Justin) (47°20′36″N., 79°53′27″W.) - Coleman Township
  • Kingston Lake (47°35′17″N., 80°05′39″W.) - Cane Township
  • Kitt Lake - (47°21′03″N., 79°55′28″W.) - Kittson Township
  • McNab Lake (47°09′48″N., 79°40′18″W.) - Best Township
  • Roosevelt Lake (47°15′38″N., 79°42′45″W.) - Gillies Limit Township
  • Stormy Lake (46°04′47″N., 79°46′29″W.) - Patterson Township
  • Threetrails Lake (46°44′07″N., 79°16′18″W.) - McAuslan Township
  • Tooth Lake (47°10′53″N., 79°30′31″W.) - South Lorrain Township

Limits: S-2; not more than 1 greater than 50 centimetres, and C-1

  • Cross Lake (46°52’19”N., 79°57’57”W.) - Torrington Township
  • Diamond Lake (47°12’12”N., 80°14’37”W.) - Canton Township
  • Kokoko Lake (47°05’31”N., 80°01’45”W.) - Cynthia Township
  • Makobe Lake (47°26’49”N., 80°25’47”W.) - Tretheway Township

Limits: S-1 and C-0

  • Obabika Lake (47°00’60”N., 80°16’26”W.) - Belfast Township

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

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 122 cm ( 48" )

Northern Pike

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

Sport Limits: not more than 2 greater than 61 cm ( 24" ), of which not more than 1 is greater than 86 cm ( 33 3/4" )

Conservation Limits: not more than 1 greater than 61 cm ( 24" ), none greater than 86 cm ( 33 3/4" )

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

Sport Limits: not more than 2 greater than 61 cm ( 24" ), of which not more than 1 is greater than 86 cm ( 33 3/4" )

Conservation Limits: not more than 1 greater than 61 cm ( 24" ),  none greater than 86 cm ( 33 3/4" )

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
Sport Limit
5
Conservation Limit
2

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

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

none between 43-60 cm ( 17" - 23 1/2" ), not more than 1 greater than 60 cm ( 23 1/2" )

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

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

none between 43-60 cm ( 17" - 23 1/2" ), not more than 1 greater than 60 cm ( 23 1/2" )

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

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
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

none between 43-60 cm ( 17" - 23 1/2" ), not more than 1 greater than 60 cm ( 23 1/2" )

Walleye and Sauger limits combined

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

none between 43-60 cm ( 17" - 23 1/2" ), not more than 1 greater than 60 cm ( 23 1/2" )

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