PIGEON RIVER NEAR LOTUS
PIGEON RIVER ON WSC
PIGEON RIVER NEAR LOTUS (02HH003) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the PIGEON 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. 24 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02HH003
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 44.1243, -78.6951
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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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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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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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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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Blacknose Dace No season data
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Blacknose Shiner 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 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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Fathead Minnow No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Logperch No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Mottled Sculpin 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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Rock Bass No season data
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Spottail Shiner 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 watershedPigeon River Near Lotus has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 24 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus eos), Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii), and 19 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- White Perch Morone americana
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 24 species
- from 25 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 20, 1975 – Aug 15, 2019
- 23 dated records