OSHAWA CREEK AT OSHAWA
OSHAWA CREEK ON WSC
OSHAWA CREEK AT OSHAWA (02HD008) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the OSHAWA 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. 68 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02HD008
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 43.9303, -78.8915
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 17 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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Atlantic Salmon Open · Harvest status unknown Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 25 – Sep 30
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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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
- 2
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
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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Channel Catfish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 25 – Nov 15 Details
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Apr 25 – Nov 15
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 12
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Largemouth Bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 20 – Dec 15 Details
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Jun 20 – Dec 15
- 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 112 centimetres
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- 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 20 – Dec 15 Details
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Jun 20 – Dec 15
- 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 – Nov 15 Details
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May 9 – Nov 15
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 1
- Size rule
- must be between 35-50 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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Alewife No season data
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American Brook Lamprey No season data
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American Eel No season data
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Banded Killifish No season data
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Black Crappie No season data
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Blacknose Dace No season data
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Blacknose Shiner 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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Chinook Salmon 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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Fallfish No season data
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Fantail Darter 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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Freshwater Drum 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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Green Sunfish No season data
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Hornyhead Chub No season data
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Iowa Darter No season data
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Johnny Darter No season data
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Lake Chub No season data
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Logperch No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Longnose Gar No season data
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Longnose Sucker No season data
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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Northern Brook Lamprey No season data
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Northern Hog Sucker 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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Rainbow Darter No season data
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Redside Dace No season data
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Rock Bass No season data
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Rosyface Shiner 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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Silver Shiner No season data
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Slimy Sculpin 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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Threespine Stickleback No season data
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Trout-Perch No season data
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White Bass No season data
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White Perch 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 watershedOshawa Creek At Oshawa has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 68 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bowfin (Amia calva), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 63 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Bowfin Amia calva
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus
- Redside Dace Clinostomus elongatus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Northern Brook Lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- American Brook Lamprey Lethenteron appendix
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
25 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
- 68 species
- from 93 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 21, 1976 – Dec 8, 2022
- 65 dated records