Stocked

FMZ 11 · Brigstocke · North Bay District

Head Lake

Head Lake (FMZ 11) was last stocked in 2024 with 1,000 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1970: 22 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 11 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20162017: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k2017201820192020: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k202020212022: 675 Brook Trout675202220232024: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k202420252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2024
    Stocked 2021–2023
    675
    Last 10 yrs
    3,875

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

  • Lake TroutHistorical only
    Last stocked
    1999
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2024Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2022Brook Troutyearlings675
2020Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,000
Older records (17 stockings, 1970–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-19Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-05-20Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-24Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-05-04Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-11Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-05-11Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-12Brook Troutyearlings950L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-16Brook Troutyearlings1,200L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,200L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-09Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-09Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-05Lake Troutyearlings1,000Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-27Brook Troutyearlings800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1972-06-12Brook Troutyearlings1,900
1971-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,250
1970-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,500

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

Where it is

47.2670, -79.8601 · Open in OpenStreetMap