2022 Fishing Seasons – Zone 7

General Information

• See general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
• The following waterbodies, or portions of them, have different regulations that are listed in the waterbody exceptions:
  • Borealis Lake
  • Dayohessarah Lake
  • Little Dayohessarah Lake
  • Dog Lake
  • Kabinakagami River
  • Magpie River
  • Michipicoten River
  • Nagagami River
  • Oba Lake and River
  • Onaman Lake
  • Rock Lake
  • Three Finger Lake
  • Wabatongushi Lake
• The following species are not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year:
  • crappie
  • muskellunge
  • channel catfish
• FMZ 7 is part of the Northwest Bait Management Zone (BMZ). Baitfish or leeches, whether live or dead, may not be transported into or out of a BMZ. 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, waterbody exceptions and fish sanctuaries.

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 exceptions

Brook trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year

Limits: S-5 and C-2; no size limit

Season: open from fourth Saturday in April to Labour Day

Limits: S-1 and C-0, must be greater than 56 centimetres

• All tributaries to Lake Superior in Zone 7 described as follows:
  • Jackfish River – downstream from the falls (49°03′ N., 88°06′ W.)
  • Jackpine River – downstream from Wilson’s Falls (49°07′ N., 87°53′ W.)
  • Cypress River – downstream from falls (48°57′ N., 87°50′ W.)
  • Cypress River – west tributary downstream from the falls (48°57′ N., 87°51′ W.)
  • Gravel River – downstream from the falls (48°55′26″ N., 87°41′46″ W.)
  • Little Gravel River – downstream from the falls (48°56′00.8″ N., 87°46′35.9″ W.)
  • Steel River – downstream from the Golden Staircase (outflow of Santoy Lake)
  • McKellar River – downstream from the falls 150 metres north of Highway 17
  • Prairie River – downstream from the first hydro line north of Lake Superior
  • From the east shore of the Nipigon River to Camp 81 Road, all tributaries lying downstream from Highway 17, excluding those listed in the first nine sub-bullets above
  • From Camp 81 Road east to the Whitesand River (48°50′ N., 87°24′ W.), all tributaries lying downstream from the first hydro line north of Lake Superior, excluding those listed in the first nine sub-bullets above
  • From and including the Whitesand River to the west shore of the Pic River all tributaries lying downstream from Highway 17, excluding those listed in the first nine sub-bullets above
  • All tributaries to Lake Superior in Zone 7 from the Pic River to the Michipicoten River, inclusive, downstream from the first falls, rapids, dam or lake or the entire tributary if there are no falls, rapids, dams or lakes

Season: open from fourth Saturday in April to Labour Day

• Buckaday Lake (48°58′52″ N., 87°45′06″ W.) – including headwaters lakes
• Macutagon Ponds (49°07′24″ N., 85°37′19″ W.) – Cecil Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; any size

• All waters in the Townships of Broughton, Atkinson, Cooper, Doucette, Nameigos, McGowan and Mosambik
• Missing Lake (48°00′07″ N., 85°29′08″ W.)
• Waters east of Pukaskwa National Park – within the following boundary: beginning at the southwest corner of Legarde Township, then west along the projection of the southeast boundary of Legarde Township, to the east boundary of Pukaskwa National Park, then northerly along the Park Boundary to the northeast corner of Pukaskwa National Park, then in a straight line easterly to the northwest corner of Memaskwash Township, then east along the north boundary of Memaskwash Township, then south along the east boundary of Memaskwash Township and Charbonneau Township, then west along the south boundary of Charbonneau Township, then south along the east boundary of Keating Additional and Legarde Additional to the beginning; and including the waters of Little Beaver Lake, Coronation Creek, Coronation Lake and their tributaries in Keating Township; and the tributaries of Farewell Creek in Legarde Township; but not including the waters of East Pukaskwa Lake (48°06’N., 85°36′”W.)

Lake sturgeon

Season: open from January 1 to April 30 and July 1 to December 31

Limits: S-0 and C-0

• All waters located within the portion of Zone 7 north of Highway 11 and east of Highway 584

Lake trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Season: open all year

• Arnott Lake (49°35′53″ N., 84°36′24″ W.) Arnott Township
• Bear Trap Lake (48°15′35”N., 87°31′04”W.)
• Beaton Lake 65 (Loon Lake) (48°58′51″ N., 84°47′51″ W.) – Beaton Township
• Big Skunk Lake (49°35′25″ N., 84°33′33″ W.) – Arnott Township
• Corine Lake (49°33′21″ N., 84°35′44″ W.) McEwing Township
• McLeod Lake (49°31′52”N., 86°33′13”W.)
• Raynar Lake (49°58′29”N., 86°29′40”W.) – Raynar Township
• Redpine Lake (49°38′02″ N., 84°32′30″ W.) Arnott Township
• Young Lake (49°35′27″ N., 84°40′02″ W.) Arnott Township

Limits: S-2 and C-1; not more than 1 greater than 56 centimetres

• Fernow Lake (49°54′52″ N., 86°03′18″ W.) Fernow Township
• McKay Lake (49°37′14″ N., 86°25′19″ W.)

