Plan Your Canadian Fishing Trip Here
Ontario fishing in Canada's Heartland is such a prized destination because of our thousands of lakes- all of which boast good to excellent fishing. Most have a wide variety of fish types including walleye, northern pike, muskie, smallmouth bass, lake trout, perch & whitefish, with many trophy lakes. The fishing has been kept consistently great due to conservation efforts, so that you and your kids can experience the type of exciting fishing vacation that they had in the good old days.
Fish Species
Northwestern Ontario common species of fish you'll find in lakes in Canada's Heartland include Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Whitefish, Perch, Brook Trout & Sauger. Not all species are found in all lakes.
Fish Species
Northwestern Ontario common species of fish you'll find in lakes in Canada's Heartland include Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Whitefish, Perch, Brook Trout & Sauger. Not all species are found in all lakes.
Our premier sport fish.
Slender fish moderately compressed. Generally the color is brassy yellow and gold shading to olive and
yellow mottled with brass. Belly and sides are white tinged with green; head is slender and tapered; lower
jaw slightly shorter than the upper. It has two separate distinct dorsal fins and the mouth is well
supplied with strong teeth. Flesh is white, firm and delicately flavoured. Also known as 'pickerel'. Click here to see our list of walleye fishing outfitters 
Elongated
slender fish with a color of bluish and greenish grey with more or less purplish luster on back and sides.
Yellowish below and white on belly. Sides with irregular rows of small round yellowish and gold spots.
Sides with irregular rows of small round yellowish and gold spots. Top of the head is dark olive green;
mouth slender and large. One of the most consistent marks is that the entire cheek is scaled while only
the upper half of opercle is scaled and the lower part is bare. Also known as 'jack fish'. Click here to see our list of northern fishing outfitters
Color is dark grey; sides
having broken and unbroken stripes on a silvery background; the head is larger than that of the northern
pike and both the cheek and opercle are scaled above but unscaled on the lower halves. Also known as 'muskie'
or 'musky'. These are large trophy fish. Click here to see our list of muskie fishing outfitters
A white spotted
fish black on top, gradually blending to light grey on the underside. These are large trophy fish found in
cool, deep waters. Click here to see our list of lake trout fishing outfitters
A light grey spotted fish with a white underbelly. The head is smaller then other fish and they tend to stay in deeper waters. Click here to see our list of whitefish fishing outfitters
Although small, it reaches a length of twelve inches. Body is slim and considerably compressed; sides and back
greenish grey to golden yellow with seven broad bars of a dusky color extending from the back to
below the middle of the sides. Belly is white and sometimes yellowish. Click here to see our list of perch fishing outfitters
General color is black and may be more or less mottled or barred with red spots along the sides. The body is
oblong, moderately compressed. Striking white fin edges separate it from the others. Click here to see our list of brook trout fishing outfitters
A dark and light brown grey fish with a patched blend on it's sides. Two distinct dorsal fins on top are spotted
with dark brown, and the tail is evenly stripped. Click here to see our list of sauger fishing outfittersNon-Canadian residents need and Outdoors Card to fish in Ontario if they are 18 years of age and over (NOTE: Non-residents 65 years of age or older are not exempt from requiring a licence). The sportfishing licence tag (1 one year or 8 day) or the conservation fishing licence tag (1 year or 8 day) accompanies the plastic Outdoors Card.
If you have never had an Outdoors Card, you can purchase a "Non-Canadian Resident Temporary Fishing Outdoors Card and Application" from a licence issuer for $9.00. The fishing licence tag will be a separate paper permit. The temporary Outdoors Card and paper licence are effective immediately. Your plastic Outdoors Card will be mailed to you and is vald for 3 years.
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Fishing Licences 2010 (in Canadian dollars)
For Holders of a valid Outdoors Card
- Fishing licence fees for non-residents are:
Sport Fishing $69.50
Conservation Fishing $42.75
Eight-day Sport $44.50
Eight-day Conservation $25.75
- Fishing Seasons
- Northern Pike: open year round
Walleye: 3rd Saturday in May to next April 14
Trout: Jan. 1 to Sept. 30
Muskie: 3rd Saturday in June to Nov. 30
Smallmouth Bass: open year round
Go to infonorth.net for more information.
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