Stocked

FMZ 8 · Thackeray · Kirkland Lake District

Brinnie Lake

Brinnie Lake (FMZ 8) was last stocked in 2025 with 600 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1999: 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 8 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 1,300 Brook Trout1.3k20162017: 1,227 Brook Trout1.2k20172018: 1,300 Brook Trout1.3k20182019: 600 Brook Trout60020192020: 600 Brook Trout60020202021: 600 Brook Trout600202120222023: 600 Brook Trout60020232024: 585 Brook Trout58520242025: 600 Brook Trout60020252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,200
    Last 10 yrs
    6,112

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings600
2024Brook Troutyearlings585
2023Brook Troutyearlings600
2021Brook Troutyearlings600
2020Brook Troutfingerlings600
2019Brook Troutyearlings600
2018Brook Troutyearlings1,300
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,227
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,300
Older records (17 stockings, 1999–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,200Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-09-17Brook Troutyearlings1,009Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-06-05Brook Troutyearlings800Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-05-15Brook Troutyearlings900Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-06-08Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-26Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-22Brook Troutyearlings900Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-22Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-07Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-17Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,050Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-14Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-30Brook Troutyearlings900Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-06-12Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-06-08Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-16Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-27Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take

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

Where it is

48.4205, -79.9705 · Open in OpenStreetMap