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Fishing in Ontario

Click a region to explore top fishing spots, species, and local tips.

Ontario has over 250,000 lakes and four of the five Great Lakes, making it one of the richest freshwater fisheries on Earth. From world-class walleye and northern pike on Lake of the Woods, Lac Seul, and Rainy Lake to the legendary muskie waters of the St. Lawrence River and Georgian Bay, Ontario offers unmatched fishing diversity. Lake Nipigon produces trophy brook trout, the Great Lakes provide salmon and steelhead, and thousands of fly-in lakes in the north offer remote wilderness fishing for lake trout, walleye, and pike.

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Lake Erie & Lake Ontario

Erie walleye/perch, Ontario salmon/trout, Niagara River, Bay of Quinte

Georgian Bay & Lake Huron

Smallmouth bass, pike, salmon, trout, North Channel, Manitoulin

Eastern Ontario & St. Lawrence

Ottawa River, St. Lawrence bass/muskie, Rideau, Thousand Islands

Kawarthas & Haliburton

Muskie, bass, trout, panfish, cottage country lakes

Lake of the Woods & Northwest

Kenora, Rainy Lake, walleye, smallmouth bass, muskie

Northeast / Algoma

Brook trout, pike, walleye, lake trout, French River, Sudbury

Far North Ontario

Trophy pike, lake trout, brook trout, remote shield, fly-in