Fisheries Management Zone 9
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- St. Mary’s River west of the compensating works gate and the canal lock in Sault Ste. Marie is in Zone 9.
General information
- See general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
Zone-wide seasons and limits
Zone-wide seasons and limits apply to all waters in the Zone except for the specific waters and species listed in the species exceptions and waterbody exceptions.
Aggregate limits for trout and salmon (including splake)
Limits: S-5 and C-2; total daily catch and possession limit for all trout and salmon species combined
Atlantic salmon
Season: open all year
Limits: S-1 and C-0
Brook trout
Season: fourth Saturday in April to Labour Day
Limits: S-1; must be greater than 56 cm, and C-0
Brown trout
Season: open all year
Limits: S-5 and C-2
Channel catfish
Season: open all year
Limits: S-12 and C-6
Crappie
Season: open all year
Limits: S-30 and C-10
Lake sturgeon
Season: closed all year
Lake trout
Season: January 1 to September 30
Limits: S-3 and C-1
Lake whitefish
Season: open all year
Limits: S-12 and C-6
Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined
Season: open all year
Limits: S-6 and C-2
Muskellunge
Season: third Saturday in June to December 15
Limits: S-1; must be greater than 91 cm, and C-0
Northern pike
Season: open all year
Limits: S-4 and C-2; none between 70-90 cm, not more than 1 greater than 90 cm
Pacific salmon
Season: open all year
Limits: S-5 and C-2
Rainbow trout
Season: open all year
Limits: S-1 and C-0
Splake
Season: January 1 to September 30
Limits: S-3 and C-1
Sunfish
Season: open all year
Limits: S-50 and C-25
Walleye and sauger combined
Season: January 1 to April 14 and third Saturday in May to December 31
Limits: S-2 and C-1
Yellow perch
Season: open all year
Limits: S-25 and C-12
Species exceptions
Rainbow trout
Limits: S-2 and C-1
- Lake Superior, east of the Pic River (Zone 9)
Walleye and sauger
Season: closed all year
- Black Bay - from 48°37′N. (Bent Island) northward
- Nipigon Bay (Lake Superior) – from the north-easterly point of Simpson Island to the western edge of Ruby Lake Provincial Park excluding the mouth of the Nipigon River and the channels between St. Ignace and Simpson Islands.
Season: open from January 1 to March 31 and July 1 to December 31
- Montreal River - from the first Great Lakes Power Dam to Lake Superior
Waterbody exceptions
Lake Superior - excluding Black Bay north of latitude 48°37′N. (Bent Island), Lake Superior and Nipigon Bay lying north of a line drawn northeasterly from the southernmost tip of Magnet Point on Black Bay Peninsula to Schreiber Point, and Michipicoten Bay inside a line drawn across the bay from Perkwakwai Point to Smokey Point
- Two lines may be used when trolling from a boat in open water
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