Wiswell Lake

Lake Northern Ontario FMZ 6 Provincial Park

About this spot

Wiswell Lake is a lake in the Northern Ontario area of Ontario, in Fisheries Management Zone 6. This waterbody is inside an Ontario provincial park: a valid Ontario fishing licence is required and park rules apply. 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 6

Wiswell Lake is in Fisheries Management Zone 6. 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 6 rules before you fish.

FMZ 6 regulations on ontario.ca

Ice fishing on Wiswell Lake (2026–27)

Ontario has no separate ice fishing season: the regular open seasons apply through the ice. Wiswell Lake is in Fisheries Management Zone 6, where 13 of 17 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	Closed	fourth Saturday in April to Labour Day	S-5 and C-2; not more than 1 greater than 30 centimetres
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-15 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; not more than 1 greater than 56 centimetres from September 1 to September 30, no size limit the rest of the season and C-1; no size limit
Lake whitefish	Open	open all year	S-12 and C-6
Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined	Open	open all year	S-4 and C-2
Muskellunge	Part of the season Dec 1 – Dec 15	third Saturday in June to December 15	S-1; must be greater than 91 centimetres, and C-0
Northern pike	Open	open all year	S-4 and C-2; not more than 1 greater than or equal to 70 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.

Wiswell Lake is not listed by name in the zone's species or waterbody exceptions or fish sanctuaries. Some exceptions cover whole townships or river systems, so read the zone page before you go.

Ice huts in Zone 6

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 6 ice fishing rules Ice fishing in Ontario guide

Source: Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary 2026, Zone 6 (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.