St. Johns Branch (12 Mile Creek)

Species regulated in this area

These are species and groups covered by the applicable area rules, not a claim that they occur at this station.

Default rules for this area. A grey row means the current season status is not confirmed by this release.

• Channel catfish Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Open all year Details Close

  • Open all year

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    12

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    6

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Crappie Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Open all year Details Close

  • Open all year

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    30

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    10

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Lake whitefish Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Open all year Details Close

  • Open all year

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    12

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    6

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Jun 27 – Nov 30 Details Close

  • Jun 27 – Nov 30

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    6

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Jun 6 – Dec 15 Details Close

  • Jun 6 – Dec 15

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    1

    Size rule

    must be greater than 91 centimetres

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Northern pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Jan 1 – Mar 31; May 9 – Dec 31 Details Close

  • May 9 – Dec 31

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    6

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Splake Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Open all year Details Close

  • Open all year

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    5

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Sunfish Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Open all year Details Close

  • Open all year

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    50

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    25

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Walleye and sauger combined Open · Harvest allowed within limits · May 9 – Dec 31; Jan 1 – Mar 15 Details Close

  • May 9 – 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

• Yellow perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits · Open all year Details Close

  • Open all year

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    50

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    25

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Atlantic salmon Closed · Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details Close

  • Apr 25 – Sep 30

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Brook trout Closed · Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details Close

  • Apr 25 – Sep 30

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    5

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Brown trout Closed · Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details Close

  • Apr 25 – Sep 30

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    5

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Lake sturgeon Closed · Closed all year Details Close

  • Closed all year

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Lake trout Closed · Jan 1 – Sep 30 Details Close

  • Jan 1 – Sep 30

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    1

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Pacific salmon Closed · Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details Close

  • Apr 25 – Sep 30

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    5

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

• Rainbow trout Closed · Apr 25 – Sep 30 Details Close

  • Apr 25 – Sep 30

    Sport licence catch-and-possession limit

    2

    Conservation licence catch-and-possession limit

    1

    Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026

St. Johns Branch (12 Mile Creek) has 42 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.

Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Bullheads (Ameiurus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 37 others.

• Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
• Bullheads Ameiurus
• Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
• Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
• American Eel Anguilla rostrata
• Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
• Goldfish Carassius auratus
• White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
• Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
• European Carp Cyprinus carpio
• Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
• American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
• Northern Pike Esox lucius
• Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
• Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
• Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
• Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
• Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
• Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
• Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
• Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
• Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
• Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
• Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
• Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
• Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
• Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
• Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus
• River Chub Nocomis micropogon
• Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
• Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
• Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
• Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
• Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
• Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
• North American Minnows Pogonichthyinae
• Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
• Brown Trout Salmo trutta
• Tiger Trout Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis
• Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
• Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
• Central Mudminnow Umbra limi