Stocked

FMZ 18 · Darling · Kemptville District

Kates Lake

Kates Lake (FMZ 18) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,000 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1950: 36 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 18 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20162017: 974 Brook Trout97420172018: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20182019: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20192020: 500 Brook Trout50020202021: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20212022: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20222023: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20232024: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20242025: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    3,000
    Last 10 yrs
    8,474

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

  • WalleyeHistorical only
    Last stocked
    1950
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2024Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2020Brook Troutyearlings500
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2018Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2017Brook Troutyearlings974
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,000
Older records (26 stockings, 1950–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-04Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-05-05Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-06Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-10Brook Troutyearlings1,800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-04-26Brook Troutyearlings1,800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-26Brook Troutyearlings1,800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-04-27Brook Troutyearlings2,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-07Brook Troutyearlings1,800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-04-26Brook Troutyearlings1,800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-04-26Brook Troutyearlings1,800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-28Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-10Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-04-30Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-04-18Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-04-26Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-05-22Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-06-13Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-06-07Brook Troutyearlings1,925Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-10-03Brook Troutfingerlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1993-10-15Brook Troutfingerlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1960-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,140
1959-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1958-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1957-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1956-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1950-05-01Walleyefry100,000

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

Where it is

45.1837, -76.5272 · Open in OpenStreetMap