Credit River (Erin Branch)

River South Western Ontario FMZ 16 Provincial Park

About this spot

Credit River (Erin Branch) is a river in the South Western Ontario area of Ontario, in Fisheries Management Zone 16. This waterbody is inside an Ontario provincial park: a valid Ontario fishing licence is required and park rules apply. Ontario's rivers and streams provide excellent fishing for trout, Pacific salmon, and many other sport fish species.

Location

Fish Species

No species reported for this spot yet.

Fisheries Management Zone 16

Credit River (Erin Branch) is in Fisheries Management Zone 16. 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 16 rules before you fish.

FMZ 16 regulations on ontario.ca

Ice fishing on Credit River (Erin Branch) (2026–27)

Ontario has no separate ice fishing season: the regular open seasons apply through the ice. Credit River (Erin Branch) is in Fisheries Management Zone 16, where 7 of 17 species groups are open for the whole ice season (December 1 to March 31) under the zone-wide rules.

Fish sanctuary. The summary lists Credit River (Erin Branch) as a fish sanctuary: No fishing - January 1 to Friday before the fourth Saturday in April; No fishing - January 1 to Friday before the fourth Saturday in April and August 15 to December 31; No fishing - January 1 to Friday before the fourth Saturday in April and October 1 to December 31. No fishing is allowed during that period, whatever the table below says.

Species	Through the ice	Zone-wide season	Limits
Atlantic salmon	Closed	fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-0 and C-0
Brook trout	Closed	fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-5 and C-2
Brown trout	Closed	fourth Saturday in April to September 30	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	Part of the season Jan 1 – Mar 31	January 1 to September 30	S-2 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 91 centimetres, and C-0
Northern pike	Open	January 1 to March 31 and second Saturday in May to December 31	S-6 and C-2
Pacific salmon	Closed	fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-5 and C-2
Rainbow trout	Closed	fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-2 and C-1
Splake	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Sunfish	Open	open all year	S-50 and C-25
Walleye and sauger combined	Part of the season Dec 1 – Mar 15	January 1 to March 15 and second Saturday in May to December 31	S-4 and C-2; not more than 1 greater than 46 centimetres
Yellow perch	Open	open all year	S-50 and C-25

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 Credit River (Erin Branch)

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

Fish sanctuary (refer to waterbody exceptions): No fishing - January 1 to Friday before the fourth Saturday in April
Fish sanctuary (refer to waterbody exceptions): No fishing - January 1 to Friday before the fourth Saturday in April and August 15 to December 31
Fish sanctuary (refer to waterbody exceptions): No fishing - January 1 to Friday before the fourth Saturday in April and October 1 to December 31

Ice huts in Zone 16

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 16 ice fishing rules Ice fishing in Ontario guide

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Zone 16 (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.