Stocked

FMZ 15 · Laurier · Minden Parry Sound Bracebridge District · unofficial name

Red Deer Lake

Red Deer Lake (FMZ 15) was last stocked in 2025 with 1,000 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1987: 16 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: 750 Brook Trout750201720182019: 800 Brook Trout800201920202021: 800 Brook Trout800202120222023: 500 Brook Trout500202320242025: 1,000 Brook Trout1.0k20252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    1,300
    Last 10 yrs
    3,850

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings1,000
2023Brook Troutyearlings500
2021Brook Troutyearlings800
2019Brook Troutyearlings800
2017Brook Troutyearlings750
Older records (11 stockings, 1987–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-14Brook Troutyearlings750L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-17Brook Troutyearlings500Dickson Lake (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-02Brook Troutyearlings750L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Assessment/Put-Grow-and-Take
2009-05-11Brook Troutyearlings500Dickson Lake (HLC) · Assessment/Put-Grow-and-Take
2007-05-01Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-05Brook Troutyearlings533L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-15Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-04-30Brook Troutyearlings900L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1993-04-20Brook Troutyearlings1,000Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Rehabilitation
1990-05-03Brook Troutyearlings800Put-Grow-and Take
1987-05-13Brook Troutyearlings1,200Rehabilitation

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

Where it is

45.8869, -79.2199 · Open in OpenStreetMap