CONESTOGO RIVER ABOVE DRAYTON
CONESTOGO RIVER ON WSC
CONESTOGO RIVER ABOVE DRAYTON (02GA039) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the CONESTOGO 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
- 02GA039
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 43.7835, -80.6378
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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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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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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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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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Black Crappie No season data
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Blacknose Dace 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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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Central Mudminnow 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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Fantail Darter No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Greater Redhorse 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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Longnose Dace 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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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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Stonecat 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 watershedConestogo River Above Drayton 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), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans), and 21 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Greater Redhorse Moxostoma valenciennesi
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
7 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 33 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 22, 1997 – Sep 9, 2020
- 26 dated records