Register an ice fishing hut for free

To protect the environment and ensure safety, anglers must register new or previously unregistered ice fishing huts on area lakes.

Registration is free and helps prevent anglers from abandoning their huts. Abandoned huts can end up in waterways when the ice thaws.

Huts must be registered in Fisheries Management Zone 16, which includes the specially designated waters of Lake Simcoe. To register your ice hut in Aurora District's portion of the lake (from Keswick north to Gamebridge), call the Aurora office at 905-713- 7400. To register your hut anywhere else on the lake, please contact the Midhurst District office at 725-7500.

Anglers must remove ice huts from all the waters in Zone 16 by March 15. This is the same date that lake trout, whitefish and walleye season closes.

Anglers should place huts on six-inch high wooden blocks, to make it easier to remove them at the end of the season.

Ice hut owners must keep the area around their huts clear of garbage.