FMZ 8 · Glackmeyer · Cochrane District

Commando Lake

Commando Lake (FMZ 8) was last stocked in 2025 with 300 Rainbow Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1947: 171 stocking events in total.

In the sweet spot

Rainbow Trout and Brook Trout stocked here in 2021–2023 should be a good size now. See other rainbow trout lakes in Zone 8 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now

Rainbow Trout
Brook Trout

By species

Rainbow TroutIn the sweet spot
Last stocked
2025
Stocked 2021–2023
448
Last 10 yrs
1,503
Significant stockings 3–5 years ago. Those fish should be a good size now.
Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
Last stocked
2024
Stocked 2021–2023
448
Last 10 yrs
1,098
Significant stockings 3–5 years ago. Those fish should be a good size now.
Lake TroutHistorical only
Last stocked
2015
Stocked 2021–2023
0
Last 10 yrs
0
No stockings in the last ten years of data.
SplakeHistorical only
Last stocked
2006
Stocked 2021–2023
0
Last 10 yrs
0
No stockings in the last ten years of data.
Smallmouth BassHistorical only
Last stocked
1953
Stocked 2021–2023
0
Last 10 yrs
0
No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Stage	Fish
2025	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	300
2024	Brook Trout	yearlings	250
2024	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150
2024	Brook Trout	adults	150
2023	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150
2023	Brook Trout	yearlings	150
2022	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	148
2022	Brook Trout	yearlings	148
2021	Brook Trout	yearlings	150
2021	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150
2020	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150
2020	Brook Trout	yearlings	150
2019	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150
2018	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150
2018	Brook Trout	adults	100
2017	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	155
2016	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150

Older records (154 stockings, 1947–2015)

