RAINY LAKE NEAR FORT FRANCES
RAINY LAKE ON WSC
RAINY LAKE NEAR FORT FRANCES (05PB007) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the RAINY LAKE 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
- 05PB007
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- ON
- Coordinates
- 48.6491, -93.3207
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Fishing regulations
FMZ 5 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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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- none greater than 75 centimetres
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Smallmouth Bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Sport licence catch-and-possession limit
- 4
- Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit
- 2
- Size rule
- must be less than 35 centimetres from January 1 to June 30
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest status unknown Jan 1 – Apr 14; May 16 – Dec 31 Details
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May 16 – Dec 31
- Size rule
- Ontario Canadian residents
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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Blackside Darter No season data
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Brook Stickleback No season data
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Burbot 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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Golden Redhorse 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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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Ninespine Stickleback No season data
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Quillback No season data
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Shorthead Redhorse No season data
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Silver Lamprey 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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Tadpole Madtom 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 watershedRainy Lake Near Fort Frances 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: Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii), Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans), and 19 others.
- Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
- Burbot Lota lota
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- Jul 26, 2016 – Jul 26, 2016
- 24 dated records