Stocked

FMZ 6 · Hele · Nipigon District · unofficial name

Hele Lake 9

Hele Lake 9 (FMZ 6) was last stocked in 2025 with 3,000 Brook Trout fingerlings.

Records here go back to 1998: 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: 1,326 Brook Trout1.3k20162017: 1,526 Brook Trout1.5k20172018: 2,524 Brook Trout2.5k20182019: 2,107 Brook Trout2.1k201920202021: 3,000 Brook Trout3.0k202120222023: 3,000 Brook Trout3.0k202320242025: 3,000 Brook Trout3.0k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    6,000
    Last 10 yrs
    15,157

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutfingerlings3,000
2023Brook Troutyearlings3,000
2021Brook Troutyearlings3,000
2019Brook Troutyearlings2,107
2018Brook Troutyearlings2,524
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,526
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,326
Older records (15 stockings, 1998–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-03-16Brook Troutyearlings2,388Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-03-21Brook Troutyearlings1,974Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-02-25Brook Troutyearlings1,797Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-02-17Brook Troutyearlings1,479Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-03-03Brook Troutyearlings1,524Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-02-25Brook Troutyearlings2,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-and-Take
2009-03-26Brook Troutyearlings2,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-02-28Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-03-28Brook Troutyearlings2,070Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-04-01Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-03-31Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-03-24Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-03-14Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-03-14Brook Troutyearlings3,410Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-03-12Brook Troutyearlings2,000Lake 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

49.0367, -88.4721 · Open in OpenStreetMap