Stocked

FMZ 5 · Macnicol · Kenora District · unofficial name

Dixie Lake

Dixie Lake (FMZ 5) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,200 Brown Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 2004: 22 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 5 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 2,000 Rainbow Trout2016: 1,500 Brook Trout3.5k201620172018: 2,000 Rainbow Trout2018: 1,500 Brook Trout3.5k201820192020: 1,500 Rainbow Trout2020: 1,000 Brook Trout2.5k20202021: 1,500 Rainbow Trout2021: 1,000 Brook Trout2.5k20212022: 2,200 Rainbow Trout2022: 1,000 Brook Trout3.2k202220232024: 575 Brown Trout57520242025: 1,200 Brown Trout1.2k20252026
  • Brown Trout
  • Rainbow Trout
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Rainbow TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2022
    Stocked 2021–2023
    3,700
    Last 10 yrs
    7,200

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

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2022
    Stocked 2021–2023
    2,000
    Last 10 yrs
    4,500

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

  • Brown TroutStill growing
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    1,775

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brown Troutyearlings1,200
2024Brown Troutyearlings575
2022Rainbow Troutyearlings2,200
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2021Rainbow Troutyearlings1,500
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2020Rainbow Troutyearlings1,500
2020Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2018Rainbow Troutyearlings2,000
2018Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2016Rainbow Troutyearlings2,000
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,500
Older records (10 stockings, 2004–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-05-21Rainbow Troutyearlings2,000Ganaraska River (TTC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-05-21Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-22Brook Troutyearlings500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-16Rainbow Troutyearlings4,052Ganaraska River (TTC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-16Brook Troutyearlings750L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-05-04Rainbow Troutyearlings2,500Ganaraska River (TTC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-05-04Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-03-07Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-09-19Brook Troutsub-adults2,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-09-28Rainbow Troutyearlings2,999Various private hatcheries · 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

49.8326, -93.9480 · Open in OpenStreetMap