Stocked

FMZ 8 · Mcevay · Kirkland Lake District

Cootie Lake

Cootie Lake (FMZ 8) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,500 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1954: 64 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
20162017: 500 Brook Trout500201720182019: 900 Brook Trout900201920202021: 900 Brook Trout90020212022: 1,700 Brook Trout1.7k20222023: 900 Brook Trout90020232024: 828 Brook Trout82820242025: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    3,500
    Last 10 yrs
    7,228

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2024Brook Troutyearlings828
2023Brook Troutyearlings900
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,700
2021Brook Troutyearlings900
2019Brook Troutyearlings900
2017Brook Troutyearlings500
Older records (57 stockings, 1954–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-11Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-06-02Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-05-30Brook Troutyearlings800Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-10-25Brook Troutfingerlings220Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-14Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-20Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-24Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-27Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-13Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-30Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-04Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-06-07Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-04-28Brook Troutyearlings2,400Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-10Brook Troutyearlings2,398Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-14Brook Troutyearlings2,500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-13Brook Troutyearlings2,200Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-06-22Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,800Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-04Brook Troutyearlings2,800Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-03Brook Troutyearlings3,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-04-28Brook Troutyearlings5,400Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-06-05Brook Troutyearlings3,900Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-06-04Brook Troutyearlings1,600Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-03-28Brook Troutfingerlings10,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-05-17Brook Troutyearlings2,600Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-05-30Brook Troutyearlings2,900Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-10-08Brook Troutadults500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-05-21Brook Troutyearlings2,300Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-05-28Brook Troutyearlings3,500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1991-05-02Brook Troutyearlings3,500Put-Grow-and Take
1990-05-05Brook Troutyearlings3,500Put-Grow-and Take
1988-05-10Brook Troutyearlings2,600Put-Grow-and Take
1987-05-05Brook Troutyearlings4,300Supplemental/Put-Grow-and Take
1985-05-24Brook Troutyearlings2,250
1983-05-25Brook Troutyearlings2,250Put-and-Take/Put-Grow-and Take
1981-05-14Brook Troutyearlings2,250Supplemental
1979-10-11Brook Troutfingerlings2,500Supplemental
1977-09-30Brook Troutfingerlings4,500Put-and-Take/Put-Grow-and Take
1975-10-01Brook Troutfingerlings2,340
1973-10-03Brook Troutfingerlings3,000HL
1971-09-27Brook Troutfingerlings3,500HL
1969-10-01Brook Troutfingerlings1,500
1968-10-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,000
1967-09-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,500
1966-09-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,000
1965-09-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,000
1964-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,500
1963-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1962-07-01Brook Troutadults900
1961-05-01Brook Troutadults900
1960-06-01Brook Troutadults900
1959-07-01Brook Troutadults900
1958-05-01Brook Troutadults900
1957-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,800
1956-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000
1955-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000
1954-06-01Brook 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

48.2765, -80.5746 · Open in OpenStreetMap