Stocked

FMZ 10 · Yaremko · Sault Ste. Marie District

Esker Lake

Esker Lake (FMZ 10) was last stocked in 2023 with 900 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1965: 24 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 10 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 700 Brook Trout700201620172018: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k201820192020: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k2020202120222023: 900 Brook Trout9002023202420252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2023
    Stocked 2021–2023
    900
    Last 10 yrs
    2,900

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2023Brook Troutyearlings900
2020Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2018Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2016Brook Troutyearlings700
Older records (20 stockings, 1965–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-10-29Brook Troutsub-adults1,847L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-05-22Brook Troutyearlings800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-05-09Brook Troutyearlings800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-05-05Brook Troutyearlings800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-27Brook Troutyearlings600L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-16Brook Troutyearlings900L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-29Brook Troutyearlings500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-16Brook Troutyearlings850Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Re-introduction
1998-05-26Brook Troutyearlings900Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-06-04Brook Troutyearlings800Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Rehabilitation
1994-05-19Brook Troutyearlings800Hills Lake · Re-introduction
1980-05-21Brook Troutyearlings1,500Supplemental
1978-05-29Brook Troutyearlings2,000Supplemental
1976-05-21Brook Troutyearlings2,000Supplemental
1974-05-10Brook Troutyearlings2,050
1972-05-25Brook Troutyearlings1,350HL
1970-10-01Brook Troutfingerlings500DN
1968-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000
1966-06-01Brook Troutyearlings4,000
1965-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000

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

Where it is

46.8327, -82.6730 · Open in OpenStreetMap