Big Carp River

At a glance

Who lives here

• American brook lamprey Lethenteron appendixSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulusSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brassy minnow Hybognathus hankinsoniSurveyed · 2018 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brook stickleback Culaea inconstansSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosusSurveyed · 2015 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Central mudminnow Umbra limiSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutchSurveyed · 2005 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Common shiner Luxilus cornutusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatusSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoidesSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Fathead minnow Pimephales promelasSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Finescale dace Chrosomus neogaeusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucasSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Johnny darter Etheostoma nigrumSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Lake chub Couesius plumbeusSurveyed · 2005 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Logperch Percina caprodesSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractaeSurveyed · 2018 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Longnose sucker Catostomus catostomusSurveyed · 2005 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Mimic shiner Paranotropis volucellusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Mottled sculpin Cottus bairdiiSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Northern pearl dace Margariscus nachtriebiSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Northern pike Esox luciusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Northern redbelly dace Chrosomus eosSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordaxSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissSurveyed · 2022 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Rock bass Ambloplites rupestrisSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinusSurveyed · 2005 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Slimy sculpin Cottus cognatusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieuSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Spottail shiner Hudsonius hudsoniusSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Walleye Sander vitreusSurveyed · 2005 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• White sucker Catostomus commersoniiSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Yellow perch Perca flavescensSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Alewife Alosa pseudoharengusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepisOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brown trout Salmo truttaOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Burbot Lota lotaOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschaOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Iowa darter Etheostoma exileOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitiusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Sand shiner Miniellus stramineusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Silver lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspisOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurumOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculusReported · 2024 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuaReported · 2023 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)

Not listed doesn't mean no fish.

Getting on the water

No public access site is listed for this water yet.

Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.

The rules

Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.

• Brook troutClosed · 5 a day
• Coho salmonOpen, any size · 5 a day
• Northern pikeOpen, size limits · 6 a day
• PumpkinseedOpen, any size · 50 a day
• Rainbow troutOpen, any size · 2 a day
• Smallmouth bassOpen, any size · 6 a day
• WalleyeOpen, size limits · 4 a day
• Yellow perchOpen, any size · 50 a day
• Brown troutOpen, any size · 5 a day
• Chinook salmonOpen, any size · 5 a day

As of October 25, 2026, for a fish of any size.

Official regulations: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Official sources:

• Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 10 (SF-2025/10), Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007, s. 13(1) (Schedule B, all tributaries to Lake Superior in Zone 10, brook trout)
• Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007 (SOR/2007-237) (s. 18(a))

What's biting

Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.

From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.

About this page

Sources and licences:

• Natural Resources Canada, CanVec Hydro Features (1:50,000). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.; Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB); Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Boundary Files (census divisions, provinces). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
• Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario · Open Government Licence – Ontario v1.0 (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario, checked 2026-10-19): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes" … "Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose." data.ontario.ca aquatic-resource-area-polygon-segment: licence OGL-ON-1.0, access open; the map service: "This data is subject to terms of use. https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario".
• Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario · Open Government Licence – Ontario v1.0 (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario, checked 2026-10-19): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes" … "Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose." data.ontario.ca aquatic-resource-area-survey-point: licence OGL-ON-1.0, access open.
• Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0) · CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, checked 2026-10-18): the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database is published through GBIF as "no copyright" — "The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law". GBIF dataset d6cc311c-c5ab-4f23-9a20-10514f9eb9c4, licence CC0_1_0; cite U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database.

The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.