Stocked

FMZ 15 · Burleigh · Bancroft District

Cox Lake

Cox Lake (FMZ 15) was last stocked in 2025 with 500 Lake Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1948: 22 stocking events in total.

In the sweet spot

Lake Trout stocked here in 2021–2023 should be a good size now. See other lake trout lakes in Zone 15 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 500 Lake Trout500201720182019: 500 Lake Trout500201920202021: 500 Lake Trout500202120222023: 500 Lake Trout500202320242025: 500 Lake Trout50020252026
  • Lake Trout

By species

  • Lake TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,000
    Last 10 yrs
    2,500

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

  • Smallmouth BassHistorical only
    Last stocked
    1949
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Lake Troutyearlings500
2023Lake Troutyearlings500
2021Lake Troutyearlings500
2019Lake Troutyearlings500
2017Lake Troutyearlings500
Older records (17 stockings, 1948–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-07Lake Troutyearlings500Lake Manitou (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-09Lake Troutyearlings500Lake Manitou (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-09Lake Troutyearlings500Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-06Lake Troutyearlings500Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-04Lake Troutyearlings100Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-05Lake Troutyearlings850Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-07Lake Troutyearlings850Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-11Lake Troutyearlings850Killala Lake (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-16Lake Troutyearlings650Killala Lake (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
1991-05-06Lake Troutyearlings1,000Supplemental
1988-04-25Lake Troutyearlings850Supplemental
1972-05-01Lake Troutyearlings1,000
1968-05-01Lake Troutyearlings1,000
1966-05-01Lake Troutyearlings1,200
1949-07-01Lake Troutfingerlings1,000
1949-06-01Smallmouth Bassfry5,000
1948-06-01Smallmouth Bassfry1,000

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

Where it is

44.6850, -78.2536 · Open in OpenStreetMap