Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007 (SOR/2007-237)

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Regulations are current to 2024-10-30 and last amended on 2024-01-01. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 2(Section 15)

Angling Close Time

Item	Species	Waters	Angling Close Time
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
1	Walleye and sauger	Any zone	April 15 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
2	Largemouth and Smallmouth bass	Any zone	January 1 to the Friday before the 4th Saturday in June and December 1 to December 31
3	Northern pike	Any zone	April 15 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
4	Muskellunge	Any zone	January 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in June and December 16 to December 31
5	Yellow perch	Any zone	April 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
6	Black and White crappie	Any zone	April 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
7	Sunfish	Any zone	April 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
8	Brook trout	Any zone	October 1 to December 31
9	Brown trout	Any zone	April 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
10	Rainbow trout	Any zone	April 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in May
11	Lake trout	Any zone	October 1 to December 31
12	Splake	Any zone	October 1 to December 31
13	Pacific salmon (Chinook, Coho and Pink salmon)	Any zone	October 1 to December 31
14	Atlantic salmon	Any zone	October 1 to December 31
15	Lake whitefish	Any zone	November 16 to December 31
16	Lake sturgeon	Any zone	May 1 to June 30
17	Channel catfish	Any zone	June 1 to July 15
18	Aurora trout	Any zone	January 1 to July 31 and October 16 to December 31
19	American shad	Any zone	May 1 to July 15
20	Any species of fish not set out in items 1 to 19	Any zone	January 1 to March 31