NANTICOKE CREEK AT NANTICOKE
NANTICOKE CREEK ON WSC
NANTICOKE CREEK AT NANTICOKE (02GC022) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the NANTICOKE 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. 40 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02GC022
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 42.8099, -80.0762
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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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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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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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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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Banded Killifish No season data
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Black Bullhead No season data
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Black Crappie No season data
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Blacknose Shiner 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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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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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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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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Least 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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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Quillback 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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Rock Bass No season data
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Shorthead Redhorse No season data
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Spotfin Shiner No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Stonecat No season data
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White Bass No season data
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White Crappie 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 watershedNanticoke Creek At Nanticoke has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 40 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), and 35 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Least Darter Etheostoma microperca
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
8 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
- 40 species
- from 48 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 24, 1973 – Dec 7, 2018
- 40 dated records