Minimum length requirements
for Ontario

Fish Species

American Eel                   
Atlantic Salmon                 
Aurora trout                 
Black Crappie    
Bluegill                     
Bowfin                  
Bullhead               
Burbot                 
Brook Trout    
Brown Trout        
Carp                       
Channel Catfish             
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon       
Freshwater Drum            
Golden Eye                      
Mooneye                       
Lake Herring (Cisco, Tullibee)
Lake Sturgeon                     
Lake Trout            
Largemouth Bass 
Longnose Gar                       
Northern Pike                 
Muskellunge                 
Pink Salmon                
Pumpkinseed          
Rainbow Trout        
Redhorse species              
Rock Bass                
Sauger and Saugeye   
Smallmouth Bass         Splake                       
Temperate Bass Hybrid   
Walleye                   
Whitefish              
White Bass             
White Sucker                         
Yellow Perch    

Length in inches

32
24
16
12
9
20
10
24
18
20
30
24
35
30
20
10
10
16
50
30
20
32
40
40
28
9
25
16
10
16
20
20
20
28
22
10
16
13

For any other fish species the minimum length requirement is 9".
Minimum length requirements are subject to change without notice.




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