Today's Best Fishing Times for
Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

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Planning your next fishing trip in Toronto, Canada ? Today is a average day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular solunar tables, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise solunar tables and the best moon phases.
  • Use the forecast calendar section to sync bite times with major weather changes.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

Fishing in Toronto, Canada offers urban anglers outstanding access to Lake Ontario, the Humber, Don and Rouge Rivers, plus dozens of stocked ponds and nearby Kawartha and Simcoe fisheries. From trophy chinook salmon and staging lake trout along the Toronto waterfront to summer smallmouth bass, northern pike and panfish in the Toronto Islands lagoons, the city provides year-round multi-species fishing opportunities. Shore anglers, kayak fishers and boaters can all find productive spots minutes from downtown. read more...

Some of the best fishing spots near Toronto include: Toronto Islands, Humber Bay, Credit River, Ashbridges Bay, Frenchman's Bay, Rouge River, Bronte Harbour, etc. see full list

Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 15:30 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
  • Nautical Twilight begins:
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  • Visibility:
    76%
  • Waxing Gibbous - 76% illuminated Waxing Gibbous
Next Full Moon in ~6 days on 29th June
  • Distance to earth:
    398,623 km
    Proximity:
    16.6 %
We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Toronto
Full Moon
Mon, 29 Jun
New Moon
Tue, 14 Jul
Full Moon
Wed, 29 Jul

Solunar Bite Times

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    12:50 am - 02:50 am
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    03:31 pm - 05:31 pm
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    08:44 pm - 10:44 pm
All times are displayed in the America/Toronto timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is -4 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waxing Gibbous at 76% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a average day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -1 hour and -17 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
America/Toronto • Wed, 24 Jun 07:52 • 43.706, -79.399
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Current Fishing Weather

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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
Selected Weather Station: Toronto, CA
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
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*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Toronto

Toronto fishing revolves around the western basin of Lake Ontario, its inflowing rivers, and a network of inner-harbour and island shorelines. The key to consistent success is matching species to season and understanding how wind, water clarity and temperature push fish along the city’s structure-rich edges. Shore access is excellent along the Toronto waterfront, Humber Bay, Tommy Thompson Park, the Toronto Islands and river corridors, making it practical to fish before or after work without a boat.

Spring brings prime steelhead and brown trout action in the Humber, Don and Rouge systems, as well as marina and pier edges from Etobicoke to the Beaches. Focus on river mouths and adjacent shorelines when flows are high and stained, casting spoons, spinners and 3–4 inch minnow-style plastics on light fluorocarbon leaders. As temperatures climb into the low teens (°C), smallmouth bass, pike and panfish move into sheltered bays and marinas. The Toronto Islands lagoons, Humber Bay and protected slips in the inner harbour shine for float‑rigged minnows, small tubes, and hair jigs fished slowly around wood and seawalls.

Summer patterns in Toronto centre on smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, northern pike and panfish. Smallmouth hold on rock, current breaks and edges in 10–25 feet along the outer harbour, Leslie Spit, and shoals off the Islands. Drag 3–4 inch tubes, Ned rigs and dropshot rigs with natural goby or shiner colours, and use your electronics or polarized glasses to stay on hard-bottom transitions. Largemouth bass favour heavy cover in marinas, weed-filled pockets, and back channels of the Islands; pitch jigs, Texas-rigged worms and weedless frogs tight to docks, reeds and mats. For pike, work weed edges early and late with spinnerbaits, spoons and suspending jerkbaits, covering water until you contact fish.

By late summer and early fall, chinook and coho salmon stage off the Toronto waterfront before running rivers. Trollers in boats target 40–120 feet of water off the bluffs and Humber Bay with flasher-fly combos and spoons, while shore anglers find opportunity casting heavy spoons and crankbaits from piers at first and last light. The same period brings excellent deep-water smallmouth and lake trout fishing on offshore humps and drops; use dropshots, tubes and vertical jigging spoons on subtle structure that tops out 20–40 feet shallower than surrounding basins.

Fall also produces fast action for pier and harbour trout, salmon, and mixed warmwater species. Focus on current seams at river mouths after rain events. Steelhead respond well to 3–4 inch paddletails, beads and small spawn-imitating plastics under floats. Inside the harbour, schools of perch, crappie, rock bass and sunfish stack around remaining green weed and deep docks; scale down to micro-jigs, small pieces of worm, or tiny soft plastics for consistent catches on ultralight tackle.

Winter in Toronto often means harbour and riverbank fishing when conditions allow. Mild stretches keep the inner harbour partially open, holding perch, panfish and occasional trout along deeper walls and outflows. Use vertical presentations such as small spoons, tungsten jigs and tight-line plastics fished directly below the rod tip, watching line for subtle takes. In colder snaps, shore anglers concentrate on slower river pools for wintering steelhead, presenting small baits naturally with light leaders and minimal weight.

Across all seasons, success in Toronto comes from staying mobile, watching water clarity and wind direction, and exploiting the city’s plentiful man-made structure. Rotate between wind-protected marinas, open-lake points, and river mouths until you intersect active fish, and keep a compact selection of spoons, soft-plastic minnows, tubes and jigs ready to match the day’s conditions.

