BIGHEAD RIVER NEAR STRATHAVON
BIGHEAD RIVER ON WSC
BIGHEAD RIVER NEAR STRATHAVON (02FB014) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BIGHEAD 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. 37 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02FB014
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 44.4718, -80.7765
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 16 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 Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 25 – 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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Brown Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 25 – 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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Largemouth Bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 27 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 27 – Nov 30
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Rainbow Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 25 – Sep 30
- 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 27 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 27 – Nov 30
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 9 – Dec 31; Jan 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 9 – 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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Blacknose Dace No season data
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Blacknose Shiner No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Bluntnose Minnow No season data
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Brook Stickleback No season data
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Burbot No season data
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Central Mudminnow No season data
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Chinook 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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Fathead Minnow No season data
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Finescale Dace No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Hornyhead Chub 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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Logperch No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Ninespine Stickleback No season data
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Northern Redbelly Dace No season data
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Rainbow Darter No season data
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River Chub No season data
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Rock Bass No season data
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Sand Shiner No season data
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Slimy Sculpin No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Threespine Stickleback No season data
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White Sucker No season data
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 2026-07-27 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 watershedBighead River Near Strathavon has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 37 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus eos), Finescale Dace (Chrosomus neogaeus), Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii), and 32 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- 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
5 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
- 37 species
- from 42 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 30, 1948 – Sep 9, 2020
- 37 dated records