Stocked

FMZ 15 · Mcclintock · Minden Parry Sound Bracebridge District

Bright Lake

Bright Lake (FMZ 15) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,500 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1959: 26 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 15 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k201720182019: 1,400 Brook Trout1.4k201920202021: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k20212022202320242025: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,500
    Last 10 yrs
    5,400

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,400
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,000
Older records (22 stockings, 1959–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-16Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Assessment/Put-Grow-and-Take
2009-05-12Brook Troutyearlings1,000Dickson Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-01Brook Troutyearlings800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-17Brook Troutyearlings1,030L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,090Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Supplemental
1998-04-30Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Supplemental
1995-04-27Brook Troutyearlings1,358Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-05-28Brook Troutyearlings2,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Supplemental
1989-05-07Brook Troutyearlings2,000Supplemental
1985-05-14Brook Troutyearlings3,400Supplemental
1978-05-16Brook Troutyearlings3,500Supplemental
1977-05-03Brook Troutyearlings3,400Supplemental
1976-05-10Brook Troutyearlings3,250Supplemental
1974-05-16Brook Troutyearlings4,000
1972-05-11Brook Troutyearlings4,000
1969-05-01Brook Troutyearlings4,800
1967-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,800
1965-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,200
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1959-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500

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

Where it is

45.3910, -78.8464 · Open in OpenStreetMap