Stocked

FMZ 15 · Mcclintock · Minden Parry Sound Bracebridge District

Niger Lake

Niger Lake (FMZ 15) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,500 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1953: 35 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
2016: 1,700 Brook Trout1.7k20162017: 260 Brook Trout26020172018: 3,000 Brook Trout3.0k201820192020: 1,600 Brook Trout1.6k20202021: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k20212022: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k20222023: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k20232024: 1,350 Brook Trout1.4k20242025: 1,500 Brook Trout1.5k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    4,200
    Last 10 yrs
    11,910

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2024Brook Troutyearlings1,350
2023Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2022Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,500
2020Brook Troutyearlings1,600
2018Brook Troutyearlings3,000
2017Brook Troutyearlings260
2016Brook Troutyearlings1,700
Older records (26 stockings, 1953–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,700L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2014-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,700L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-30Brook Troutyearlings2,000Dickson Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-04-20Brook Troutyearlings1,700L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-06-09Brook Troutyearlings2,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-27Brook Troutyearlings1,700Dickson Lake (HLC) · Assessment/Put-Grow-and-Take
2008-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,700Dickson Lake (HLC) · Supplemental
2007-06-06Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-16Brook Troutyearlings900Dickson Lake (Wild) · Supplemental
2006-05-03Brook Troutyearlings1,000L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-02Brook Troutyearlings1,700L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Supplemental
2000-04-20Brook Troutyearlings2,170Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-08Brook Troutyearlings2,900Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-05-16Brook Troutyearlings3,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Rehabilitation
1991-04-29Brook Troutyearlings2,500Rehabilitation
1988-04-22Brook Troutyearlings3,000Rehabilitation
1985-05-14Brook Troutyearlings4,400Rehabilitation
1983-05-06Brook Troutyearlings3,800Rehabilitation
1981-05-03Brook Troutyearlings4,800Rehabilitation
1965-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,200
1963-06-01Brook Troutyearlings700
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1959-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1957-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1955-04-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1953-06-01Brook Troutyearlings600

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

Where it is

45.4025, -78.8475 · Open in OpenStreetMap