The Best Fishing Spots around Toronto

Toronto Islands

Sheltered lagoons and channels around the Toronto Islands hold northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, and seasonal salmon moving through the inner harbour; spring and early summer shine for pike and panfish, while late summer into fall sees migratory salmon nearby. Shore access along Ward’s and Centre Island is extensive, and small boats or kayaks can work weedlines and current seams effectively. If winds are up on Lake Ontario, these protected waters fish well compared to more exposed Humber Bay or Ashbridges Bay.

Humber Bay

Humber Bay’s points, rock revetments, and marina edges produce salmon and brown trout in fall, smallmouth bass through summer, and occasional carp and pike year-round. Shore anglers work the west and east parks, while boaters troll the bay mouth and nearby drops when bait is stacked. It’s a quick-access urban hotspot compared with more river-focused spots like Humber River or Credit River.

Credit River

The Credit River offers migrating Chinook and coho salmon in late summer–fall and steelhead in late fall–spring, with resident trout and warmwater species in lower stretches. Shore anglers cover pools and riffles from the lake up through parks, while small craft drift-fish select sections near the mouth. Many anglers pair it with quick lake access at Port Credit Harbour.

Ashbridges Bay

Ashbridges Bay features marinas, embayments, and the nearby beach breakwalls that attract salmon, brown trout, and smallmouth bass, with carp and panfish in calmer pockets. Shorelines and piers provide easy access, while boats and kayaks work current edges at the channel and adjacent lake drop-offs. It’s a prime east-end option balanced against west-side Humber Bay.

Frenchman's Bay

This sheltered Pickering bay funnels salmon and trout during migrations and offers steady summer action for bass, pike, and carp. Shore access along the channel and piers is extensive, while boaters work the bay mouth and nearshore Lake Ontario contours. It’s a go-to east of the city, comparable to Port Credit Harbour on the west side.

Rouge River

The lower Rouge River and its mouth see runs of salmon in fall and steelhead in cooler months, with summer opportunities for bass, carp, and panfish in slackwater areas. Shore anglers target pools, bends, and the pier at the lake, making it a family-friendly venue. It pairs well with nearby lake hotspots like Frenchman’s Bay.

Bronte Harbour

Farther west in Oakville, Bronte Harbour is renowned for staging Chinook salmon late summer–fall, with steelhead, brown trout, and summer smallmouth bass. Shore anglers cast from piers and breakwalls, while boats troll the adjacent lake for migrating fish. It’s a classic counterpart to Port Credit Harbour for west-end anglers.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Toronto area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 7 beaches and bays in this area.

Sugar Beach - 7.42675189767km , Ashbridges Bay - 7.965061947km , Woodbine Beach - 7.965061947km , Humber Bay - 9.09357558146km , Kew Beach - 9.11844891385km , Eastern Beaches - 9.12297328274km , Blockhouse Bay - 10.03790052544km

Harbours and Marinas can often times be productive fishing spots for land based fishing as their sheltered environment attracts a wide variety of bait fish. Similar to river mouths, harbour entrances are also great places to fish as lots of fish will move in and out with the rising and falling tides. There are 2 main harbours in this area.

Toronto Harbour - 8.52189034519km, Inner Harbour - 8.52189034519km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Toronto. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Wilket Creek - 4.11745162235km , Don River West Branch - 4.82354762746km , Don River East Branch - 4.82354762746km , Taylor Creek - 5.34528540163km , Tyler Creek - 6.39864354569km , Deerlick Creek - 7.10646655334km , Rivière Don - 7.40231371946km , Don River - 7.40231371946km , Sugar Beach - 7.42675189767km , Ashbridges Bay - 7.965061947km , Woodbine Beach - 7.965061947km , Maple Leaf Creek - 7.98534547642km , Turning Basin - 8.20027890748km , Ontario Place - 8.23592145291km , West Island - 8.23592145291km , East Island - 8.23592145291km , Newtonbrook Creek - 8.49762217876km , Toronto Harbour - 8.52189034519km , Algonquin Island - 8.52189034519km , Inner Harbour - 8.52189034519km , Dufferin Creek - 9.034854175km , Humber Bay - 9.09357558146km , Kew Beach - 9.11844891385km , Eastern Beaches - 9.12297328274km , Hanlan's Point - 9.15429663841km , Westminster Creek - 9.22461373307km , Humber Creek - 9.42934084626km , Humber River - 9.77639572122km , Grenadier Pond - 9.77639572122km , Rivière Humber - 9.77639572122km , West Pond - 9.77639572122km , Blockhouse Bay - 10.03790052544km , Centre Island - 10.03790052544km , Lighthouse Pond - 10.03790052544km , Long Pond - 10.03790052544km , Toronto Island - 10.03790052544km , Forestry Island - 10.03790052544km , German Mills Creek - 10.19799909828km , South Island - 10.29330718005km , Olympic Island - 10.29330718005km

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