Ice fishing in Zone 7 (FMZ 7), 2026–27

Fisheries Management Zone 7, with 2,825 lakes and rivers on our map. Through the 2026–27 ice season (December 1 to March 31), 11 of 15 species groups are open the whole time, 2 for part of it and 2 are closed. Walleye and sauger are open all ice season. Lake trout are open Jan 1 – Mar 31. Pike are open all ice season and perch open all ice season.

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What you can fish through the ice in Zone 7

Zone-wide seasons and limits from the 2026 Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary, with the dates worked out for 2026–27. They apply to every lake in the zone except the waters listed further down.

S = sport fishing licence, C = conservation fishing licence. A season "open all ice season" runs December 1 to March 31 without a break. The 2027 summary takes effect January 1, 2027 and can change dates for the rest of the winter; we refresh this page when it is published. Not present in this zone and closed all year: crappie, channel catfish.

Ice huts and lines in Zone 7

• Zone 7 is one of the zones (1 to 8 and 13) where ice huts do not need to be registered.
• In every zone, huts must come off before the ice breaks up, whatever the date.
• You can fish with two lines through the ice in most waters, as long as you stay within 60 m of each line or tip-up and can see them all.

Surveyed lakes in Zone 7

Lakes in this zone with the most government fish survey records, the game fish recorded and the deepest contour on the provincial depth chart. Each page shows its own winter rules.

Waters in Zone 7 with their own winter rules

These waters are listed in the zone's exceptions with a rule that mentions the ice or the winter months, or that opens or closes them all year. The zone-wide table above does not apply to them where the rules overlap. Waters linked below have their own page on this site.

Waterbody exceptions

• Dayohessarah: Lake trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to September 30
• Little Dayohessarah Lakes (included with dayohessarah): Lake trout - open from February 15 to March 15 and third Saturday in May to September 30
• Dog Lake: Fish sanctuary - closed all year
• Dog Lake: Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Dog Lake and Dog River - West Township, from 200 metres out from river mouth to the northern township boundary up river; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Dog Lake and McKee Creek (Bay 57) - Stover Township, from 200 metres out from creek mouth to 300 metres up creek; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Dog Lake at Height of Land Bay - Stover Township, from 1.3 kilometres out into Dog Lake to Crooked Lake Portage; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Dog Lake at Lochalsh Bay and Lochalsh River - Gutelius and Riggs Townships, lying within 182 metres radius measured from the C.P.R. bridge
• Kabinakagami River: Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Kabinakagami River at Ermine Creek - Ermine Township, between Ermine Lake and Kabinakagami Lake; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Kabinakagami River at Fairy Creek (Lipton Creek) - between Lipton Lake (Lipton Township) and Kabinakagami Lake (Lizar Township); Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Kabinakagami River at Noisy Creek - Lizar Township, from Kabinakagami Lake to eastern boundary of Lizar Township; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Kabinakagami River at Oba River - Ermine Township, from Kabinakagami Lake to northern boundary of Ermine Township; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Kabinakagami River at Stoney Creek - Lizar Township, between Breckenridge Lake and Kabinakagami Lake; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Kabinakagami River - Lizar and Mosambik Townships, from mouth of river in Little Kaby Bay to 100 metres above Chipmunk Falls
• Magpie River: Walleye and sauger - open from January 1 to April 14 and July 1 to December 31
• Michipicoten River: Walleye and sauger - open from January 1 to April 14 and July 1 to December 31
• Nagagami Lake: Walleye - open from January 1 to March 14 and third Saturday in May to December 31
• Nagagami Lake: Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Nagagami Lake - Foch, Flanders and Frances Townships, mouth of Foch River; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Nagagami Lake - Nagagami Township, at Obakamiga River from Nagagami Lake to the top of Sagi Rapids
• Oba Lake and Oba River: Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Oba Lake and Oba River (White Berry Creek) - from 200 metres out from river mouth to intersection of Oba River with Road 6; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Oba Lake and Tatnall River - Carney and Martin Townships, from 200 metres out from river mouth to 3.5 kilometres up river; Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15 in the following areas: Oba River - Ermine Township, downstream from the north boundary of the township to Kabinakagami Lake
• Oba Lake at Hoodoo Bay and Hoodoo Creek: Fish sanctuary - closed all year
• Onaman Lake: Closed to all species from March 1 to May 31
• Three Finger Lake: Fish sanctuary - no fishing from January 1 to June 30 and September 1 to December 31
• Wabatongushi Lake: Fish sanctuary - no fishing from March 15 to June 15
• Wabatongushi Narrows: Fish sanctuary - closed all year

