Stocked

FMZ 8 · Duff · Cochrane District · unofficial name

Emerald Lake

Emerald Lake (FMZ 8) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,650 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1962: 20 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
201620172018: 50 Brook Trout5020182019: 300 Brook Trout30020192020: 200 Brook Trout20020202021: 400 Brook Trout40020212022: 1,490 Brook Trout1.5k20222023: 1,700 Brook Trout1.7k20232024: 400 Brook Trout40020242025: 1,650 Brook Trout1.6k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    3,590
    Last 10 yrs
    6,190

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

  • SplakeHistorical only
    Last stocked
    2014
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

  • Smallmouth BassHistorical only
    Last stocked
    1996
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,650
2024Brook Troutyearlings400
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2023Brook Troutadults200
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,490
2021Brook Troutyearlings400
2020Brook Troutyearlings200
2019Brook Troutyearlings300
2018Brook Troutadults50
Older records (11 stockings, 1962–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-10-21Brook Troutsub-adults150Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-10-07Brook Troutadults50Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-06-18Splakeyearlings1,100F1 Splake · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-10-18Brook Troutadults113Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-11-15Brook Troutadults50Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-10-28Brook Troutadults25Hills Lake · Put-and-Take
1996-08-25Smallmouth Bassadults176Unknown Stock · Introduction
1965-05-01Brook Troutyearlings500
1964-05-01Brook Troutyearlings500
1963-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,250
1962-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,400

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

Where it is

48.8728, -81.1321 · Open in OpenStreetMap