Stocked

FMZ 8 · Silk · Chapleau District · unofficial name

Silk Lake 4

Silk Lake 4 (FMZ 8) was last stocked in 2025 with 400 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1964: 19 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 8 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 400 Brook Trout400201720182019: 400 Brook Trout400201920202021: 400 Brook Trout40020212022202320242025: 400 Brook Trout40020252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    400
    Last 10 yrs
    1,600

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings400
2021Brook Troutyearlings400
2019Brook Troutyearlings400
2017Brook Troutyearlings400
Older records (15 stockings, 1964–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-19Brook Troutyearlings400Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-05-21Brook Troutyearlings400Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-20Brook Troutyearlings400Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2010-04-23Brook Troutyearlings500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-13Brook Troutyearlings500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2006-05-10Brook Troutyearlings500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-20Brook Troutyearlings500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
2000-05-23Brook Troutyearlings500Hills Lake · Put-Grow-and Take
1980-05-13Brook Troutyearlings2,000Put-Grow-and Take
1980-05-13Brook Troutyearlings500Put-Grow-and Take
1977-05-10Brook Troutyearlings1,000Supplemental/Put-Grow-and Take
1971-05-01Brook Troutyearlings250
1967-05-01Brook Troutyearlings500
1965-09-01Brook Troutfingerlings1,000
1964-09-01Brook Troutfingerlings1,000

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

Where it is

48.0591, -82.5258 · Open in OpenStreetMap