Stocked

FMZ 6 · Hele · Nipigon District · unofficial name

Hele Lake 20

Hele Lake 20 (FMZ 6) was last stocked in 2025 with 5,000 Brook Trout fingerlings.

Records here go back to 1997: 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 6 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 2,653 Brook Trout2.7k201620172018: 4,418 Brook Trout4.4k20182019: 3,511 Brook Trout3.5k201920202021: 5,000 Brook Trout5.0k202120222023: 5,000 Brook Trout5.0k202320242025: 5,000 Brook Trout5.0k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    10,000
    Last 10 yrs
    22,929

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutfingerlings5,000
2023Brook Troutyearlings5,000
2021Brook Troutyearlings5,000
2019Brook Troutyearlings3,511
2018Brook Troutyearlings4,418
2016Brook Troutyearlings2,653
Older records (16 stockings, 1997–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-03-16Brook Troutyearlings4,757Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-03-20Brook Troutyearlings4,335Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-02-25Brook Troutyearlings3,595Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-02-17Brook Troutyearlings2,958Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-03-03Brook Troutyearlings3,048Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-02-25Brook Troutyearlings5,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-03-26Brook Troutyearlings4,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-02-28Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-03-28Brook Troutyearlings4,140Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-26Brook Troutyearlings5,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-03-31Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-23Brook Troutyearlings4,998Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-15Brook Troutyearlings8,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-11Brook Troutyearlings6,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-03-12Brook Troutyearlings10,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-03-17Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake 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

49.0068, -88.4780 · Open in OpenStreetMap