Stocked

FMZ 6 · Lybster · Thunder Bay District · unofficial name

Downy Lake

Downy Lake (FMZ 6) was last stocked in 2024 with 7,000 Brook Trout fingerlings.

Records here go back to 1993: 15 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 6 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
201620172018: 5,000 Brook Trout5.0k201820192020: 5,000 Brook Trout5.0k202020212022: 6,000 Brook Trout6.0k202220232024: 7,000 Brook Trout7.0k202420252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2024
    Stocked 2021–2023
    6,000
    Last 10 yrs
    23,000

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2024Brook Troutfingerlings7,000
2022Brook Troutfingerlings6,000
2020Brook Troutfingerlings5,000
2018Brook Troutfingerlings5,000
Older records (11 stockings, 1993–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-06-09Brook Troutfingerlings5,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-04-04Brook Troutyearlings2,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-11Brook Troutfingerlings5,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-15Brook Troutfingerlings4,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-09Brook Troutfingerlings3,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-12Brook Troutfingerlings5,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-22Brook Troutfingerlings6,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-16Brook Troutfingerlings3,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-25Brook Troutfingerlings8,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-06-08Brook Troutfry4,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-06-03Brook Troutfry4,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · 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

48.2398, -89.8696 · Open in OpenStreetMap