Date	Species	Stage	Fish	Strain / purpose
2015-11-05	Lake Trout	adults	150	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2015-11-05	Brook Trout	adults	33	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-10-21	Brook Trout	sub-adults	150	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-10-07	Brook Trout	adults	150	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-09-29	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	110	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-11-01	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	174	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-10-18	Brook Trout	adults	150	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-10-18	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	147	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-11-15	Brook Trout	adults	150	Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-11-09	Brook Trout	adults	150	Dickson Lake (Wild) · Put-and-Take
2010-10-26	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150	Various private hatcheries · Put-and-Take
2009-10-28	Brook Trout	adults	75	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2009-10-28	Brook Trout	adults	25	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2009-05-26	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-10-23	Brook Trout	adults	150	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-and-Take
2008-05-26	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150	Ganaraska River (TTC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-26	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150	Ganaraska River (TTC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-10-10	Brook Trout	adults	100	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2006-10-26	Brook Trout	adults	158	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2006-05-06	Brook Trout	yearlings	2	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-06	Lake Trout	yearlings	2	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-06	Splake	yearlings	2	F1 Splake · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-10-27	Brook Trout	adults	200	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2005-10-27	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	180	Various private hatcheries · Put-and-Take
2005-05-08	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	6	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-10-21	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	150	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-10-21	Brook Trout	adults	150	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2004-05-20	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	250	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-10-17	Brook Trout	adults	150	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
2003-05-27	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	1,300	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-22	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	997	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-10-30	Brook Trout	adults	100	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-22	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	1,000	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-06-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	2,000	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-24	Brook Trout	yearlings	3,000	L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-24	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	1,000	Various private hatcheries · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-11-05	Brook Trout	adults	400	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-06-09	Lake Trout	adults	500	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-11	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	1,000	Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-03-24	Brook Trout	yearlings	1,500	L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-10-26	Brook Trout	adults	1,200	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-and-Take
1998-10-07	Brook Trout	adults	150	Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
1998-05-07	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	2,000	Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-10-21	Brook Trout	adults	400	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-10-25	Brook Trout	adults	200	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-10-17	Brook Trout	adults	350	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-10-17	Lake Trout	adults	180	Slate Islands (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-05-31	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	2,000	Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-10-31	Brook Trout	adults	100	Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-09-28	Lake Trout	adults	300	Slate Islands (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-12-08	Brook Trout	adults	170	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-10-07	Lake Trout	adults	150	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-10-07	Lake Trout	adults	50	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-06-30	Brook Trout	adults	155	Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-05-11	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	5,500	Ganaraska River (NMC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-10-21	Lake Trout	adults	214	Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-05-15	Brook Trout	adults	900	Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-and-Take
1991-10-16	Brook Trout	sub-adults	600	Put-Grow-and Take
1991-10-02	Lake Trout	sub-adults	350	Supplemental
1991-05-17	Lake Trout	sub-adults	375	Put-Grow-and Take
1991-05-09	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	3,500	Put-Grow-and Take
1990-09-11	Lake Trout	sub-adults	360	Put-and-Take
1990-04-27	Lake Trout	sub-adults	180	Put-Grow-and Take
1990-01-10	Lake Trout	sub-adults	360	Put-Grow-and Take
1989-11-23	Brook Trout	sub-adults	800	Put-Grow-and Take
1989-05-31	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	3,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1989-05-30	Lake Trout	sub-adults	1,700	Put-Grow-and Take
1989-05-29	Splake	yearlings	2,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1988-10-06	Brook Trout	sub-adults	439	Put-and-Take
1988-10-04	Lake Trout	sub-adults	340	Put-and-Take
1988-06-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1987-11-17	Lake Trout	sub-adults	300	Put-and-Take
1987-10-13	Brook Trout	sub-adults	600	Put-and-Take
1987-05-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1987-05-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1986-12-30	Brook Trout	sub-adults	500	Put-and-Take
1986-12-30	Lake Trout	sub-adults	100	Put-and-Take
1986-01-08	Brook Trout	sub-adults	500	Put-and-Take
1986-01-08	Lake Trout	sub-adults	100	Put-Grow-and Take
1985-06-18	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	2,000	Put-and-Take/Put-Grow-and Take
1985-05-22	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-and-Take/Put-Grow-and Take
1985-05-22	Splake	yearlings	500	Put-and-Take/Put-Grow-and Take
1984-11-27	Brook Trout	sub-adults	500	Put-and-Take
1984-06-10	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	2,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1984-05-23	Brook Trout	yearlings	2,500	Supplemental
1984-05-15	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-and-Take
1984-05-15	Brook Trout	sub-adults	500	Put-and-Take
1984-02-03	Brook Trout	sub-adults	2,500	Put-and-Take
1983-11-15	Brook Trout	sub-adults	1,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1983-05-25	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1982-06-10	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-and-Take
1982-05-25	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	1,500	Put-and-Take
1981-06-02	Brook Trout	sub-adults	1,000	Put-and-Take
1981-06-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	3,000	Put-and-Take
1981-05-28	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	1,500	Put-and-Take
1980-11-05	Lake Trout	sub-adults	166	Put-and-Take
1980-10-31	Brook Trout	sub-adults	708	Put-and-Take
1980-10-30	Brook Trout	sub-adults	1,050	Rehabilitation
1980-05-15	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	2,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1979-11-20	Brook Trout	sub-adults	550	Supplemental
1979-11-19	Brook Trout	sub-adults	1,100	Supplemental
1979-06-18	Brook Trout	sub-adults	1,000	Rehabilitation
1979-05-29	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Rehabilitation
1978-12-13	Brook Trout	sub-adults	700	Put-and-Take
1978-11-27	Brook Trout	sub-adults	800	Put-and-Take
1978-08-25	Brook Trout	sub-adults	1,400	Rehabilitation
1978-05-26	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Rehabilitation
1978-05-25	Brook Trout	yearlings	2,000	Rehabilitation
1977-11-24	Brook Trout	sub-adults	932	Supplemental
1977-11-22	Brook Trout	sub-adults	647	Supplemental
1977-11-21	Brook Trout	sub-adults	500	Supplemental
1977-09-16	Rainbow Trout	fingerlings	2,021	Put-Grow-and Take
1977-05-17	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1976-12-20	Brook Trout	sub-adults	997	Put-and-Take
1976-12-20	Brook Trout	sub-adults	200	Put-and-Take
1976-05-27	Lake Trout	yearlings	2,000	Put-Grow-and Take
1976-05-13	Rainbow Trout	yearlings	500	Supplemental
1975-05-30	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000
1974-12-17	Brook Trout	sub-adults	4,000
1974-12-17	Lake Trout	sub-adults	121
1974-05-30	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000
1973-11-27	Brook Trout	adults	700	HL
1973-11-26	Brook Trout	adults	626	HL
1972-01-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000
1972-01-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	500
1972-01-01	Brook Trout	adults	400
1972-01-01	Brook Trout	adults	400
1971-12-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1971-05-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000
1970-10-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1970-02-01	Brook Trout	adults	915
1969-02-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	1,010
1968-05-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	1,000
1968-01-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,067
1966-10-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,100
1965-10-01	Brook Trout	adults	972
1964-10-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1963-10-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1962-11-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1962-04-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1961-04-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1960-07-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,000
1960-06-01	Brook Trout	adults	1,006
1960-06-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	20
1960-06-01	Lake Trout	adults	10
1960-06-01	Lake Trout	adults	5
1959-09-01	Brook Trout	adults	2,000
1958-11-01	Brook Trout	adults	600
1957-11-01	Brook Trout	adults	500
1956-10-01	Brook Trout	adults	570
1954-06-01	Lake Trout	yearlings	2,000
1953-07-01	Smallmouth Bass	fingerlings	2,000
1949-07-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	1,500
1947-08-01	Brook Trout	yearlings	1,000

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

Where it is

49.0626, -81.0205 · Open in OpenStreetMap

Before you go

Check the Zone 8 regulations. Some lakes have special rules; we do not summarize regs.
Guide to Eating Ontario Fish for consumption advisories.
Fish sizes are estimates: yearlings stocked 3–5 years ago are usually 30–45 cm; fingerlings take a year longer.

Nearest access points

Frederick House River Access Point
Boat Launch · 9.2 km away
Rancourt Lake Access Point
Boat Launch · 13.3 km away
Palangio Lake Access Point
Boat Launch · 13.4 km away

From the MNRF access point dataset. May not be on this lake.

Stocked lakes nearby

Norman Lake
<1 km · Splake
In the sweet spot
last 2025
Spring Lake
<1 km
Historical only
last 1976
Hector Lake
1 km
Historical only
last 1971
Lillabelle Lake
5 km
Historical only
last 1948
Pool Lake
9 km
Historical only
last 1955