Stocked

FMZ 7 · Nickle · Nipigon Geraldton District · unofficial name

Nickle Lake 35

Nickle Lake 35 (FMZ 7) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,000 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1997: 26 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: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20162017: 1,400 Brook Trout1.4k20172018: 500 Brook Trout50020182019: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k201920202021: 1,250 Brook Trout1.3k202120222023: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k202320242025: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    2,250
    Last 10 yrs
    6,150

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,250
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2018Brook Troutyearlings500
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,400
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,000
Older records (19 stockings, 1997–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-03-09Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-06-18Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-02-27Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-02-23Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-02-24Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-27Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-03-29Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-03-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-03-10Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-14Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-05-29Brook Troutyearlings650L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-24Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-25Brook Troutyearlings1,100Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-26Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-06-03Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-29Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-05-23Brook Troutyearlings1,500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-31Brook Troutyearlings1,500Lake 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

49.1905, -85.5900 · Open in OpenStreetMap