Stocked

FMZ 10 · Mcmahon · Sault Ste. Marie District

Tarpaper Lake

Tarpaper Lake (FMZ 10) was last stocked in 2025 with 405 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1959: 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
20162017: 350 Brook Trout350201720182019: 350 Brook Trout350201920202021: 350 Brook Trout350202120222023: 350 Brook Trout350202320242025: 405 Brook Trout40520252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    700
    Last 10 yrs
    1,805

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings405
2023Brook Troutyearlings350
2021Brook Troutyearlings350
2019Brook Troutyearlings350
2017Brook Troutyearlings350
Older records (9 stockings, 1959–2015)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2015-05-29Brook Troutyearlings350L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2013-06-04Brook Troutyearlings350L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-25Brook Troutyearlings350L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-27Brook Troutyearlings350L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2007-05-24Brook Troutyearlings294L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1967-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1965-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings400
1959-05-01Brook 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

46.5684, -83.7291 · Open in OpenStreetMap