Northern Fishing Zone

About Northern Fishing Zone

Covering over 47 million acres and containing 2490 lakes, the Northern Fishing Zone is the second largest of the three fishing zones in Saskatchewan. The further north you go in Saskatchewan, the bigger the fish get! This zone is home to some of the most popular fishing lakes in the province, including Lake Athabasca, Reindeer Lake, and Wollaston Lake. The majority of the fishing lodges in the province are also found in this zone. This far north most of the lakes will not be accessible by road. Flying or paddling is often the only way in.

Lakes

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View all stocked lakes in the Northern Fishing Zone.

Fishing in the Northern Fishing Zone

The fishing season within the Northern Fishing Zone is open from May 25, 2024 to April 15, 2025.

The following game fish can be found in the zone: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Walleye, Lake Whitefish and Burbot.

Additional Restrictions

The following 171 water bodies with additional fishing restrictions in the Northern Fishing Zone.

Name	Restriction
Ahenakew Lake - 10D	(58°02' 103°55') CR3 Limits
Alces Lake - 11A	(59°41' 108°21') CR3 Limits
Amber Lake - 9A	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Anderson Lake - 8C	(56°32' 105°22') CR3 Limits
Babiche Lake - 10D	(58°56' 103°34') CR3 Limits
Bannock Lake - 10D	(58°51' 102°42') CR3 Limits
Bentley Lake - 10D	(58°51' 103°22') CR3 Limits
Bird Lake - 9C	(57°52' 104°21') CR3 Limits
Boland Lake - 9D	(57°52' 103°50') CR1 Limits
Brakewell Lake - 9D	(57°30' 103°43') CR3 Limits
Briggs Lake - 9C	(57°53' 104°38') CR3 Limits
Cairns Lake - 9D	(57°39' 103°19') CR3 Limits
Carlson Creek (57°47' 104°47') - 9C	CR3 Limits From 57°47'15'' 104°47' To 57°52' 104° 48'
Causier Lake - 9D	(57°31' 103°49') CR3 Limits
Charcoal Lake - 10D	(58°49' 102°22') CR3 Limits
Charles Lake - 9D	(57°23' 103°36') CR3 Limits
Cochrane River (58°45' 103°00') - 10D	CR1 Limits From Wollaston Lake To Bigstone Rapids At 58°49' 102°45'
Collins Creek (58°10' 103°45') - 10D	CR1 Limits From Kewen Lake To Wollaston Lake
Compulsion River (57°40' 103°24') - 9D	CR1 Limits From Wollaston Lake To Point On River At 57°33' 103°37'
Conacher Lake - 9D	(57°20' 103°01') CR2 Limits
Corson Lake - 10D	(58°44' 103°45') CR3 Limits
Costigan Lake - 8B	(56°11' 106°21') CR2 Limits
Crampean Lake - 10D	(58°15' 102°54') CR3 Limits
Cree River (58°57' 105°47') - 10C	CR1 Limits From Giles Lake To Wapata Lake
Crooked Lake - 10D	(58°43' 103°56') Cr3 Limits
Dodge Lake - 11C	(59°50' 105°36') CR3 Limits
Dube Lake - 10C	( 58°35' 105°04') Cr3 Limits
Duncan Lake (57°34' 104°15') - 9C	CR1 Limits On Duncan Lake At The Junction Of The Geikie And Wheeler Rivers
Dunnet Lake - 9D	(57°28' 103°32') CR3 Limits
Durrant Lake - 10C	(58°34' 104°25') CR3 Limits
