SPENCER CREEK AT HIGHWAY NO. 5

SPENCER CREEK ON WSC

SPENCER CREEK AT HIGHWAY NO. 5 (02HB023) is a real-time river monitoring station on the SPENCER CREEK in ON, operated by the Water Survey of Canada. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and publishes a 7-day flow forecast when flow data is available. 46 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

WSC station ID
02HB023
Operated by
Water Survey of Canada
Province
ON
Coordinates
43.2829, -80.0528

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Fishing regulations

FMZ 16 zone default

Default area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.

FMZ 16 zone default only. Water-specific, national-park, sanctuary, licence, and in-season exceptions may apply.
General area restrictions

  • 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

    Official rule

Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-11 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 watershed

Spencer Creek At Highway No. 5 has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 46 species from observation sampling near this station.

Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bowfin (Amia calva), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 41 others.

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
46 species
from 53 individual records
Observed
Jul 9, 1974 – Jun 28, 2022
46 dated records

Sources