VENISON CREEK NEAR WALSINGHAM
VENISON CREEK ON WSC
VENISON CREEK NEAR WALSINGHAM (02GC021) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the VENISON CREEK 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. 38 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02GC021
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 42.6534, -80.5484
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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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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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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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Black Crappie No season data
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Blacknose Dace No season data
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Blackside Darter No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Bluntnose Minnow No season data
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Bowfin No season data
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Brassy Minnow No season data
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Brook Silverside 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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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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Gizzard Shad No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Johnny Darter No season data
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Logperch No season data
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Mottled Sculpin 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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Rock Bass No season data
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Sand Shiner No season data
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Sea Lamprey No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Tadpole Madtom No season data
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White Sucker No season data
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Yellow Bullhead 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 watershedVenison Creek Near Walsingham has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 38 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bowfin (Amia calva), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 33 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Bowfin Amia calva
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
9 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
- 38 species
- from 47 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 24, 1972 – Oct 25, 2011
- 38 dated records