Ed's Lake - 9A	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Engler Lake - 11B	(59°08' 106°52') CR2 Limits
Eynard Lake - 11C	(59°58' 105°47') CR3 Limits
Fontaine Lake - 11B	(59°42' 106°27') CR2 Limits
Fontaine Lake - 9A	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Forsyth Lake - 10C	(58°37' 104°42') CR3 Limits.
Geikie River (57°18' 104°40' ) - 9C	CR1 Limits From Wollaston Lake To The North End Of Duncan Lake At 57°33' 104°12'
Ghana Lake - 8D	(56°40' 103°28') CR3 Limits
Gillespie Lake - 9D	(57°06' 103°28') CR3 Limits
Gow Lake - 8C	(56°28' 104°29') CR1 Limits
Grandin Lake - 11C	(59°46' 105°58') CR3 Limits
Granger Lake - 10C	(58°33' 105°12') CR2 Limits
Grayson Lake - 8C	(56°17' 104°37') CR1 Limits
Hannah Lake - 11D	(59°06' 102°34') CR3 Limits
Haresign Lake - 8C	(56°52' 105°56') CR2 Limits
Hasbala Lake - 11D	(59°57' 102°00') CR3 Limits
Hastings Lake - 8C	(56°54' 105°27') CR3 Limits
Hatchet Lake - 10D	(58°38' 103° 40') CR3 Limits
Hawkrock River (58°55' 104°47') - 11C	CR1 Limits From Forsyth Lake To Umfreville Lake
Hedman Lake - 9D	(57°09' 103°05') CR3 Limits
Hobson Lake - 8B	(56°49' 106°11') CR2 Limits
Hodges Lake - 9C	(57°20' 104°50') CR1 Limits
Holmesa-Court Lake - 8C	(56°15' 105°02') CR3 Limits
Hooker Lake - 10D	(58°13' 102°45') CR3 Limits
Horvath Lake - 8D	(56°51' 103°27') CR3 Limits
Hull Lake - 10D	(58°09' 102°28') CR3 Limits
Hydichuk Lake - 10D	(58°03' 102°46') CR3 Limits
Jackson Lakes - 9D	(57°46' 103°34') CR1 Limits
Johnson Lake - 9C	(57°26' 104°11') CR3 Limits
Johnston Lake - 10C	(58°16' 104°46') CR2 Limits
Kalheim Lake - 10D	(58°52' 102°01') CR3 Limits
Kane Lake - 8D	(56°54' 103°32') CR3 Limits
Kernaghan Lake - 10C	(58°40' 104°10') CR3 Limits
Kerslake Lake - 10D	(58°16' 102°41') CR3 Limits
Kewen Lake - 10D	(58°11' 103°51') CR3 Limits
Kidd Lake - 10D	(58°00' 103°52') CR3 Limits
Kimiwan Lake - 11C	(59°56' 105°54') CR3 Limits
Kirkpatrick Lake - 9C	(57°54' 104°39') CR3 Limits
Kirsch Lake - 9C	(57°56' 105°16') CR1 Limits
Klemmer Lake - 10D	(58°21' 102°45') CR3 Limits
Kosdaw Lake - 10C	(58°55' 104°01') CR3 Limits
Kroeker Lake - 10D	(58°17' 102°56') CR3 Limits
Lampin Lake - 10D	(58°09' 103°54') CR3 Limits
Le Drew Lake - 10D	(58°34' 103°55') CR3 Limits
Little Yalowega Lake - 9C	(57°48' 104°53') CR2 Limits
Lloyd Lake - 9A	(57°22' 108°57') CR2 Limits
Lower Foster Lake - 8C	(56°33' 105°23') CR2 Limits
Lucie Lake - 9D	(57°40' 103°52') CR3 Limits
MacFarlane River (59°12' 107°58') - 11B	CR2 Limits From River Mouth On Athabasca Lake At 59°12' 107°58' To Midpoint Of First Rapids 10 Km Upstream At 59°08' 107°53'
MacKenzie Lake - 9D	(57°50' 102°43') CR2 Limits
Manson Lake - 10D	(58°39' 103°16') CR3 Limits
Many Islands Lake - 11D	(59°42' 102°10') CR1 Limits
Mathison Lake - 10C	(58°29' 104°54') CR2 Limits
Mawdsley Lake - 8B	(56°47' 106°07') CR2 Limits
