Fishing in Ontario - What can I expect to catch.

[MuskyLegend]

from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources...


What You Can Expect to Catch

With 250,000 inland lakes, hundreds of rivers and shorelines on four of the five Great Lakes, Ontario offers many kinds of fishing experiences. Though probably best known for its muskellunge waters and walleye (pickerel) fishery, Ontario is home to an astounding 160 of Canada's 228 species of freshwater fish. Here are some of the species you can find in Ontario waters.

Walleye

Ontario Record 22.25 lbs. (10.09 kg)
The most sought-after species in the province. Why? Because they're fun to catch and great to eat! From the pristine wilderness waters of northern Ontario to reservoirs in the south or even the Great Lakes - good walleye fishing is just around the corner. In a typical year, more than 8 million walleye are caught in Ontario. The average size of our walleye is a couple of pounds (1 kg) but 4 - 5 pounders (1.8 - 2.2 kg) are available almost anywhere you wet a line. Some water bodies consistently yield trophies over 10 pounds (4.5 kg) and a few lakes even produce the occasional monster! Arguably the tastiest freshwater fish in North America; fresh golden walleye fillets go hand-in-hand with an Ontario fishing experience.

To find the rest of the Ontario Species you can expect to catch

[Conger]

you aer more likely to get bass both Largemouth adn smallmouth in Ontario, Pike are also a great fish to go after, walleye are harder to get in My opinon but they are still around, now if ya wanna go for perch and crappie they are abondent

[MuskyLegend]

I definitely want to go Crappie fishing, but I have found none this far north. Lots of Big Perch around... Lake Nosbonsing has Muskies for those willing to fish at the right time and place; pike can be caught much easier and more often. I had good luck ice fishing for Walleye on Lake Nipissing for the first 3 weeks + 1 big walleye in February. I caught more walleyes this winter than the year before anyway. On Nosbonsing I went weeks without a walleye and then all of sudden I caught 3 big ones in half an hour one night.

[biller]

Fishing in Ontario will be excellent for species like Bass, Walleye, northern pike, Muskie and brook trout. Fishing in Ontario will give you a great experience of fishing you ever have, if someone had in mind of catching some specific specie of fish as mentioned above, they will definitely think of fishing in Ontario. I hope some of the forum members also share their experience in here.