Stocked

FMZ 7 · Strey · Nipigon District

Minnow Lake

Minnow Lake (FMZ 7) was last stocked in 2025 with 4,300 Brook Trout yearlings and 1,000 Brook Trout fingerlings.

Records here go back to 1956: 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 7 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
201620172018: 1,115 Brook Trout1.1k20182019: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k201920202021: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k202120222023: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20232024: 207 Brook Trout20720242025: 5,300 Brook Trout5.3k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    2,000
    Last 10 yrs
    9,622

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings4,300
2025Brook Troutfingerlings1,000
2024Brook Troutadults207
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2018Brook Troutyearlings1,115
Older records (15 stockings, 1956–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-03-25Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-02-26Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-03-02Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-03-23Brook Troutyearlings2,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-04-28Brook Troutyearlings1,744Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-03-26Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-26Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-26Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-03-17Brook Troutyearlings1,006Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1970-07-01Brook Troutfingerlings2,000
1968-06-01Brook Troutfingerlings3,000
1964-06-01Brook Troutfingerlings2,600
1958-05-01Brook Troutfingerlings1,500
1957-05-01Brook Troutyearlings3,500
1956-06-01Brook Troutyearlings2,400

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

Where it is

48.8534, -87.0887 · Open in OpenStreetMap