Fishing Regulations (Zone 18)

About this zone

FMZ 18 is located in southeastern Ontario. This zone has:

• the connecting lakes and rivers of the Rideau waterway

• the Canadian Shield at its heart

• the St. Lawrence Lowlands to the east and west

• watersheds for the Crowe, Mississippi, Napanee, Cataraqui, Rideau, Salmon, South Nation and Raisin Rivers

• the province’s most southerly lake trout populations, other than in the Great Lakes

• mainly warm-water fish (e.g. bass, crappie, sunfish, muskellunge) and cool-water fish (e.g. walleye, northern pike, yellow perch)

FMZ 18 is one of 20 fisheries management zones in the province.