Stocked

FMZ 7 · Chapleau Wawa District · unofficial name

Mercury Lake

Mercury Lake (FMZ 7) was last stocked in 2024 with 1,000 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1995: 25 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 7 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 1,998 Brook Trout2.0k20162017: 2,150 Brook Trout2.1k20172018: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k201820192020: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k202020212022: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k202220232024: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k202420252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2024
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,000
    Last 10 yrs
    7,150

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2024Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2020Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2018Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2017Brook Troutyearlings2,150
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,998
Older records (19 stockings, 1995–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-06-05Brook Troutyearlings750L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-06-13Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-03-13Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-05-22Brook Troutyearlings750L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-25Brook Troutyearlings750L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-05-08Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-29Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-29Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-27Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-14Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-29Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-31Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-30Brook Troutyearlings1,000Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-29Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-25Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-06-05Brook Troutyearlings1,300L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-06-09Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake 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

48.4879, -85.5577 · Open in OpenStreetMap