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - closed all year

Augusta Lake (west of St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain), Borealis Lake, Dog Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions), Katzenbach Lake (St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain), Killala Lake, Mishi Lake (west of St. Germain Township, Chain), Mishibishu Lake (west of St. Germain Township, Mishibishu Chain), Northeast Campcot Lake, Oba Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions), Pipe Lake, Southeast Campcot Lake (Territorial District of Thunder Bay), Wabatongushi Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions), Wylie Lake

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - from january 1 to february 14 and march 16 to third saturday in may

Anahareo Lake (Doucett Township), Kabiskagami Lake (Mosambik Township)

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - from january 1 to february 15 and march 15 to friday before third saturday in may

Cirrus Lake

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - january 1 to friday before third saturday in may and october 1 to december 31

Buhl Lake, Huck Lake, Madoson Lake

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - from january 1 to june 30 and september 1 to december 31

Three Finger Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions)

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - march 1 to june 15

Murray Lake and Blackfish Creek (Copenace Township, the entirety of the bay that Blackfish Cr...)

Fish sanctuaries: no fishing - march 15 to june 15

Alder Creek (from the culvert at Highway 17 downstream to Cedar Lake and...), Cedar Creek (narrows) (Brothers Township, between Cedar Lake and Little Cedar Lake,...), Crayfish Lake (Killins Township, Two Bays at the south end, south of a line...), Dog Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions), Fungus Lake (Dahl Township, from mouth of Fungus Creek to 200 metres in a...), Gentian Creek (Kagiano Lake, between Lobelia Lake and Kagiano Lake, from Un...), Hawk Lake, McVeigh Creek and connecting waters (Esquega and Corbiere Townships, part of Hawk Lake north of l...), Hillsport Creek at White Otter Lake (between Hillsport Lake and White Otter Lake, from down-strea...), Kabenung Lake and Fungus Creek (Dahl Township, 350 metres out from creek mouth to Highway 17), Kabenung Lake and Ruthelda Creek (Dahl Township, narrow bay at northeast corner, northeast of...), Kabinakagami River (refer to waterbody exceptions), Kagiano Lake (the portion known as Palmquist Bay between the mouth of Palm...), Kagiano River (between the weir at the top of Twin Falls downstream to the...), Kagiano River at Kagiano Lake (south end of lake 200 metres out from river mouth), Kagiano River at Michal Lake (from Marmota Creek upstream to top of rapids), Knife Lake and University River (Dog River) (Chapais Township, from the top of the rapids at the outlet o...), Kwinkwaga Lake and River (Flood and Johns Townships, east of a line 300 metres north a...), Linbarr Creek (Lessard Township, between Linbarr Lake and Lessard Lake), Manitowik Lake and Boisey Creek (Debassige Township, between Boisey Lake and Outline Bay, fro...), Manitowik Lake and Goudreau Creek (Bruyere Township, from 200 metres out from creek mouth to 1....), Manitowik Lake and Hawk River (Esquega and Fiddler Townships, from Blue Bay of Manitowik La...), Manitowik Lake and Michipicoten River (Stoney Portage Falls) (Bruyere Township, from first narrows of Manitowik Lake to th...), Nagagami Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions), Oba Lake and Oba River (refer to waterbody exceptions), Obakamiga Lake (Foch and Lessard Townships, from power line at Rocky Narrows...), Obakamiga Lake at Obakamiga River (Cholette Township, between Granitehill Lake and Obakamiga La...), Obakamiga River (Nagagami Township, from Nagagami Lake upstream to the upperm...), Picnic Lake and Tukanee Creek (Hunt Township, the bay at the southeast corner, south of a l...), Ruthie Lake (and tributaries - Common Township, the south bay south of a...), Unnamed Creek (500 metres south of Kagiano River Inlet at Kagiano Lake, sou...), Unnamed Creek (at the south end of Kagiano Lake in a bay east of the southe...), Unnamed Creek (between Wabikoba Lake and Ellis Lake including Edna Creek u...), Wabatongushi Lake (refer to waterbody exceptions), Wabikoba Creek (first obstruction south into Cedar Lake including north end...), Wabikoba Creek (from Theresa Lake dam south and extending 200 metres from cr...), White Lake and White River (Laberge Township, the bay of White Lake south of a line from...), White Lake, Olga Creek, and McGill Creek (part of Shabotik Bay from a point 300 metres west and southe...), White Lake, Shabotik River, Kwinkwaga River (the part of Shabotik Bay 850 metres southwest of the mouth o...), Whitefish Lake and Shikwamkwa River (Maness Township, from 820 metres below Bailey Bridge site to...)

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Fisheries Management Zone 7 and ontario.ca ice fishing rules, read October 25, 2026; zone boundary: Land Information Ontario (Open Government Licence – Ontario). The summary is a guide to the regulations, not the law itself, and this page is a reading of the summary. Check the official text, and test the ice yourself: no regulation makes ice safe.