McConnell Lake - 9D	(57°50' 103°35') CR3 Limits
McDonald Creek (58°48' 105°08') - 10C	CR1 Limits From McDonald Creek To Pattyson Lake
McDonald Lake - 8C	(56°15' 104°41') CR1 Limits
McDonald River - 9D	(57°39' 104°39') CR3 Limits
McIntyre River (59°18' 104°09') - 11C	CR1 Limits From Rapids To Pinkham Lake (59°18' 104°04') And To Rapids 17 Km Upstream (59°22' 104°02'), Including A Southwest Bay At 59°18' 104°12'
Michael Lake - 9D	(57°51' 104°00') CR3 Limits
Middle Foster Lake - 8C	(56°38' 105°25') CR3 Limits
Misaw Lake - 11D	(59°52' 102°30') CR1 Limits
Moffatt Lake - 10D	(58°17' 103°47') CR3 Limits
Moore Lakes - 9C	(57°27' 105°03') CR3 Limits
Morell Lake - 9D	(57°37' 103°46') CR3 Limits
Morwick Lake - 9D	(57°30' 103°19') CR3 Limits
Mullin Lake - 9D	(57°37' 103°17') CR3 Limits
Mullins Lake - 10C	(58°09' 104°51') CR3 Limits
Murphy Lake - 10C	(58°26' 104°21') CR3 Limits
Myers Lake - 9C	(57°24' 105°27') CR3 Limits
Nokomis Lake - 9D	(57°00' 103°00') CR3 Limits
Nordbye Lake - 11D	(59°04' 103°30') CR3 Limits
Obst River (58°51' 103°35') - 10C	CR3 Limits From Waterfound Bay To River Narrows 15 Km Upstream At 58°49' 103°52'
Oliver Lake - 8D	(56°56' 103°22') CR3 Limits
Oman Lake - 11C	(59°42' 106°45') CR3 Limits
Oriordan Lake - 9D	(57°40' 103°47') CR3 Limits
Otherside River (59°16' 106°55') - 11B	CR2 Limits From River Mouth At Otherside Bay On Athabasca Lake Defined By A Small Point Of Land On The Northwest Shore Of Otherside Bay (59°16' 106°55°) To The Point Of River 1 Km Upstream Of Richards Lake (59°12' 107°14')
Patterson Lake - 11D	(59°56' 102°18') CR1 Limits
Paull Lake - 8C	(56°08' 104°48') CR3 Limits
Pawliuk Lake - 9C	( 57°50' 104°41') CR3 Limits
Pearce Lake - 9D	( 57°45' 102°44') CR2 Limits
Pipestone Lake - 9B	( 57°54' 106°35') CR1 Limits
Poulton Lake - 9C	(57°50' 104°27') CR3 Limits
Premier Lake - 11B	(59°53' 106°05') CR3 Limits
Pritchard Lake - 8D	(56°45' 103°33') CR3 Limits
Reilly Lake - 9D	(57°12' 103°10') CR2 Limits
Reindeer Lake - 9D	(57°30' 102°15') CR1 Limits
Reindeer River - 8D	River South Of 56°10' 103°11' Closed To Angling March 31 To May 14
Reisner Lake - 9D	( 57°47' 103°35') CR3 Limits
Reynolds Lake - 9D	(57°56' 102°45') CR3 Limits
Richards Lake - 11B	(59°10' 107°10') CR2 Limits
Riou River (59°08' 106°44') - 11B	CR2 Limits From Richards Lake To Point On River 1 Km Upstream Of Engler Lake
Rupert Lake - 8C	(56°54' 105°03') CR3 Limits
Rutherford Lake - 9D	( 57°21' 103°17') CR3 Limits
Salaba Lake - 9D	( 57°45' 103°41') CR3 Limits
Scott Lake - 11B	(59°55' 106°18') CR3 Limits
Scrimes Lake - 10D	(58°34' 103°26') CR3 Limits
Scutt Lake - 9D	(57°38' 103°37') CR1 Limits
Selwyn Lake - 11C	(60°00' 104°30') CR3 Limits
Shagory Lake - 11C	(59°53' 104°58') CR3 Limits
Simpson Lake - 9D	(57°41' 103°37') CR3 Limits
Sovereign Lake - 11C	(59°57' 105°39') CR3 Limits
Spence Lake - 9D	(57°33' 103°34') CR3 Limits
