Stocked

FMZ 15 · Cavendish · Bancroft District

Pencil Lake

Pencil Lake (FMZ 15) was last stocked in 2025 with 400 Lake Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1961: 29 stocking events in total.

In the sweet spot

Lake Trout stocked here in 2021–2023 should be a good size now. See other lake trout lakes in Zone 15 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 800 Lake Trout800201720182019: 800 Lake Trout8002019202020212022: 1,098 Lake Trout1.1k20222023: 400 Lake Trout400202320242025: 400 Lake Trout40020252026
  • Lake Trout

By species

  • Lake TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,498
    Last 10 yrs
    3,498

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

  • Brook TroutHistorical only
    Last stocked
    1964
    Stocked 2021–2023
    0
    Last 10 yrs
    0

    No stockings in the last ten years of data.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Lake Troutyearlings400
2023Lake Troutyearlings400
2022Lake Troutyearlings1,098
2019Lake Troutyearlings800
2017Lake Troutyearlings800
Older records (24 stockings, 1961–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-12Lake Troutyearlings350Lake Manitou (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-14Lake Troutyearlings300Wild Egg Collection · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-14Lake Troutyearlings100Lake Manitou (Wild) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-05Lake Troutyearlings400Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-07Lake Troutyearlings600Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-04-30Lake Troutyearlings400Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-02Lake Troutyearlings900Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2004-04-27Lake Troutyearlings900Killala Lake (HLC) · Supplemental
2001-05-02Lake Troutyearlings1,000Killala Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1996-05-09Lake Troutyearlings1,000Killala Lake (HLC) · Introduction
1994-05-03Lake Troutyearlings1,000Killala Lake (HLC) · Introduction
1993-04-28Lake Troutyearlings1,200Slate Islands (DNC) · Introduction
1992-05-05Lake Troutyearlings1,000Killala Lake (HLC) · Introduction
1991-05-07Lake Troutyearlings1,000Introduction/Put-Grow-and Take
1989-04-25Lake Troutyearlings900Introduction/Put-Grow-and Take
1988-04-25Lake Troutyearlings1,000Introduction/Put-Grow-and Take
1987-05-08Lake Troutyearlings1,000Introduction/Put-Grow-and Take
1986-05-01Lake Troutyearlings1,000Introduction/Put-Grow-and Take
1984-05-03Lake Troutyearlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1981-04-16Lake Troutyearlings2,000Supplemental/Put-Grow-and Take
1964-05-01Brook Troutyearlings300
1963-05-01Brook Troutyearlings150
1962-05-01Brook Troutyearlings500
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings300

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

Where it is

44.8094, -78.3524 · Open in OpenStreetMap