Nottawasaga River

At a glance

Who lives here

• Blackchin shiner Miniellus heterodonSurveyed · 2012 · 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 · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepisSurveyed · 2012 · 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 · 2011 · 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 · 2013 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Brown trout Salmo truttaSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatusSurveyed · 2009 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschaSurveyed · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Common carp Cyprinus carpioSurveyed · 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 · 2012 · 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 · 2019 · 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 · 2018 · 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 · 2011 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Hornyhead chub Nocomis biguttatusSurveyed · 2011 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Iowa darter Etheostoma exileSurveyed · 2012 · 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
• Largemouth bass Micropterus nigricansSurveyed · 2009 · 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 · 2019 · 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 · 2012 · 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 brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossorSurveyed · 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 · 2009 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosusSurveyed · 2018 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleumSurveyed · 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 · 2019 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• River chub Nocomis micropogonSurveyed · 2009 · 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
• Rosyface shiner Notropis rubellusSurveyed · 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 · 2005 · 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 · 2011 · 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 · 2005 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
• Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycusSurveyed · 2011 · 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
• American brook lamprey Lethenteron appendixOn 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
• Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatusOn 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
• Brassy minnow Hybognathus hankinsoniOn 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 bullhead Ameiurus nebulosusOn 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
• Central mudminnow Umbra limiOn 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
• Finescale dace Chrosomus neogaeusOn 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
• Lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformisOn 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
• Logperch Percina caprodesOn 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
• Northern pearl dace Margariscus nachtriebiOn 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
• Northern redbelly dace Chrosomus eosOn 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
• Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerkaOn 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
• Splake Salvelinus fontinalis × Salvelinus namaycushOn 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
• Walleye Sander vitreusOn 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
• Yellow perch Perca flavescensOn 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

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
• Brown troutClosed · 5 a day
• Channel catfishOpen, any size · 12 a day
• Chinook salmonClosed · 5 a day
• Largemouth bassOpen, any size · 6 a day
• Northern pikeOpen, any size · 6 a day
• PumpkinseedOpen, any size · 50 a day
• Rainbow troutClosed · 5 a day
• Smallmouth bassOpen, any size · 6 a day
• Black crappieOpen, any size · 30 a day
• Lake whitefishOpen, any size · 12 a day
• SplakeOpen, any size · 5 a day
• WalleyeOpen, size limits · 4 a day
• Yellow perchOpen, any size · 50 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 16 (SF-2022/16), Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007, s. 13(1) (Schedule A, 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.
• NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Great Lakes bathymetry) · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105; NCEI: "not subject to copyright protection"; data.gov: CC0 1.0)

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