Freshwater Fishing.
Crowe Lake is the township's marquee fishery — walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike, muskellunge, bluegill, and yellow perch under Fisheries Management Zone 17, with a Crowe Lake / Crowe River walleye-season exception that runs January 1 to March 1 and the 2nd Saturday of May through December 31 — extending the open season into a winter window beyond the FMZ 17 zone-wide walleye closure.
The brief.
FMZ 17 covers the Kawartha Lakes, Trent, and Crowe River watersheds and sits within the Southern Bait Management Zone — bait restrictions apply on movement into and out of the zone. The Crowe Lake / Crowe River walleye exception adds the January 1–March 1 winter window and extends the open season to December 31, with daily limits of S-4 (sport licence) and C-1 (conservation licence) and a protected slot — no fish 37–55 centimetres may be retained.
Zone-wide rules cover the rest: smallmouth and largemouth bass open the 3rd Saturday of June through December 15 (S-6 / C-2), muskellunge 1st Saturday of June through December 15 (S-1 / C-0), northern pike open all year (S-6 / C-2), and lake trout 4th Saturday of April through September 30 (S-3 / C-1). Public access in the township routes through three municipal boat launches — Booster Park on Crowe Lake, Mag's Landing on the Crowe River at the lake outlet, and Legion Park downtown.
5. places.
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Crowe Lake
~4 sq mi multi-species lake straddling Peterborough and Hastings counties; walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike, muskellunge, bluegill, yellow perch.
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Crowe River (Marmora and Rawdon townships)
FMZ 17 with the Crowe Lake / Crowe River walleye exception; flows through the village and downstream toward Crowe Bridge and the Trent River.
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Booster Park boat launch (Crowe Lake)
199 Booster Park Road; municipal lake access.
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Mag's Landing Park boat launch (Crowe River)
North end of Main Street at the Crowe River as it leaves Crowe Lake.
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Legion Park boat launch (Crowe River)
Downtown Marmora on the Crowe River.
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Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds.
By the book.
- 01Crowe Lake and the Crowe River carry an FMZ 17 walleye-season exception: January 1 to March 1 and 2nd Saturday in May to December 31, S-4 / C-1, with no fish 37–55 cm retained (protected slot).Source ↗
- 02FMZ 17 sits within the Southern Bait Management Zone; bait restrictions apply on movement into and out of the zone.Source ↗
- 03Zone-wide FMZ 17 seasons: bass 3rd Saturday of June through December 15 (S-6 / C-2); muskellunge 1st Saturday of June through December 15 (S-1 / C-0); northern pike open all year (S-6 / C-2); lake trout 4th Saturday of April through September 30 (S-3 / C-1).Source ↗
