Gravelly Bay

Lake South Western Ontario FMZ 19 Crown Land (Free)

About this spot

Gravelly Bay is a lake in the South Western Ontario area of Ontario, in Fisheries Management Zone 19. This waterbody sits on Ontario Crown land open to anglers holding a valid Ontario fishing licence. Ontario's crown land lakes support a diverse range of species including lake trout, walleye, largemouth bass, and northern pike.

Location

Fish Species

No species reported for this spot yet.

Fisheries Management Zone 19

Gravelly Bay is in Fisheries Management Zone 19. 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 19 rules before you fish.

FMZ 19 regulations on ontario.ca

Ice fishing on Gravelly Bay (2026–27)

Ontario has no separate ice fishing season: the regular open seasons apply through the ice. Gravelly Bay is in Fisheries Management Zone 19, where 12 of 15 species groups are open for the whole ice season (December 1 to March 31) under the zone-wide rules.

Fish sanctuary. The summary lists Gravelly Bay as a fish sanctuary: No fishing - June 1 to July 15. No fishing is allowed during that period, whatever the table below says.

Species	Through the ice	Zone-wide season	Limits
Atlantic salmon	Open	open all year	S-1 and C-0
Brown trout	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Channel catfish	Open	open all year	S-12 and C-6
Crappie	Open	open all year	S-30 and C-10
Lake sturgeon	Closed	closed all year
Lake trout	Open	January 1 to September 30 and December 1 to December 31	S-3 and C-1
Lake whitefish	Open	open all year	S-12 and C-6
Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined	Closed	fourth Saturday in June to November 30	S-6 and C-2
Muskellunge	Part of the season Dec 1 – Dec 15	first Saturday in June to December 15	S-1; must be greater than 112 centimetres, and C-0
Northern pike	Open	open all year	S-6 and C-2
Pacific salmon	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Rainbow trout	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Sunfish	Open	open all year	S-100 and C-50
Walleye and sauger combined	Open	open all year	S-6 and C-2
Yellow perch	Open	open all year	S-50; in one day, possession limit of 100, and C-25; in one day, possession limit of 50

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 Gravelly Bay

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

Fish sanctuary (also includes the inlet north of Nickel's Beach): No fishing - June 1 to July 15

A waterbody with this name has its own rules

The summary lists a "Gravelly Bay" in Zone 19 without coordinates, and more than one lake in the zone carries that name. If it is this one, these rules apply:

Fish sanctuary (the waters of that part of Gravelly Bay of Lake Erie (City of Port Colborne) lying northwest of a line drawn from the so...): No fishing - June 1 to July 15

Ice huts in Zone 19

Huts must be registered (free, once) and show the number outside; fabric shelters under 7 m² are exempt. Remove your hut by March 15, and in any case 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 19 ice fishing rules Ice fishing in Ontario guide

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Zone 19 (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.