Stocked

FMZ 4 · Kenora District · unofficial name

Bill Lake

Bill Lake (FMZ 4) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,000 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1960: 34 stocking events in total.

In the sweet spot

Brook Trout stocked here in 2021–2023 should be a good size now. See other brook trout lakes in Zone 4 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k201620172018: 2,000 Brook Trout2.0k201820192020: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20202021: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20212022: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20222023: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20232024: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20242025: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    3,000
    Last 10 yrs
    8,000

    Significant stockings 3–5 years ago. Those fish should be a good size now.

  • SplakeHistorical only
    Last stocked
    1996
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2024Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2020Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2018Brook Troutyearlings2,000
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,500
Older records (26 stockings, 1960–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-05-21Brook Troutyearlings2,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-16Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-05-04Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,800Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-04-20Brook Troutyearlings1,800Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-15Brook Troutyearlings2,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-04-04Brook Troutyearlings1,800Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-04-07Brook Troutyearlings2,500Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-04-09Splakeyearlings1,000F1 Splake · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-03-26Brook Troutyearlings500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1990-04-11Brook Troutyearlings800Put-Grow-and Take
1988-04-07Brook Troutyearlings1,000Put-Grow-and Take
1985-04-09Brook Troutyearlings1,995Put-Grow-and Take
1983-04-11Brook Troutyearlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1981-04-06Brook Troutyearlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1979-04-18Brook Troutyearlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1977-04-13Brook Troutyearlings2,000Put-and-Take
1975-05-06Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1973-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,500DN
1971-04-23Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1969-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1967-06-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,000
1965-05-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,500
1962-06-01Brook Troutfingerlings2,000
1961-05-01Brook Troutfingerlings8,000
1960-05-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,000

Recent records (2016 on) are year-only; MNRF does not publish stocking dates. Historical records (to 2015) include dates and strain.

Where it is

50.0670, -93.9686 · Open in OpenStreetMap