Swan Lake - 9D	(57°33' 103°03') CR3 Limits
Tadei Lake - 8B	(56°48' 106°01') CR2 Limits
Thrift Lake - 10D	(58°44' 103°24') CR3 Limits
Torwalt Lake - 10D	(58°18' 103°53') CR3 Limits
Townsend Lake - 9C	(57°38' 104°44') CR3 Limits
Tremblay Lake - 8C	(56°28' 104°42') CR1 Limits
Umpherville Lake - 9C	(57°53' 104°19') CR3 Limits
Umpherville River (58°05' 103°48') - 10D	CR1 Limits From Wollaston Lake To The North End Of Ahenakew Lake At 58°05' 103° 50'
Unnamed Lake (56°16' 104°45') - 8C	(56°16' 104°45') CR2 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°02'57'' 103°17'00'') - 9D	(57°02'57'' 103°17'00'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°03'21'' 103°17'37'') - 9D	(57°03'21'' 103°17'37'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°25'26'' 104°56'39'') - 9C	(57°25'26'' 104°56'39'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°26'50'' 104°57'14'') - 9C	(57°26'50'' 104°57'14'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°27'20'' 104°57'11'') - 9C	(57°27'20'' 104°57'11'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°27'25'' 104°58'06'') - 9C	(57°27'25'' 104°58'06'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°27'27'' 104°57'23'') - 9C	(57°27'27'' 104°57'23'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°27'36'' 104°56'24'') - 9C	(57°27'36'' 104°56'24'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°36' 104°18') - 9C	(57°36' 104°18') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°42' 103°08') - 9D	(57°42' 103°08') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (57°43' 104°56') - 9C	(57°43' 104°56') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (58°01' 103°46') - 10D	(58°01' 103°46') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (58°19'30'' 103°48'30'') - 10D	(58°19'30'' 103°48'30'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (58°20' 103°51'30'') - 10D	(58°20' 103°51'30'') CR3 Limits
Unnamed Lake (58°33' 104°03') - 10D	(58°33' 104°03') CR3 Limits
Virgin River (57°02' 108°17') - 9A	CR1 Limits On All Rapids Outflowing From Careen Lake (57°00' 108°17'), Including 100 M Upstream And Downstream Of Rapids
Vollhoffer Lake - 9C	(57°35' 104°54') CR3 Limits
Wapata Lake - 10C	(58°51' 105°43') CR1 Limits
Ward Creek (58°37' 104°40') - 10C	CR2 Limits Between Mouth Of Forsyth Lake At 58°37' 104°40' And Unnamed Lake 50 Km Upstream At 58°23' 104°51'
Ward Lake - 10C	(58°35' 104°35') CR3 Limits
Waterbury Lake - 10C	(58°10' 104°22') CR2 Limits
Waterfound Bay - 10C	(58°48' 104°03') CR3 Limits
Wayo Lake - 11B	(59°56' 106°21') CR3 Limits
West Lake - 8D	(56°51' 103°20') CR3 Limits
Whigham Lake - 10C	(58°48' 104°25') CR3 Limits
Wollaston Lake - 10D	(58°15' 103°15') CR1 Limits
Yalowega Lake - 9C	(57°48' 104°53') CR2 Limits
Zengle Lake - 9D	(57°55' 102°33') CR2 Limits
Zimmer Lake - 9C	(57°09' 105°33') CR2 Limits