In-Season River Status
Reading the Table
- Class 6
- Class 4
- Class 2
- Class 0
- Unclassified
- Closed (special management measures may apply)
* Indicates river has closed sections. Please Closed for the Season section
1 All rivers noted as "Open" will open one hour before sunrise on the effective date.
All rivers noted as “Morning Angling Only” will be open for angling from one hour before sunrise until 10:00 a.m. on the effective date.
All rivers noted as "Closed" or "Partial Closure" will close effective one hour after sunset on the effective date. “Morning Angling Only” rivers will close at 10:01am on the effective date. If a river is partially closed during the season, please contact the DFO Angling Line at 1-800-782-3058 or your local DFO detachment for a detailed description of the closure.
Please refer to the "Watershed Management Plans" and "Closed for the Season" sections of the Anglers Guide for more details on partial sections of rivers closed for the entire season.
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 - Flowers River & tributary streams |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Hunt River |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Adlatok River |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Ujutok River & tributary streams |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Little Bay River & tributary streams |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Big River |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Michael's River |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Tom Luscombe River & tributary streams |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 1 - Double Mer & tributary streams |
UC | Open |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 2 - Eagle River |
UC | Open | |
| * Zone 2 - Sand Hill River & tributary streams |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Reid's Pond River & Reid's Pond |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Hawke River |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Gilbert River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Shinney's River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - St. Mary's River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - St. Charles River & tributaries |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - St. Lewis River & tributaries |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Port Marnham Brook & tributaries |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Alexis River & tributaries |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Black Bear River & tributaries |
UC | Open | |
| Zone 2 - Paradise River & tributaries |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - White Bear River & tributaries |
UC | Open | |
| * Zone 2 - Dykes River & tributaries |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 2 - North River & tributaries |
UC | Open |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 3 - Western Brook, Hare Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Ariege or Salmon River, including Southwest Brook and Rose's Brook, Hare Bay |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Easter Brook, Canada Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Northeast Book & tributary streams, Canada Bay |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 3 - Western Brook or Beaver Brook, Canada Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Northwest Brook, Canada Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Cloud River, Canada Bay |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 3 - Soufletts River, Harbour Deep |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 3 - Little Harbour Deep |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 3 - Coney Arm River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 3 - Sop's Arm River, including Main, Doucer's, Natlin's, Corner Brook, and all tributary streams |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Hampden River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 3 - Wild Cove Brook, White Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Western Arm Brook, White Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Middle Arm Brook, White Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Southern Arm Brook, White Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Baie Verte River & tributaries |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 3 - Woodstock River |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Zone 4 - Burlington River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Indian River, Hall's Bay, including Burnt Berry Brook below falls, Davis Brook and Black Brook |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - West River, Hall's Bay, including Rowsell's Brook & Barney's Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - South Brook, Hall's Bay & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Tommy's Arm River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Northwest Arm Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Western Arm River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Leamington River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Charles Brook, Bay of Exploits |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Northern Arm River, Bay of Exploits |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Peter's River, Bay of Exploits |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 4 - Exploits River & tributary streams |
6 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - All Exploits watershed above Red Indian Lake dam
|
0 | Open | |
| Zone 4 - Main stem of mid-Exploits from Grand Falls fishway to Red Indian Lake dam
|
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Main stem, from Stoney Brook to Exploits Bay
|
6 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Tributaries below Grand Falls fishway
|
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Tributaries of mid-Exploits from Grand Falls fishway to Red Indian Lake dam
|
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Rattling Brook downstream from the power house |
- | Open | |
| * Zone 4 - Campbellton River & tributaries, including Neyles Brook & Indian Arm River & tributary streams - More info |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Dog Bay Rivers, including Southwest Brook & all tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 4 - Gander River & tributary streams - More info |
6 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - All other tributaries of the Main Stem and Southwest Gander
|
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Main Stem below Gander Lake
|
6 | Open | |
| Zone 4 - Northwest Gander tributary
|
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Waters above Big Dead Wolf Falls,.including Waters and Caribou Brook (tributary Southwest Gander)
|
0 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Waters above Great Gull Falls on Great Gull River (tributary Northwest Gander)
|
0 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 4 - Ragged Harbour River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Anchor Brook |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 4 - Deadman's Bay River & tributary streams |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 4 - Windmill Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 5 - Northwest Brook, Indian Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Indian Bay River & tributary streams |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Northwest Brook, Trinity, Bonavista Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Traverse Brook & tributary streams |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Middle Brook, including Square Pond Brook & Burnt Pond Brook |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Gambo River & tributary streams, including Mint Brook, Narrows, Triton Brook, Riverhead Brook & Parsons Brook |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Northwest Brook, Alexander Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 5 - Terra Nova River & tributaries, including Maccles Brook, |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 5 - Northwest River, Port Blandford, & tributary streams |
1 | Closed | |
| Zone 5 - Salmon Brook, Port Blandford, & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 5 - Southwest Brook, Port Blandford, & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Zone 6 - Salmon Cove River, Trinity Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 6 - Trouty River, Trinity Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 6 - Pope's Harbour River, Trinity Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 6 - Shoal Harbour River, Trinity Bay & tributaries |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 6 - Deer Harbour River & tributary streams, Trinity Bay |
2 | Open | |
| * Zone 6 - Bellevue River, Trinity Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 7 - Salmon Cove River, Conception Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 7 - North River, Conception Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 7 - South River, Conception Bay |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 7 - North Arm River, Holyrood |