Limits: S-1 and C-0

• Grehan Lake (49°29′ N., 86°37′ W.)
• Little Pic Lake (49°22′ N., 86°38′ W.)
• Sun Lake (49°25′ N., 86°34′ W.)
• Yucca Lake (49°23′ N., 86°37′ W.)

Rainbow trout

Additional fishing opportunities

Limits: S-5 and C-2

Limits: S-2 and C-1

• All tributaries to Lake Superior in Zone 7 east of and including the Pic River to the boundary with Zone 10

Walleye and sauger combined

Season: closed all year

• Jackfish River – between Nipigon Bay (Lake Superior) and the First Barrier
• Wabenung Lake (48°24′09″ N., 84°47′37″ W.) – Carmody Township

Limits: S-2; not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres, not more than 1 less than 40 centimetres, and C-1; must be less than 40 centimetres

• Obatanga Provincial Park (all waters) including Bogle, Burnfield, Cotton, Knife, Obatanga and Patron Lakes

Limits: S-2 and C-1; any size from these waters combined

• Maguire, Kapimchigama, Radford, Lund, Lost Sky Pilot, Pashoskoota, Rainbow, Reynolds Lakes, and all connecting waters – Territorial District of Algoma

Waterbody exceptions

Borealis Lake (49°00′43”′ N., 86°44′08”W.)

• Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait or possessed for use as bait
• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from January 1 to July 31 and October 16 to December 31
• Aurora trout – open from August 1 to October 15
• Aurora trout – S-1 and C-0
• Only barbless hooks may be used

Dayohessarah and Little Dayohessarah Lakes (48°47′ N., 85°02′ W.) – Odlum and Hambleton Townships

• Only artificial lures may be used
• Lake trout – open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to September 30

Dog Lake – Bay 57 Narrows (West Township) and Dog-McMurtry Narrows (Bruyere Township)

• Fish sanctuary – closed all year

Dog Lake

• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas:
  • Dog Lake and Dog River – West Township, from 200 metres out from river mouth to the northern township boundary up river
  • Dog Lake and McKee Creek (Bay 57) – Stover Township, from 200 metres out from creek mouth to 300 metres up creek
  • Dog Lake at Height of Land Bay – Stover Township, from 1.3 kilometres out into Dog Lake to Crooked Lake Portage
  • Dog Lake at Lochalsh Bay and Lochalsh River – Gutelius and Riggs Townships, lying within 182 metres radius measured from the C.P.R. bridge

Kabinakagami River and its tributary lakes and streams – McGowan, Atkinson, Broughton, Cooper, Doucett, Mosambik Townships and the southeast half of Nameigos Township, excluding Anaharea Lake

• Only artificial lures and one barbless hook may be used

Kabinakagami River

• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas:
  • Kabinakagami River at Ermine Creek – Ermine Township, between Ermine Lake and Kabinakagami Lake
  • Kabinakagami River at Fairy Creek (Lipton Creek) – between Lipton Lake (Lipton Township) and Kabinakagami Lake (Lizar Township)
  • Kabinakagami River at Noisy Creek – Lizar Township, from Kabinakagami Lake to eastern boundary of Lizar Township
  • Kabinakagami River at Oba River – Ermine Township, from Kabinakagami Lake to northern boundary of Ermine Township
  • Kabinakagami River at Stoney Creek – Lizar Township, between Breckenridge Lake and Kabinakagami Lake
  • Kabinakagami River – Lizar and Mosambik Townships, from mouth of river in Little Kaby Bay to 100 metres above Chipmunk Falls

Magpie River Downstream of Steephill Falls and its tributaries lying west of the Algoma Central Railway and east of Highway 17 and including Catfish Creek downstream of Catfish Lake

• Brook trout – S-2 and C-1; any size

Magpie River – From Mission Falls to Michipicoten River

• Walleye and sauger – open from January 1 to April 14 and July 1 to December 31

Michipicoten River – from Scott Falls to Lake Superior

• Walleye and sauger – open from January 1 to April 14 and July 1 to December 31

Michipicoten River – tributaries flowing into the Michipicoten River in Rabazo Township

• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from April 15 to June 15

Nagagami Lake – Foch Bay

• Walleye – open from January 1 to March 14 and third Saturday in May to December 31

Nagagami Lake

• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas:
  • Nagagami Lake – Foch, Flanders and Frances Townships, mouth of Foch River
  • Nagagami Lake – Nagagami Township, at Obakamiga River from Nagagami Lake to the top of Sagi Rapids

Oba Lake and Oba River

• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas:
  • Oba Lake and Oba River (White Berry Creek) – from 200 metres out from river mouth to intersection of Oba River with Road 6
  • Oba Lake and Tatnall River – Carney and Martin Townships, from 200 metres out from river mouth to 3.5 kilometres up river
  • Oba River – Ermine Township, downstream from the north boundary of the township to Kabinakagami Lake

Oba Lake at Hoodoo Bay and Hoodoo Creek – Carney and Simpson Townships, from Algoma Central Railway trestle crossing the Bay to first falls on the Creek

• Fish sanctuary – closed all year

Onaman Lake (50°00′18″ N., 87°26′49″ W.)

