Stocked

FMZ 15 · Herschel · Bancroft District

Leather Root Lake

Leather Root Lake (FMZ 15) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,200 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1959: 37 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 15 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k201720182019: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k201920202021: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k202120222023: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k202320242025: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    2,400
    Last 10 yrs
    5,800

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,200
Older records (32 stockings, 1959–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-11Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-21Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-12Brook Troutyearlings400Dickson Lake (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-06Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-14Brook Troutyearlings600L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,200L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-02Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-10Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,100Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1992-10-30Brook Troutfingerlings1,100Lake Nipigon (HLC)
1991-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,100Put-Grow-and Take
1989-05-08Brook Troutyearlings1,100Put-Grow-and Take
1987-05-21Brook Troutyearlings1,100Put-Grow-and Take
1985-04-29Brook Troutyearlings1,100Put-Grow-and Take
1983-05-10Brook Troutyearlings1,200Put-Grow-and Take
1981-04-30Brook Troutyearlings1,000Put-Grow-and Take
1979-05-08Brook Troutyearlings1,200Put-Grow-and Take
1977-04-28Brook Troutyearlings1,200Put-Grow-and Take
1975-05-12Brook Troutyearlings600
1974-05-08Brook Troutyearlings500
1973-05-04Brook Troutyearlings600HL
1972-06-07Brook Troutyearlings500
1971-05-19Brook Troutyearlings500
1970-05-20Brook Troutyearlings800
1968-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,200
1967-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,200
1966-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1965-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1963-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1959-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000

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

Where it is

45.1923, -78.0544 · Open in OpenStreetMap