Southern Fishing Zone

About Southern Fishing Zone

The Southern Fishing Zone contains most of the populated areas of Saskatchewan. Covering a whopping 75 million acres and containing 1461 lakes. Many of the most popular recreation lakes in the province are here in the south. Also, just because northern Saskatchewan is more popular with anglers from overseas and home to most of the fishing lodges, doesn't mean there aren't great fishing opportunities right here too!

Lakes

View all 1461 lakes in the Southern Fishing Zone.
View all stocked lakes in the Southern Fishing Zone.

Fishing in the Southern Fishing Zone

The fishing season within the Southern Fishing Zone is open from May 5, 2024 to March 31, 2025.

The following game fish can be found in the zone: Channel Catfish, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Walleye, Lake Whitefish, Burbot, Stocked Trout and Sauger.

Additional Restrictions

The following 104 water bodies with additional fishing restrictions in the Southern Fishing Zone.

Name	Restriction
*Greenwater Lake - 4D	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm
*Lake of the Prairies - 3D	Walleye /sauger Limit 4 (combined), None May Exceed 45 Cm Pike Limit 4, None May Exceed 75 Cm Perch Limit 25 (sizes Are Total Length Without Tail Pinched) Mandatory Barbless Hooks. Manitoba Or Saskatchewan Licence Is Valid On Lake Season Opens On The Saskatchewan Part Of The Lake May 13
*Marean Lake - 4D	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm
Assiniboia Reservoir - C1	Perch Limit 10
Battle Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Bauman Reservoir - 2B	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Bear Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Belanger Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Bell Pond - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Big Jumbo Lake - 6A	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm
Biggar Pond - 4B	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Bill's Lake - 4D	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Birch Lake - 1D	Electric Boat Motors Only
Blackstrap Reservoir - 3B	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10 Whitefish Limit 4 Burbot Limit 4 Central Causeway And 100 M On Either Side Closed To Angling All Year
Boiler Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Bone Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Bradwell Reservoir - 3B	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10
Brightwater Reservoir - 3B	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10
Brightwater Creek - 3B	Creek Upstream From The West Boundary Of Sec. 21, Twp. 30, Rge. 4 Closed To Angling March 1 To May 14
Broderick Reservoir - 3B	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10
Buffalo Pound Lake - 2C	Perch Limit 10
Buffalo Pound Pond - 2C	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year Boat Motors Prohibited
Burton Lake - 4C	Electric Boat Motors Only
Calf Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Caton Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Chitek Lake - 5B	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Indian Bay Closed To All Fishing All Year
Chris Johnson Lake (Miracle) - 3D	Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10
Coal Pit - SPC - C - 1D	Stocked Trout, Closed April 1 To May 4
Condie Reservoir - 2C	Perch Limit 10 Motors Prohibited
Conglomerate Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Constance Lake - 5B	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm, Closed April 1 To May 4
Cowan River - 6B	River Section Between Cowan Dam And Highway 55 Centerline Closed To Angling April 1 To May 14
Cutknife Pond - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
David Laird Pond - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Deer Lake - 5B	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Dellwood Reservoir - 3C	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10
Denzil Pond - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Dr. Mainprize Pond - 1D	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Eagle Creek Pond - 4B	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Exner Lake - 6A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm, Open All Year
Fairwell Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Fishing Lake - 3D	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm
Five Mile Dam - 2A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Only 1 Over 43 Cm, Open All Year
Frenchman River - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Harley Pond (49°4° 102°47°) - 1D	Closed To Angling All Year
Hay Meadow Creek - 1C	Stocked Trout Limit 2
Hudson Bay Pond - 4D	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Iroquois Lake - 5B	Whitefish Limit 4
Kerrobert Reservoir - 3A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Kipling Reservoir - 2D	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Lady Lake - 4D	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Lake Diefenbaker Tailwaters - 3B	Stocked Trout Limit 1 On River Section Between Gardiner Dam And Enbridge Pipeline Crossing At 51°21° 106°59°
Lake Diefenbaker - 3B	Irrigation Bay Of Coteau Bay Closed To Angling March 1 To May 14
Last Mountain Lake - 3C	Big Arm Bay And Its Tributaries Lying West Of 105°18°9° And Last Mountain Creek Between Main PFRA Control Structure And Last Mountain Lake, Including Lewis Creek West Of 105°17°20°, Closed To Angling March 1 To May 14
Lisieux Pond - 1C	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Little Fishing Lake - 5A	Whitefish Limit 4
Little Jackfish Lake - 3D	Electric Boat Motors Only
Little Jumbo Lake - 6A	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm
Lloydminster Pond - 5A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Loch Leven - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Only 1 Over 43 Cm, Open All Year Boat Motors Over 5 Hp Prohibited Southern 50 M Of Lake Closed To Angling April 1 To May 31 And October 1 To November 30
Lower Makwa Lake - 6A	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm
Luseland Pond - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Macklin Borrow Pit - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Macklin Pond - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Madge Lake - 3D	Walleye Limit 4, Only 1 Over 55 Cm And None May Be 38 Cm Or Less
Maidstone Pond - 5A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Mantario Pond - 3A	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Melfort Pond - 4C	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Closed April 1 To May 4
Melville Reservoir - 2D	Perch Limit 10 Electric Boat Motors Only
Ministikwin Lake - 5A	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Whitefish Limit 4 Waters Around Bear Island Closed To Angling April 1 To June 30
Moose Mountain Creek - 1D	Creek From Moose Mountain Lake To #361 Grid Road Bridge Closed To Angling April 1 To May 14
Moosomin Reservoir - 2D	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10
Nesland Lake - 5B	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Open All Year
Olson Lake - 5B	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Oscar Creek - 4B	Stocked Trout Limit 2
Oyama Reservoir - 2C	Perch Limit 10
Peck Lake - 5A	Whitefish Limit 4 Southwest Bay Closed To Angling December 15 To January 15
Picnic Lake - 5A	Stocked Trout, Closed April 1 To May 4
Pike Lake - 3B	Boat Motors Over 10 Hp Prohibited
Pine Cree Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Poplar Ridge Lake - 5B	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Rafferty Reservoir (McDonald Lake) - 1D	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Perch Limit 10
Redberry Pond - 4B	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Reid Lake - 2A	Perch Limit 10 Reid Lake And Its Tributaries And Swift Current Creek Upstream To Highway 37 Closed To Angling March 15 To May 4
Round Lake - 5A	Stocked Trout, Closed April 1 To May 4
Saskatoon Trout Pond - 4B	Stocked Trout Limit 1
Scott Reservoir - 4A	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Shuard Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Smuts Lake - 4B	Maximum Boat Speed 25 Km/hr
Steep Creek Pond - 5C	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Steistol Lake - 4D	Stocked Trout, Open All Year Boat Motors Prohibited
Sucker Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Suffern Lake - 4A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm, Open All Year
Swift Current Creek - 1A	Stocked Trout Limit 3, Only 1 Over 43 Cm
Swift Current Pond - 2B	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Tisdale Borrow Pit - 4D	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Tisdale Trout Pond - 4C	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
Upper Makwa Lake - 6A	Walleye Limit 3, Only 1 Over 55 Cm
Waldheim Pond - 4B	Stocked Trout Limit 2, Open All Year
White Bear Reservoir - 2A	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Wilson Lake - 3D	Stocked Trout, Closed April 1 To May 4
Wynard Reservoir - 3C	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Yonker Lake - 4A	Stocked Trout, Open All Year
Zelma Reservoir - 3C	Walleye Limit 2, Only 1 Over 55 Cm Pike Limit 3, Only 1 Over 75 Cm Perch Limit 10