River · Simcoe, Ontario
Pretty River
At a glance
Who lives here
- Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulusSurveyed · 2015 · 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 · 2012 · 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 · 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 · 2012 · 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 · 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 · 2015 · 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 · 2012 · 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 · 2015 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisStocked · 2025 · Fish stocking: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 7,029 |
| 2024 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 5,150 |
| 2023 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 4,007 |
| 2022 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 4,683 |
| 2021 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 5,310 |
| 2020 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 11,506 |
| 2019 | Brook Trout | Yearlings | 27,700 |
| 2018 | Brook Trout | Fingerlings | 3,521 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 8 of 8.
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.
- Chinook salmonClosed · 5 a day
- Rainbow troutClosed · 2 a day
- Brook troutClosed · 5 a day
As of October 25, 2026, for a fish of any size.
Official regulations: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Official sources:
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 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.
- Fish stocking: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 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 2026-10-16): "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 record fish-stocking and its ArcGIS item: licence OGL-ON-1.0.
- 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.