Stocked

FMZ 15 · Lyell · Bancroft District

Pell Lake

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

Records here go back to 1905: 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 15 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 1,600 Brook Trout1.6k201720182019: 1,600 Brook Trout1.6k201920202021: 1,011 Brook Trout1.0k202120222023: 947 Brook Trout947202320242025: 1,200 Brook Trout1.2k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,958
    Last 10 yrs
    6,358

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,200
2023Brook Troutyearlings947
2021Brook Troutyearlings1,011
2019Brook Troutyearlings1,600
2017Brook Troutyearlings1,600
Older records (20 stockings, 1905–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-11Brook Troutyearlings1,600Dickson Lake (HLC) · Assessment/Put-Grow-and-Take
2013-05-23Brook Troutyearlings1,600L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-06Brook Troutyearlings1,600L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-14Brook Troutyearlings1,600Dickson Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-14Brook Troutyearlings1,600L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-10Brook Troutyearlings1,600L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-06-02Brook Troutyearlings300L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2003-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,400L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2001-05-15Brook Troutyearlings1,180L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1991-05-10Brook Troutyearlings1,600Put-Grow-and Take
1983-05-16Brook Troutyearlings1,000Put-Grow-and Take
1968-05-01Brook Troutyearlings300
1967-05-01Brook Troutyearlings786
1966-05-01Brook Troutyearlings896
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,920
1960-06-01Brook Troutyearlings400
1959-05-01Brook Troutyearlings450
1958-06-01Brook Troutyearlings350
1957-05-01Brook Troutyearlings350
1905-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000

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

Where it is

45.4248, -77.9511 · Open in OpenStreetMap