Dog Lake

Lake Northern Ontario FMZ 7 Crown Land (Free)

About this spot

Dog Lake is a lake in the Northern Ontario area of Ontario, in Fisheries Management Zone 7. 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 7

Dog Lake is in Fisheries Management Zone 7. 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 7 rules before you fish.

FMZ 7 regulations on ontario.ca

Ice fishing on Dog Lake (2026–27)

Ontario has no separate ice fishing season: the regular open seasons apply through the ice. Dog Lake is in Fisheries Management Zone 7, where 11 of 15 species groups are open for the whole ice season (December 1 to March 31) under the zone-wide rules.

Species	Through the ice	Zone-wide season	Limits
Atlantic salmon	Open	open all year	S-1 and C-0
Brook trout	Part of the season Jan 1 – Mar 31	January 1 to Labour Day	S-5; not more than 2 greater than 30 centimetres, of which not more than 1 greater than 40 centimetres, and C-2; not more than 1 greater than 30 centimetres, of which none greater than 40 centimetres
Brown trout	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
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-25 and C-12
Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined	Open	open all year	S-6 and C-2
Muskellunge	Closed	closed all year
Northern pike	Open	open all year	S-6; not more than two greater than 61 centimetres, of which not more than 1 greater than 86 centimetres, and C-2; not more than 1 greater than 61 centimetres, none greater than 86 centimetres
Pacific salmon	Open	open all year	S-5 and C-2
Rainbow trout	Open	open all year	S-1 and C-0
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	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.

A waterbody with this name has its own rules

The summary lists a "Dog Lake" in Zone 7 without coordinates, and more than one lake in the zone carries that name. If it is this one, these rules apply:

Waterbody exception (Bay 57 Narrows (West Township) and Dog-McMurtry Narrows (Bruyere Township): Fish sanctuary - closed all year
Waterbody exception: 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
Fish sanctuary (refer to waterbody exceptions): No fishing - closed all year
Fish sanctuary (refer to waterbody exceptions): No fishing - March 15 to June 15

Ice huts in Zone 7

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 7 ice fishing rules Ice fishing in Ontario guide

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Zone 7 (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.