OTTAWA RIVER AT THORNE
OTTAWA RIVER ON WSC
OTTAWA RIVER AT THORNE (02JE032) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the OTTAWA 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. 19 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02JE032
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 46.7001, -79.0986
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 12 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 24 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 24 – 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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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Mar 31; May 15 – Dec 31 Details
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May 15 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 6
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Sauger Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Mar 31; May 15 – Dec 31 Details
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May 15 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- must be less than 40 centimetres from March 1 to June 15
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Mar 31; May 15 – Dec 31 Details
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May 15 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 5
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- must be less than 40 centimetres from March 1 to June 15
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Lake Sturgeon Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Blacknose Dace 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 Trout No season data
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Creek Chub No season data
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Fallfish 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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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Northern Redbelly Dace No season data
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River Redhorse No season data
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Rock Bass 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 watershedOttawa River At Thorne has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 19 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus eos), and 14 others.
- Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
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
- 19 species
- from 23 individual records
- Observed
- May 28, 2011 – Jul 31, 2025
- 19 dated records