NEEBING RIVER NEAR THUNDER BAY
NEEBING RIVER ON WSC
NEEBING RIVER NEAR THUNDER BAY (02AB008) is a real-time river monitoring station on the NEEBING RIVER in ON, operated by the Water Survey of Canada. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and publishes a 7-day flow forecast when flow data is available. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02AB008
- Operated by
- Water Survey of Canada
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 48.3834, -89.3066
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 6 zone defaultSpecies regulated in this area
These are species and groups covered by the applicable area rules, not a claim that they occur at this station.
Default rules for this area. A grey row means the current season status is not confirmed by this release.
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Atlantic salmon Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Brown trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Channel catfish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 12
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Crappie Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 15
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 10
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Lake whitefish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 12
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 20 – Dec 15 Details
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Jun 20 – Dec 15
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
- Size rule
- must be greater than 91 centimetres
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Northern pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- not more than 1 greater than or equal to 70 centimetres
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Pacific salmon Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Rainbow trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Splake Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Sunfish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 50
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 25
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Walleye and sauger combined Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Apr 14; May 16 – Dec 31 Details
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May 16 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- not more than 1 greater than 46 centimetres
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Yellow perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 50
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 25
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Brook trout Closed Apr 25 – Sep 7 Details
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Apr 25 – Sep 7
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- not more than 1 greater than 30 centimetres
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Lake sturgeon Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Lake trout Closed Jan 1 – Sep 30 Details
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Jan 1 – Sep 30
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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General area restrictions
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Period not confirmed
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Limit details
- total daily catch possession limit for all trout salmon species combined
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-10-26 in America/Toronto
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedNeebing River Near Thunder Bay has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 39 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 34 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- White Perch Morone americana
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
20 additional record(s) were reported as unidentified or mixed-taxa observations and are not resolved to species.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 39 species
- from 59 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 4, 2006 – Aug 10, 2016
- 37 dated records