GOULAIS RIVER NEAR SEARCHMONT
GOULAIS RIVER ON WSC
GOULAIS RIVER NEAR SEARCHMONT (02BF002) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the GOULAIS RIVER in ON, operated by the Water Survey of Canada. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 24 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02BF002
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 46.8609, -83.9718
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 10 zone defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Brook Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Sep 30 Details
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Jan 1 – Sep 30
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
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
- 6
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- not more than 1 greater than 61 centimetres none greater than 86 centimetres ; none greater than 61 centimetres
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
- 2
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Smallmouth Bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 20 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 20 – Nov 30
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 3
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Blacknose Dace No season data
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Brook Stickleback No season data
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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Coho Salmon No season data
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Common Shiner No season data
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Creek Chub No season data
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Emerald Shiner No season data
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Fathead Minnow No season data
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Finescale Dace No season data
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Iowa Darter No season data
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Johnny Darter No season data
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Lake Chub No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Longnose Sucker No season data
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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Northern Redbelly Dace No season data
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River Redhorse No season data
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Slimy Sculpin No season data
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Trout-Perch No season data
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White Sucker No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-07-27 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 watershedGoulais River Near Searchmont has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 24 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus eos), Finescale Dace (Chrosomus neogaeus), and 19 others.
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
3 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
- 24 species
- from 27 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 27, 1999 – Sep 11, 2020
- 24 dated records