Stocked

FMZ 8 · Ivanhoe · Chapleau District

Catcher Lake

Catcher Lake (FMZ 8) was last stocked in 2025 with 2,000 Rainbow Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1956: 32 stocking events in total.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 2,300 Rainbow Trout2.3k201620172018: 1,600 Rainbow Trout1.6k201820192020: 1,600 Rainbow Trout1.6k20202021202220232024: 1,160 Rainbow Trout1.2k20242025: 2,000 Rainbow Trout2.0k20252026
  • Rainbow Trout

By species

  • Rainbow TroutStill growing
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    6,360

    Recent stockings, but most of those fish are still small.

  • Brook TroutHistorical only
    Last stocked
    2007
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Rainbow Troutyearlings2,000
2024Rainbow Troutyearlings1,160
2020Rainbow Troutyearlings1,600
2018Rainbow Troutyearlings1,600
2016Rainbow Troutyearlings2,300
Older records (27 stockings, 1956–2012)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2012-05-08Rainbow Troutyearlings2,300Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-23Rainbow Troutyearlings1,000Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-12Rainbow Troutyearlings1,000Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-13Rainbow Troutyearlings5,000Ganaraska River (TTC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-10-18Brook Troutfingerlings4,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-10-12Rainbow Troutyearlings1,000Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-26Rainbow Troutyearlings1,000Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-28Rainbow Troutsub-adults2,000Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-26Rainbow Troutyearlings2,000Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-05-19Rainbow Troutyearlings4,000Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-06-19Rainbow Troutyearlings2,300Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-06-26Rainbow Troutyearlings4,120Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1990-06-07Rainbow Troutyearlings2,015Put-Grow-and Take
1989-06-12Rainbow Troutyearlings3,000Put-Grow-and Take
1986-09-23Rainbow Troutfingerlings1,500Put-Grow-and Take
1983-05-30Rainbow Troutyearlings1,020Put-Grow-and Take
1981-06-09Rainbow Troutyearlings1,250Supplemental
1979-06-08Rainbow Troutyearlings1,500Put-and-Take
1979-06-05Rainbow Troutyearlings1,500Put-and-Take
1970-05-01Rainbow Troutyearlings3,000
1967-05-01Rainbow Troutyearlings2,000
1965-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1964-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1963-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1962-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1956-06-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000

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

Where it is

48.1293, -82.5159 · Open in OpenStreetMap