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Bluegill Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded bluegill in 178 Ontario lakes, 8% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes
178
Recorded since 2010
129
Median size
2.85 km²
Median max depth
18 m
Latest record
2918

Where it is found

Most of these lakes are in Frontenac (29), Peterborough (19) and Lanark (17).

In these lakes the sport fish most often recorded alongside it are pumpkinseed (92%), yellow perch (86%), rock bass (76%) and smallmouth bass (73%).

Seasons, limits and sanctuaries vary by zone: check the Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary before you fish.

Canal LakeLake ScugogRice LakePigeon LakeSharbot LakeBig Clear LakeSydenham LakeLake GibsonCharleston LakeKennebec LakeJack LakeDrag LakeOtty LakeGananoque LakeBelmont LakeChandos LakeSparrow LakeBig Gull LakeOxtongue LakeClear LakeLovesick LakeBalsam LakeMartindale PondDesert LakeChesley LakeLake CouchichingShadow LakeBig Rideau LakeEels LakeLower Beverley LakeSkootamatta LakeBear LakeCrotch LakeNewboro LakeKashwakamak LakeGloucester PoolMatinenda LakePaudash LakeLake SimcoeBaptiste LakeKatchewanooka LakeLake Panache
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Where bluegill is most consistently recorded

Ranked by consistency: the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval on the share of the lake’s surveys that found it. A lake where 18 of 20 surveys found it ranks above one where 1 of 1 did. Lakes known only from stocking come last.

#LakeSurveysLast recordMax depth mArea km²
1Buckhorn LakePeterborough44 of 5420131232.8
2Mohawk LakeBrant14 of 1620200.16
3Elbow LakeFrontenac14 of 16201291.29
4Canal LakeKawartha Lakes31 of 40201348.56
5St. George LakeYork13 of 1519950.1
6Upper Chemong LakePeterborough6 of 6200978.48
7Lake SenecaYork9 of 1020040.26
8Sand LakeLeeds and Grenville19 of 242019149.38
9Leggat LakeFrontenac19 of 242014181.82
10Dow's LakeOttawa5 of 520180.23
11Chemong LakePeterborough30 of 422014617.6
12Lake ScugogKawartha Lakes51 of 802014666.4
13Big Bald LakePeterborough21 of 30201392.13
14Moira LakeHastings18 of 27201098.53
15Sheffield Long LakeLennox and Addington9 of 122010300.93
16Rice LakePeterborough58 of 10320151195.4
17Lake NiapencoHamilton54 of 9620221.8
18Silver LakeBruce10 of 142012180.59
19Little Bald LakePeterborough3 of 3200972.04
20Norway LakeRenfrew12 of 182010382.84
21Opinicon LakeLeeds and Grenville97 of 20120228.32
22Pigeon LakeKawartha Lakes38 of 7520131250.7
23Sharbot LakeFrontenac23 of 4320113115.7
24White LakePeterborough9 of 14200891.81
25South LakeLeeds and Grenville10 of 162010142.38
26Big Clear LakeFrontenac11 of 182010183.23
27Grenadier PondToronto23 of 45200460.15
28Sydenham LakeFrontenac15 of 282010347.22
29Christie LakeLanark9 of 152010186.56
30Hambly LakeFrontenac6 of 920100.72
31Eagle LakeFrontenac29 of 622014316.65
32St. Andrew LakesFrontenac2 of 22008150.53
33Birch LakeFrontenac12 of 242010422.1
34Lake GibsonNiagara9 of 17201992.06
35Wilcox LakeYork21 of 482022160.57
36Stony LakePeterborough27 of 6520143129.2
37Bobs LakeFrontenac25 of 6320142427.5
38Lower Buckhorn LakePeterborough20 of 5020151113.1
39Gull LakeLennox and Addington5 of 9201090.21
40Charleston LakeLeeds and Grenville29 of 8120149026.9
41Farren LakeLanark8 of 172010211.76
42Kennebec LakeFrontenac8 of 182011315.15
43Jack LakePeterborough17 of 4620135313.9
44Bull LakeFrontenac8 of 192010152.07
45Sixteen Mile PondNiagara3 of 520110.54
46Whitefish LakeLeeds and Grenville2 of 3202084.62
47Third Depot LakeFrontenac2 of 30.87
48Pinafore LakeElgin1 of 120180.14
49Drag LakeHaliburton1 of 120175510.3
50Raccoon LakePeterborough1 of 12014150.51

Top 50 of 178 lakes. Download the full list (CSV). Source: Ontario’s Aquatic Resource Area survey summaries and fish stocking records (Ministry of Natural Resources, OGL-Ontario). Data as of October 9, 2026. A record means a survey caught or observed the species, not that it is abundant today.

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