SF - 2019/13

Under the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007

Pursuant to the authority vested in subsection 13(1) of the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007, made under the Fisheries Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14, I hereby authorize and declare the following:

  1. That Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 13 (SF-2009/13-2) signed by Minister Cansfield on November 11, 2009 is revoked and replaced by this Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 13 (SF-2019/13).
  2. That the angling close times as set out in Schedule 2 to the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007 and the angling quotas and size limits as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the said Regulations for Fisheries Management Zone 13 are hereby varied as set out in Schedule A to this Sport Fishing Variation Order.
  3. That if there is a conflict between this Sport Fishing Variation Order and a close time for a fish sanctuary, the close time for the fish sanctuary prevails.
  4. That this Sport Fishing Variation Order comes into effect January 1, 2019.

Dated at Toronto this 29th day of October, 2018.

Jeff Yurek
Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

Schedule A-Zone-wide close times, quotas and size limits for Fisheries Management Zone 13

The following Sport Fishing close times, quotas and size limits (measured in total length) apply to all waters in Fisheries Management Zone 13.
Species or combination of species Close time Sport Fishing Licence quota and size limit Conservation Fishing Licence quota and size limit
Atlantic Salmon No close time 1, any size 0
Black & White Crappie No close time 30, any size 10, any size
Brook Trout January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Brown Trout No close time 5, any size 2, any size
Channel Catfish No close time 12, any size 6, any size
Lake Sturgeon January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Lake Trout October 1 to November 30 2, any size 1, any size
Lake Whitefish No close time 12, any size 6, any size
Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass January 1 to the Friday before the 4th Saturday in June and December 1 to December 31 6, any size 2, any size
Muskellunge January 1 to the Friday before the 3rd Saturday in June and December 16 to December 31 1, must be greater than 102 cm 0
Northern Pike No close time 4, any size 2, any size
Pacific Salmon No close time 5, any size 2, any size
Rainbow Trout No close time 2, any size 1, any size
Splake January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Sunfish No close time 50, any size 25, any size
Walleye & Sauger No close time 6, any size 2, any size
Yellow Perch No close time 50, any size 25, any size
Any other species No close time No limit No limit