Walleye (Pickerel) Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded walleye (Pickerel) in 672 Ontario lakes, 28% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records. Another 34 lakes are known only from stocking records.

Lakes: 706
Recorded since 2010: 473
Stocked: 47
Median size: 6.89 km²
Median max depth: 20 m
Latest record: 2026

Where walleye (Pickerel) 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	Lac des Mille LacsThunder Bay	104 of 105	2013	27	245
2	Kesagami LakeCochrane	45 of 45	2012	4	175
3	Onaman LakeThunder Bay	44 of 44	2011	15	111
4	Pashkokogan LakeThunder Bay	36 of 36	2009	9	54.7
5	Keechewahshaykahmeeshek/Cairns LakeKenora	33 of 33	2011	18	54.8
6	Granite LakeThunder Bay	32 of 32	2013	20	18.6
7	Eltrut LakeRainy River	32 of 32	2010	9	22.9
8	Frazer LakeThunder Bay	47 of 48	2013	12	19.8
9	Holly LakeThunder Bay	31 of 31	2013	10	3.02
10	Jeanette LakeKenora	31 of 31	2009	12	16
11	Wintering LakeKenora	30 of 30	2009	15	16.7
12	Bluffy LakeKenora	30 of 30	2009	15	24.9
13	Press LakeKenora	30 of 30	2009	21	36.4
14	Head LakeKawartha Lakes	44 of 45	2015	7	9.44
15	Nagagami LakeAlgoma	44 of 45	2011	27	54
16	Rice LakeSudbury	55 of 57	2014	10	25
17	Holinshead LakeThunder Bay	66 of 69	2013	15	20
18	Wahshaykahmeesheeng/Kirkness LakeKenora	27 of 27	2009	15	21.6
19	Mattawa LakeKenora	27 of 27	2009		17.8
20	Jolly LakeThunder Bay	26 of 26	2013	4	1.04
21	Wapesi LakeKenora	25 of 25	2009	9	23.7
22	Coli LakeKenora	24 of 24	2009	9	21.2
23	Fitchie LakeThunder Bay	23 of 23	2009	18	11.6
24	Kearns LakeThunder Bay	34 of 35	2013	15	9.49
25	Wegg LakeKenora	34 of 35	2013		18.1
26	Circle LakeThunder Bay	33 of 34	2013	14	3.9
27	Seseganaga LakeThunder Bay	33 of 34	2009		106
28	Windigo LakeKenora	21 of 21	2011		80.2
29	Kenogamisis LakeThunder Bay	48 of 51	2013	30	42.4
30	Kilbarry LakeThunder Bay	20 of 20	2014	8	3.11
31	Joyce LakeKenora	20 of 20	2013	6	14.7
32	Spruce LakeKenora	20 of 20	2012	16	10.8
33	Nameigos LakeAlgoma	20 of 20	2011	3	13.5
34	Shacabac LakeThunder Bay	20 of 20	2011	6	7.75
35	Guilfoyle LakeCochrane	20 of 20	2010	8	7.69
36	Hailstone LakeKenora	20 of 20	2009	13	5.42
37	Rude LakeThunder Bay	20 of 20	2009		5.08
38	Clay LakeKenora	29 of 30	2009		27.8
39	Wig LakeThunder Bay	19 of 19	2011	12	4.12
40	Dovetail LakeRainy River	19 of 19	2010		5.43
41	Little Kesagami LakeCochrane	19 of 19	2010	18	5.14
42	Greenbush LakeThunder Bay	19 of 19	2009	8	29.7
43	Winisk LakeKenora	57 of 62	2011		258
44	South Scot LakeKenora	18 of 18	2010	8	4.15
45	Pelicanpouch LakeKenora	18 of 18	2010	9	9.66
46	Savoy LakeKenora	18 of 18	2009		5.59
47	Metionga LakeThunder Bay	34 of 36	2008		20.1
48	Nagagamisis LakeAlgoma	26 of 27	2011	12	24.9
49	Peekwatahmaewee Sahkaheekahn/Berens LakeKenora	26 of 27	2009	9	26.8
50	Kashishibog LakeThunder Bay	17 of 17	2013	16	23.9

Top 50 of 706 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.

Walleye (Pickerel) Lakes in Ontario

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Where walleye (Pickerel) is most consistently recorded

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