Stocked

FMZ 10 · Macmurchy · Timmins District

Gay Lake

Gay Lake (FMZ 10) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,200 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1953: 47 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
20162017: 570 Brook Trout570201720182019: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k201920202021: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k202120222023: 998 Brook Trout998202320242025: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,998
    Last 10 yrs
    4,768

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2023Brook Troutyearlings998
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2017Brook Troutyearlings570
Older records (42 stockings, 1953–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-22Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-24Brook Troutyearlings897Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-05Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-10-31Brook Troutfingerlings1,500Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-17Brook Troutyearlings750Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-06Brook Troutyearlings1,250Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-11-25Brook Troutyearlings4,500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-11-06Brook Troutadults300Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-and-Take
2003-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-30Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-17Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-17Brook Troutyearlings1,500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-11-06Brook Troutadults200Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-03-05Brook Troutyearlings2,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-06-13Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-06-11Brook Troutyearlings1,550Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1991-10-09Brook Troutsub-adults100Put-Grow-and Take
1991-05-04Brook Troutyearlings1,500Put-Grow-and Take
1990-05-31Brook Troutyearlings1,000Put-Grow-and Take
1989-11-21Brook Troutyearlings2,500Put-Grow-and Take
1989-05-18Brook Troutfingerlings20,000Put-Grow-and Take
1988-05-12Brook Troutfingerlings20,000Put-Grow-and Take
1987-04-22Brook Troutfingerlings20,000Put-Grow-and Take
1981-06-09Brook Troutfingerlings12,500Put-Grow-and Take
1978-05-23Brook Troutyearlings1,500Put-Grow-and Take
1976-06-03Brook Troutyearlings3,000Put-Grow-and Take
1973-06-12Brook Troutyearlings2,000HL
1972-06-07Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1971-01-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1969-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000
1966-09-01Brook Troutfingerlings4,000
1966-06-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1965-06-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1964-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1963-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1962-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1959-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500
1956-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1955-07-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1953-05-01Brook 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

47.5962, -81.1465 · Open in OpenStreetMap

Gay Lake Fish Stocking — Brook Trout | Stocked