Stocked

FMZ 10 · Rioux · Sault Ste. Marie District · unofficial name

Rioux Lake 28

Rioux Lake 28 (FMZ 10) was last stocked in 2024 with 225 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1964: 14 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 10 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
2016: 600 Brook Trout600201620172018: 900 Brook Trout900201820192020: 600 Brook Trout600202020212022: 600 Brook Trout600202220232024: 225 Brook Trout225202420252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2024
    Stocked 2021–2023
    600
    Last 10 yrs
    2,325

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2024Brook Troutyearlings225
2022Brook Troutyearlings600
2020Brook Troutyearlings600
2018Brook Troutyearlings900
2016Brook Troutyearlings600
Older records (9 stockings, 1964–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-05-23Brook Troutyearlings800L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2012-05-09Brook Troutyearlings275L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-21Brook Troutyearlings350L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1998-05-20Brook Troutyearlings300L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1995-05-06Brook Troutyearlings300Put-Grow-and Take
1993-05-10Brook Troutyearlings500Rehabilitation
1967-05-01Brook Troutyearlings2,000
1965-06-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1964-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,500

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

Where it is

46.7480, -83.2517 · Open in OpenStreetMap