Lac la Cave

Lake Northern Ontario FMZ 12 Provincial Park

About this spot

Lac la Cave is a lake in the Northern Ontario area of Ontario, in Fisheries Management Zone 12. MNR fish surveys (2010) recorded 20 species here, including sauger, walleye and yellow perch. This waterbody is inside an Ontario provincial park: a valid Ontario fishing licence is required and park rules apply.

Location

Fish Species

Sauger Walleye Yellow Perch Sucker Smallmouth Bass Burbot Rock Bass Redhorse Fallfish Northern Pike Lake Whitefish Mooneye Lake Sturgeon Cisco

No species reported for this spot yet.

Lake data from Ontario government surveys

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources holds 36 fish survey records from 2010. Survey methods: Broad-scale Monitoring.

Species recorded (20)

Sauger · 22 Walleye · 21 Yellow Perch · 17 Longnose Sucker · 9 Smallmouth Bass · 9 White Sucker · 8 Burbot · 6 Rock Bass · 5 Emerald Shiner · 5 Spottail Shiner · 5 Trout-Perch · 4 Shorthead Redhorse · 4 Fallfish · 3 Northern Pike · 3 Lake Whitefish · 3 Mooneye · 2 Logperch · 2 Hornyhead Chub · 1 Lake Sturgeon · 1 Cisco · 1

Number of survey records that list the species.

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 12

Lac la Cave is in Fisheries Management Zone 12. 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 12 rules before you fish.

FMZ 12 regulations on ontario.ca

Ice fishing on Lac la Cave (2026–27)

Ontario has no separate ice fishing season: the regular open seasons apply through the ice. Lac la Cave is in Fisheries Management Zone 12, where 7 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, northern pike, sauger, walleye and yellow perch are open at least part of the winter under the zone-wide rules.

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

Species	Through the ice	Zone-wide season	Limits
Lake sturgeon recorded here	Closed	closed all year
Lake whitefish recorded here	Open	open all year	S-12 and C-6
Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined recorded here	Closed	Friday before fourth Saturday in June to November 30	S-6 and C-2
Northern pike recorded here	Open	January 1 to March 31 and Friday before third Saturday in May to December 31	S-6 and C-2
Walleye and sauger combined recorded here	Open	January 1 to March 31 and Friday before third Saturday in May to December 31	S-5 and C-2; must be less than 40 centimetres from March 1 to June 15
Yellow perch recorded here	Open	open all year	S-50 and C-25
Atlantic salmon	Closed	Friday before fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-1 and C-0
Brook trout	Closed	Friday before fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-5 and C-2
Brown trout and rainbow trout	Closed	Friday before 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 trout and splake	Closed	Friday before fourth Saturday in April to September 30	S-2 and C-1; must be greater than 45 centimetres
Muskellunge	Part of the season Dec 1 – Dec 15	Friday before third Saturday in June to December 15	S-1; must be greater than 137 centimetres, and C-0
Sunfish	Open	open all year	no limit

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 Lac la Cave

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

Fish sanctuary (from the Lake Timiskaming dam downstream to a line drawn due east from the southernmost point of land at the mouth of Fo...): No fishing - April 1 to June 15

Ice huts in Zone 12

Huts must be registered (free, once) and show the number outside; fabric shelters under 7 m² are exempt. Remove your hut by March 15 below the Lake Timiskaming dam, March 31 above it, 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 12 ice fishing rules Ice fishing in Ontario guide

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Zone 12 (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.