Muskellunge (Muskie) Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded muskellunge (Muskie) in 56 Ontario lakes, 2% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 56
Recorded since 2010: 26
Median size: 10.3 km²
Median max depth: 17 m
Latest record: 2018

Where it is found

Most of these lakes are in Kenora (17), Peterborough (14) and Kawartha Lakes (8).

In these lakes the sport fish most often recorded alongside it are yellow perch (98%), smallmouth bass (88%), walleye (86%) and rock bass (82%).

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

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Where muskellunge (Muskie) 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	Salerno LakeHaliburton	1 of 1	2011	12	1.6
2	Lake MadawaskaLanark	1 of 1			9.52
3	Lower Buckhorn LakePeterborough	11 of 50	2015	11	13.1
4	Katchewanooka LakePeterborough	8 of 37	2014		3.62
5	Cross LakeKenora	5 of 20	2010	24	1.09
6	Edward LakeKenora	3 of 11	2010	6	5.59
7	Thaddeus LakeKenora	3 of 14	2009		15.7
8	Windermere LakeKenora	3 of 15	2010	49	0.93
9	Pigeon LakeKawartha Lakes	9 of 75	2013	12	50.7
10	Little Bald LakePeterborough	1 of 3	2009	7	2.04
11	Plum LakeKenora	2 of 10	2010	10	0.73
12	Dogpaw LakeKenora	5 of 39	2010	24	20
13	Katimiagamak LakeKenora	4 of 32	2010	76	11
14	Little LakePeterborough	4 of 37	2015		0.59
15	Rainy LakeRainy River	1 of 5	2015		826
16	Dryberry LakeKenora	4 of 50	2010	104	96
17	Upper Chemong LakePeterborough	1 of 6	2009	7	8.48
18	Schistose LakeKenora	2 of 23	2010	50	3.41
19	Head LakeKawartha Lakes	3 of 45	2015	7	9.44
20	Canyon LakeKenora	2 of 26	2009		17.1
21	Shadow LakeKawartha Lakes	2 of 28	2009	22	4.27
22	Delaney LakeKenora	2 of 31	2009	76	12.9
23	Pipestone LakeRainy River	2 of 34	2010		37.4
24	Muskosung LakeNipissing	2 of 35	2009	10	3.25
25	Lac DeschênesLes Collines-de-l'Outaouais	4 of 104	2018		71.1
26	Clear LakeParry Sound	2 of 40	2009	37	2.75
27	Wabigoon LakeKenora	1 of 13		15	103
28	White LakePeterborough	1 of 14	2008	9	1.81
29	Twelve Mile LakeHaliburton	2 of 44	2015	27	3.65
30	Jack LakePeterborough	2 of 46	2009	53	13.9
31	Belmont LakePeterborough	2 of 48	2010	16	7.85
32	Confusion LakeKenora	1 of 17	2009		8
33	Rice LakePeterborough	3 of 103	2009	11	95.4
34	Balsam LakeKawartha Lakes	2 of 56	2013	12	47.7
35	Kakagi LakeKenora	2 of 58	2010	55	112
36	Kahshe LakeMuskoka	1 of 19	2012	18	8.4
37	Sturgeon LakeKawartha Lakes	2 of 61	2011	11	44.7
38	Stony LakePeterborough	2 of 65	2008	31	29.2
39	Four Mile LakeKawartha Lakes	1 of 21	2009	18	7.56
40	Lovesick LakePeterborough	1 of 22	2009	25	2.81
41	Cedartree LakeKenora	1 of 23	2010		5.4
42	Stormy LakeParry Sound	1 of 24	2014	27	3.77
43	Bear LakeNipissing	1 of 26	2009	6	0.63
44	Moira LakeHastings	1 of 27		9	8.53
45	Big Bald LakePeterborough	1 of 30	2013	9	2.13
46	Cliff LakeKenora	1 of 36	2009	34	22.5
47	Canal LakeKawartha Lakes	1 of 40	2008	4	8.56
48	Chemong LakePeterborough	1 of 42		6	17.6
49	Longlegged LakeKenora	1 of 43		34	68.1
50	Buckhorn LakePeterborough	1 of 54	2008	12	32.8

Top 50 of 56 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.

Muskellunge (Muskie) Lakes in Ontario

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Where muskellunge (Muskie) is most consistently recorded

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