RUSCOM RIVER NEAR RUSCOM STATION
RUSCOM RIVER ON WSC
RUSCOM RIVER NEAR RUSCOM STATION (02GH002) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the RUSCOM 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. 38 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02GH002
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 42.2115, -82.6291
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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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Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 6 – Dec 15 Details
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Jun 6 – Dec 15
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
- Size rule
- must be greater than 91 centimetres
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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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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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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Freshwater Drum No season data
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Gizzard Shad 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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Johnny Darter No season data
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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Quillback 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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Smallmouth Buffalo 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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Spotted Sucker No season data
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Tadpole Madtom 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 watershedRuscom River Near Ruscom Station 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), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), and 33 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
4 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 42 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 14, 1979 – Dec 12, 2017
- 38 dated records