BONNECHERE RIVER NEAR CASTLEFORD
BONNECHERE RIVER ON WSC
BONNECHERE RIVER NEAR CASTLEFORD (02KC009) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BONNECHERE 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. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 02KC009
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 45.4965, -76.5646
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 15 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 Jan 1 – Sep 30 Details
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Jan 1 – 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 Open all year Details
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Open all year
- 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 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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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Mar 31; May 16 – Dec 31 Details
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May 16 – 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 15; May 16 – Dec 31 Details
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May 16 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- not more than 1 greater than 46 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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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Mar 15; May 16 – Dec 31 Details
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May 16 – Dec 31
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- not more than 1 greater than 46 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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Lake Sturgeon Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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American Eel No season data
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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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Burbot 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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Fallfish 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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Golden Shiner No season data
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Johnny Darter 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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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Mooneye 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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River Redhorse 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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Shorthead Redhorse No season data
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Silver Redhorse No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Stonecat 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 watershedBonnechere River Near Castleford has documented fish occurrence data from Ontario provincial surveys (Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point, LIO Open Data). The survey records 43 species from observation sampling near this station.
Species include: Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 38 others.
- Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- 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
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Mooneye Hiodon tergisus
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- 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
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
10 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
- 43 species
- from 53 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 1, 1982 – Nov 5, 2021
- 42 dated records