Crappie Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded crappie in 131 Ontario lakes, 6% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 131
Recorded since 2010: 97
Median size: 3.77 km²
Median max depth: 16 m
Latest record: 2022

By species

Species	Lakes with survey records	Lakes stocked	Share of all
Black Crappie	129		98%
White Crappie	9		7%

Where crappie 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.

#	Lake	Surveys	Last record	Max depth m	Area km²
1	Conestogo LakeWellington	Black Crappie 17/19	2012	24	5.87
2	Lake ScugogKawartha Lakes	Black Crappie 56/80	2014	6	66.4
3	Buckhorn LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 39/54	2013	12	32.8
4	Little LakeSimcoe	Black Crappie 14/17	2008	5	2.25
5	Lake NiapencoHamilton	Black Crappie 40/96 · White Crappie 62/96	2022		1.8
6	Chemong LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 29/42	2013	6	17.6
7	Canal LakeKawartha Lakes	Black Crappie 27/40	2013	4	8.56
8	Fairy LakeHalton	Black Crappie 33/51	2011		0.25
9	Bass LakeMuskoka	Black Crappie 5/6	2016		0.4
10	Big Bald LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 18/30	2013	9	2.13
11	Lake St. JohnSimcoe	Black Crappie 27/49	2014	6	6.54
12	Lake SenecaYork	Black Crappie 7/10	2004		0.26
13	Island LakeDufferin	Black Crappie 76/161	2018		1.62
14	Sheffield Long LakeLennox and Addington	Black Crappie 8/12	2010	30	0.93
15	Bass LakeSimcoe	Black Crappie 14/25	2012	9	5.49
16	Wabigoon LakeKenora	Black Crappie 8/13		15	103
17	Upper Chemong LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 4/6	2009	7	8.48
18	Rice LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 40/103	2015	11	95.4
19	Sparrow LakeMuskoka	Black Crappie 19/44	2014	12	11.2
20	Grenadier PondToronto	Black Crappie 19/45	2004	6	0.15
21	Jack LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 19/46	2013	53	13.9
22	South LakeLeeds and Grenville	Black Crappie 8/16	2010	14	2.38
23	Rawn ReservoirRainy River	Black Crappie 7/14	2010	16	2.12
24	Lower Buckhorn LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 19/50	2015	11	13.1
25	Bull LakeFrontenac	Black Crappie 8/19	2010	15	2.07
26	Sixteen Mile PondNiagara	Black Crappie 2/5 · White Crappie 3/5	2011		0.54
27	Pigeon LakeKawartha Lakes	Black Crappie 24/75	2013	12	50.7
28	West Jackfish LakeRainy River	Black Crappie 7/17	2010	12	9.1
29	Blindfold LakeKenora	Black Crappie 5/11	2010	15	2.86
30	Crossecho LakeKenora	Black Crappie 2/3	2021		4.59
31	Little Bald LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 2/3	2009	7	2.04
32	Victoria LakeHaldimand-Norfolk	Black Crappie 2/3 · White Crappie 1/3	1976		0.11
33	Pinafore LakeElgin	Black Crappie 1/1	2018		0.14
34	Grassy LakeRainy River	Black Crappie 1/1	2015		3.29
35	Raccoon LakePeterborough	Black Crappie 1/1	2014	15	0.51
36	Riley LakeMuskoka	Black Crappie 1/1	2012	15	1.56
37	Walkers PondMiddlesex	Black Crappie 1/1	2012		0.1
38	Bennett LakeLanark	Black Crappie 1/1	2011		5.39
39	Loughborough LakeFrontenac	Black Crappie 1/1	2008	34	19.4
40	Watts PondBrant	White Crappie 1/1	2007		0.11
41	Fifteen Mile PondNiagara	White Crappie 1/1	2005		0.15
42	Troy LakeLeeds and Grenville	Black Crappie 1/1	2001		1.26
43	Black LakeFrontenac	Black Crappie 1/1		18	0.16
44	Howes LakeFrontenac	Black Crappie 1/1		9	1.54
45	Thirteen Island LakeFrontenac	Black Crappie 1/1			1.66
46	Verona LakeFrontenac	Black Crappie 1/1			0.61
47	Longbow LakeKenora	Black Crappie 8/22	2010		7
48	Lac DeschênesLes Collines-de-l'Outaouais	Black Crappie 28/104	2019		71.1
49	Kahshe LakeMuskoka	Black Crappie 7/19	2016	18	8.4
50	Gull LakeLennox and Addington	Black Crappie 4/9	2010	9	0.21

Top 50 of 131 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.

Crappie Lakes in Ontario

Where it is found

By species

Where crappie is most consistently recorded

Other fish in Ontario