0 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 8 - Renews River |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 9 - Biscay Bay River |
2 | Open | |
| * Zone 9 - Northeast Brook, Trepassey |
- | Closed | |
| * Zone 9 - Northwest Brook, Trepassey |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 9 - Peter's River |
2 | Open | |
| * Zone 9 - Salmonier River, including Back River below falls |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 9 - Colinet River, including north and east branches |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 9 - Rocky River & tributary streams |
0 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 9 - North Harbour River, St. Mary's Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 9 - Little Salmonier River, St. Mary's Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 9 - Big Barachois Brook, St. Mary's Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 9 - Branch River, St. Mary's Bay |
2 | Open |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 10 - Great Barasway |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 10 - South East River (Placentia) &tributary streams |
2 | Open | |
| * Zone 10 - Northeast River, Placentia |
2 | Open | |
| * Zone 10 - Come By Chance River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 10 - Watson's Brook, Placentia Bay |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 10 - North Harbour River, Placentia Bay |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 10 - Black River, Placentia Bay below falls |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 10 - Piper's Hole River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 10 - Nonsuch Brook |
0 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 10 - Cape Rodger River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Bay de l'Eau River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 10 - Red Harbour River, Northeast &Northwest branches & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - West Brook, North West Arm, Mortier Bay, & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Tide's Brook, Mortier Bay, including Main Brook, Shearstick Brook &tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Salmonier River, Burin |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Little St. Lawrence River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Lawn River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Taylor's Bay River, Burin Peninsula & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 10 - Salmonier Lamaline River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 10 - Piercey's Brook & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Zone 11 - Grand Bank Brook & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 11 - Garnish River, including Lower Garnish & Upper or Black River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Long Harbour River & tributary streams, Fortune Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Bay du Nord River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Simmons Brook & tributary streams, Cinq Island Bay, Fortune Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Southwest Brook & tributary streams, Cinq Island Bay, Fortune Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Old Bay Brook, Bay de l'Eau |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Taylor's Bay Brook, Bay de l'Eau |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 11 - Conne River & tributary streams, including Bernard's Brook & Twillick Brooks, Bay d'Espoir |
2 | Closed | |
| Zone 11 - Long Reach Brook, East Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Allen's Cove Brook, Facheau Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Bottom Brook, Facheau Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Hare Bay Rivers, Southwest Coast |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 11 - Grey River, including Salmon Brook |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 11 - White Bear River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 11 - Bay de Lupe River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 11 - King's Harbour River |
2 | Open |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 12 - Grandy's River, including Top Pond Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 12 - Cinq Cerf River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 12 - East Bay Brook, La Poile |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 12 - La Poile River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 12 - Farmer's Arm River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 12 - Garia River, including North West Brook |
2 | Open | |
| * Zone 12 - Burnt Island River (Grandy's Brook) |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 12 - Isle aux Morts River |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 12 - Grand Bay River |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 12 - North West Brook, Grand Bay |
2 | Open |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 13 - Bear Cove River, including Billy's Pond Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Little Codroy River, including Cooper's Brook, Southern Brook & Western Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Great Codroy River, including Broom Brook, Ryan's Brook & Mullchingnic Brook; the North Branch of Great Codroy, including Upper Brook, Lower Brook & Crooked Brook; the South Branch of Great Codroy, including Bullhouse Brook |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Highlands River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Crabbe's River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Middle Barachois River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Robinson's River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Fischell's Brook & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Flat Bay Brook & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Little Barachois Brook & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Southwest and Bottom Brooks & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Harry's River, including Spruce Brook, Little George's, Meadows Brook, Pinch Gut River, Stag Hill Brook & Gull Pond Brook |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Fox Island River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Serpentine River & tributary streams |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 13 - Cook's Brook |
- | Closed | |
| * Zone 13 - Humber River & tributary Streams (includes Adies Lake) - More info |
6 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Hughes Brook |
0 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 13 - Goose Arm River |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 14A - Trout River |
- | Closed | |
| * Zone 14A - Lomond Main River, (East Arm, Bonne Bay) including East Branch |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 14A - Deer Arm River |
4 | Open | |
| Zone 14A - Western Brook & tributary streams |
- | Closed | |
| Zone 14A - Parsons Pond River & tributary .streams |
4 | Open | |
| Zone 14A - Portland Creek River, including Brian's Feeder |
4 | Open | |
| Zone 14A - Portland Creek Feeder & tributary streams |
4 | Open | |
| * Zone 14A - River of Ponds, including Kate's Feeder, Big Feeder Brook, Spring Tilt Brook (below Spring Tilt Pond) & Big Gulch Brook |
4 | Open | |
| * Zone 14A - Little Brook Ponds & tributary streams |
4 | Open | |
| * Zone 14A - Torrent River & tributary streams |
4 | Open | |
| * Zone 14A - East River, Hawke's Bay |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 14A - Castor River, including Southwest Feeder |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 14A - St. Genevieve River, Ten Mile Lake, Round Lake and all their tributaries flowing into Ten Mile Lake and Round Lake |
4 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 14A - West River, St. Barbe |
- | Closed | |
| Zone 14A - East River, St. Barbe |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 14A - Big Brook, St. Barbe |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 14A - Watson's Brook, St. Barbe |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 14A - Pincent's Brook, Pistolet Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| * Zone 14A - Parker's River (West Brook), Pistolet Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 14A - Bartlett's Brook & tributary streams, Pistolet Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 14A - Upper Brook, Milan Arm, Pistolet Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only | |
| Zone 14A - East River, Pistolet Bay |
2 | Morning Angling Only |
| River section | Class | Status | Date in Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 14B - Forteau River, including First Lake, Second Lake & Third Lake |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 14B - L'anse au Loup Brook |
2 | Open | |
| Zone 14B - Pinware River & tributaries, including Trout River & Country Cat River |
2 | Open |