General Information
- See general fishing regulations for more information on how to use this summary.
- Two lines may be used when trolling from a boat in open water in Lake Huron (Main Basin), excluding South Bay on Manitoulin Island, Georgian Bay (Zone 14), the North Channel (Zone 14) and tributaries to Lake Huron in Zones 10, 15, and 16.
- The following species are not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year:
- brook trout
- splake
- FMZ 13 part of the Great Lakes. Baitfish and leeches from adjacent Bait Management Zones (BMZ) are permitted, but can only be moved out of the Great Lakes to be disposed of immediately more than 30 metres from the water. See bait for more details.
Zone-wide seasons and limits
Aggregate limits for trout and salmon (including splake)
Limits: S-5 and C-2; total daily catch and possession limit for all trout and salmon species combined
| Species | Season | Limit |
| Atlantic Salmon | All Year | S-1 and C-0 |
| Brook Trout | fourth Saturday in Apr to Labour Day | S-5 and C-2; not more than one greater than 30 centimetres |
| Brown Trout | All Year | S-5 and C-2 |
| Channel Catfish | All Year | S-12 and C-6 |
| Crappie | All Year | S-30 and C-10 |
| Lake Sturgeon | Closed | – |
| Lake Trout | Jan 1 to Sept 30 Dec 1 to Dec 31 | S-2 and C-1 |
| Lake Whitefish | All Year | S-12 and C-6 |
| Largemouth and smallmouth bass combined | fourth Saturday in Jun to Nov 30 | S-6 and C-2 |
| Muskellunge | Third Saturday in June to Dec 15 | S-1; must be greater than 102 centimetres, and C-0 |
| Northern Pike | All Year | S-4 and C-2 |
| Pacific Salmon | All Year | S-5 and C-2 |
| Rainbow Trout | All Year | S-2 and C-1 |
| Sunfish | All Year | S-50 and C-25 |
| Walleye and Sauger combined | All Year | S-6 and C-2 |
| Yellow Perch | All year | S-50 and C-25 |