General Information
- See general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
- FMZ 9 part of the Great Lakes. Baitfish and leeches from adjacent Bait Management Zones (BMZ) are permitted, but can only be moved out of the Great Lakes to be disposed of immediately more than 30 metres from the water. See bait for more details.
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
| Species | Season | Limit |
| Atlantic Salmon | All Year | S-1 and C-0 |
| Brook Trout | fourth Saturday in Apr to Labour Day | S-1; must be greater than 56 centimetres, and C-0 |
| Brown Trout | All Year | S-5 and C-2 |
| Channel Catfish | All Year | S-12 and C-6 |
| Crappie | All Year | S-30 and C-10 |
| Lake Sturgeon | Closed | – |
| Lake Trout | Jan 1 to Sept 30 | S-3 and C-1 |
| Lake Whitefish | All Year | S-12 and C-6 |
| Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined | All Year | S-6 and C-2 |
| Muskellunge | Third Saturday in June to Dec 15 | S-1; must be greater than 91 centimetres, and C-0 |
| Northern Pike | All Year | S-4 and C-2; none between 70-90 centimetres, not more than 1 greater than 90 centimetres |
| Pacific Salmon | All Year | S-5 and C-2 |
| Rainbow Trout | All Year | S-1 and C-0 |
| Splake | Jan 1 to Sept 30 | S-3 and C-1 |
| Sunfish | All Year | S-50 and C-25 |
| Walleye and Sauger combined | Jan 1 to Apr 14 third Saturday in May to Dec 31 | S-2 and C-1 |
| Yellow Perch | All year | 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