Dryberry Lake

Lake Northern Ontario FMZ 5 Provincial Park

103.6 m

Deepest charted contour

About this spot

Dryberry Lake is a lake in the Northern Ontario area of Ontario, in Fisheries Management Zone 5. MNR fish surveys (2010) recorded 19 species here, including white sucker, cisco and lake trout. An MNR depth chart exists for this lake (surveyed 1960); its deepest charted contour is 103.6 m. This waterbody is inside an Ontario provincial park: a valid Ontario fishing licence is required and park rules apply.

Location

Fish Species

Sucker Cisco Lake Trout Lake Whitefish Yellow Perch Rock Bass Burbot Northern Pike Smallmouth Bass Muskellunge

No species reported for this spot yet.

Lake data from Ontario government surveys

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources holds 50 fish survey records from 2010. Survey methods: Broad-scale Monitoring.

Species recorded (19)

White Sucker · 20 Cisco · 17 Lake Trout · 16 Lake Whitefish · 16 Yellow Perch · 16 Rock Bass · 14 Burbot · 9 Emerald Shiner · 8 Northern Pike · 8 Smallmouth Bass · 6 Spottail Shiner · 5 Muskellunge · 4 Johnny Darter · 3 Logperch · 2 Lake Chub · 1 Blacknose Shiner · 1 Bluntnose Minnow · 1 Ninespine Stickleback · 1 Mottled Sculpin · 1

Number of survey records that list the species.

Depth chart

MNR depth chart on file, surveyed 1960
Deepest charted contour: 103.6 m
The deepest contour line on the chart. The true maximum depth is at least this deep.

Sources: Land Information Ontario — Aquatic Resource Area survey points, Bathymetry Index and Bathymetry Line, Fisheries Management Zones, Fishing Access Points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Fisheries Management Zone 5

Dryberry Lake is in Fisheries Management Zone 5. Open seasons, catch limits and size limits in Ontario are set zone by zone, and some lakes carry their own exceptions, so check the FMZ 5 rules before you fish.

FMZ 5 regulations on ontario.ca

Ice fishing on Dryberry Lake (2026–27)

Ontario has no separate ice fishing season: the regular open seasons apply through the ice. Dryberry Lake is in Fisheries Management Zone 5, where 11 of 14 species groups are open for the whole ice season (December 1 to March 31) under the zone-wide rules. Of the game fish government surveys recorded in this lake, lake whitefish, smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch are open at least part of the winter under the zone-wide rules.

Species	Through the ice	Zone-wide season	Limits
Lake trout recorded here	Different rule here See the rules for this lake below	January 1 to September 30	Ontario and Canadian residents (+4)
Lake whitefish recorded here	Open	open all year	S-12 and C-6
Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined recorded here	Open	open all year	S-4 and C-2; must be less than 35 centimetres from January 1 to June 30
Muskellunge recorded here	Different rule here See the rules for this lake below	third Saturday in June to December 15	S-1; must be greater than 102 centimetres and C-0
Northern pike recorded here	Open	open all year	S-4 and C-2; none greater than 75 centimetres
Yellow perch recorded here	Open	open all year	S-50 and C-25
Brook trout	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Brown trout	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Crappie	Open	open all year	S-10 and C-5
Lake sturgeon	Closed	closed all year
Rainbow trout	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Splake	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Sunfish	Open	open all year	S-50 and C-25
Walleye and sauger combined	Open	January 1 to April 14 and third Saturday in May to December 31	Ontario and Canadian residents (+4)

S = sport fishing licence, C = conservation licence (daily catch and possession). Dates are worked out for 2026–27 from the wording of the 2026 summary. Ontario publishes a new summary every January 1, so check the 2027 edition for dates after December 31.

Rules specific to Dryberry Lake

The 2026 summary lists this lake by name and location. These rules replace the zone-wide ones above where they overlap.

Waterbody exception (including Northwest Bay , Point Bay and Point Lake): Fish or fish parts may not be possessed or used as bait from January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May; Only barbless hooks may be used from January 1 to Friday before third Saturday in May; Lake trout: All anglers: Daily catch and retain limit: S-1 and C-1; any size; Lake trout: All anglers: Possession limit: S-2; not more than 1 greater than 65 centimetres, and C-1; any size; Muskellunge - S-1; must be greater than 137 centimetres, and C-0

Ice huts in Zone 5

No hut registration is required in this zone. There is no fixed removal date, but every hut must be off before the ice breaks up. You may fish with two lines through the ice in most waters, within 60 m and in sight of each.

Zone 5 ice fishing rules Ice fishing in Ontario guide

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Zone 5 (ontario.ca); ice hut rules: ontario.ca/page/ice-fishing. This summary is not the law: check the regulations and local conditions, and never go on ice you have not tested.