• Closed to all species from March 1 to May 31

Rock Lake – Tilston Township

• Only artificial lures may be used
• Brook trout – S-2 and C-1; any size

Three Finger Lake (48°43′33″ N., 86°19′03″ W.) – Pic Township

• Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait
• Only barbless hooks may be used
• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from January 1 to June 30 and September 1 to December 31
• Walleye – S-0 and C-0

Wabatongushi Lake – Simpson, Moorehouse and Challener Townships, Dibben Bay from a point 1.3 kilometres west to a point 1.2 kilometres southwest of Dibben Creek and Dibben Creek upstream to Dibben Lake, and including the creek and connecting Dibben Creek to the unnamed lake due north of Dibben Lake

• Fish sanctuary – no fishing from March 15 to June 15

Wabatongushi Narrows (48°28′ N., 84°14′ W.) – Challener Township

• Fish sanctuary – closed all year

Bait restrictions

Live fish may not be used as bait or possessed for use as bait

• Borealis Lake (49°00′43″ N., 86°44′08″ W.) – see waterbody exceptions
• Clearwater Lake (48°41′ N., 85°41′ W.) – Laberge Township
• Greenwater Lake (49°39′ N., 85°57′ W.)
• Pukaskwa National Park and the surrounding waters south of a line running west from the south boundary of Knowles Township and east of the Thunder Bay-Algoma District Boundary, and including the waters of Pokei Creek, Gibson Lake, Jarvey Lake, Coronation Creek and Lake, Warbedeelius Lake, Soulier Lake and all waters tributary to the Pukaskwa River in the Algoma District
• Three Finger Lake – see waterbody exceptions

Fish sanctuaries

No fishing – closed all year

• Augusta Lake – west of St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain
• Dog Lake – see waterbody exceptions
• Katzenbach Lake (48°04′ N., 85°20′ W.) – St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain
• Killala Lake (49°05′ N., 86°32′ W.)
• Mishi Lake (48°05′ N., 85°21′ W.) – west of St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain
• Mishibishu Lake (48°05′ N., 85°25′ W.) – west of St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain

• Northeast Campcot Lake (49°02′ N., 86°37′ W.)
• Oba Lake – see waterbody exceptions
• Pipe Lake (47°58′ N., 85°43′ W.)
• Southeast Campcot Lake (49°02′17″ N., 86°37′29″ W.) – Territorial District of Thunder Bay
• Wabatongushi Lake – see waterbody exceptions
• Wylie Lake (49°02′36″ N., 86°45′36″ W.)

No fishing – from January 1 to February 14 and March 16 to third Saturday in May

• Anaharea Lake – Doucett Township
• Kabiskagami Lake (48°42′ N., 84°34′ W.) – Mosambik Township

No fishing – from January 1 to February 15 and March 15 to Friday before third Saturday in May

• Cirrus Lake (48°55′ N., 86°10′ W.)

No fishing – January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May and October 1 to December 31

• Buhl Lake (49°17′ N., 86°19′ W.)
• Huck Lake (49°50′ N., 86°16′ W.)
• Madoson Lake (48°54′ N., 86°10′ W.)

No fishing – from January 1 to June 30 and September 1 to December 31

• Three Finger Lake – see waterbody exceptions

No fishing – From January 1 to July 31 and October 16 to December 31

• Borealis Lake (49°00′43”N., 86°44′08”W.) – see waterbody exceptions

No fishing – March 1 to June 15

• Murray Lake and Blackfish Creek – Copenace Township, the entirety of the bay that Blackfish Creek discharges into, from the northwestern point of the bay (48°14′20″ N., 84°07′09″ W.) to the southeastern point of the bay (48°13′59″ N., 84°07′41″ W.) including 90 metres up Blackfish Creek

No fishing – March 15 to June 15

No fishing – April 1 to June 14

• Shamokan Creek – from the centre line of Rail Line Road downstream to the mouth of Shamokan Creek at 50°09′ N., 86°37′ W., where it flows into Upper Twin Lake

No fishing – April 1 to June 15

No fishing – April 15 to June 15

• Michipicoten River – see waterbody exceptions
• Trout Creek and its tributaries (47°56′ N., 84°47′ W.) – from the Michipicoten River to 2 kilometres upstream of the Hydro transmission line in the Townships of Rabazo, Lendrum and McMurray