BEAR CREEK BELOW BRIGDEN
BEAR CREEK ON WSC
BEAR CREEK BELOW BRIGDEN (02GG009) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BEAR 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. 18 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02GG009
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 42.8120, -82.2984
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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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Black Bullhead 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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Blackstripe Topminnow 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 Mudminnow 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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Johnny 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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Sand Shiner 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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Tadpole Madtom 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 watershedBear Creek Below Brigden has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 18 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), and 13 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
1 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
- 18 species
- from 19 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 24, 1982 – Sep 5, 2018
- 18 dated records