AUSABLE RIVER NEAR SPRINGBANK
AUSABLE RIVER ON WSC
AUSABLE RIVER NEAR SPRINGBANK (02FF002) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the AUSABLE 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. 26 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02FF002
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 43.0719, -81.6598
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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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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Mar 31; May 9 – Dec 31 Details
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May 9 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
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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Blacknose Dace No season data
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Blackside Darter 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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Central Stoneroller 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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Golden Redhorse No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Greenside Darter No season data
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Johnny Darter No season data
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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Northern Hog Sucker No season data
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Rainbow Darter No season data
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Redfin Shiner 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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Rosyface Shiner No season data
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Spotfin Shiner No season data
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Stonecat No season data
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Striped Shiner 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 watershedAusable River Near Springbank has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 26 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), and 21 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- 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
- 26 species
- from 29 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 10, 1976 – Sep 9, 2020
- 26 dated records