Recreational Fishery
Georgian Bay
44.6 %  effort  2000 1979
1992
SW G. Bay S. Sound
126,000 120,130   rd-hrs
63,000 22,700     fish
In 2000, an aerial boat count project was conducted to evaluate all of the fishing effort in Georgian Bay.  Based upon that study, about 45% of the fishing effort takes place in the SW region of Georgian Bay that has been traditionally surveyed.  This data along with some sporadic information from other areas surveyed allow us to make an estimate for the complete Basin. However it should be noted that much of the basin remains unsurveyed with small pockets of potentially high recreation effort and harvest occurring.