Stocked

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

Thin Lake

Thin Lake (FMZ 10) was last stocked in 2023 with 500 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1959: 13 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: 600 Brook Trout6002017201820192020: 500 Brook Trout5002020202120222023: 500 Brook Trout5002023202420252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2023
    Stocked 2021–2023
    500
    Last 10 yrs
    1,600

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

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2023Brook Troutyearlings500
2020Brook Troutyearlings500
2017Brook Troutyearlings600
Older records (10 stockings, 1959–2014)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2014-05-22Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2011-05-17Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2008-05-27Brook Troutyearlings400L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-18Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
2002-05-27Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1999-05-20Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-29Brook Troutyearlings500L. Nipigon x Hills L. · Put-Grow-and Take
1994-05-09Brook Troutyearlings800Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Re-introduction
1961-05-01Brook Troutyearlings500
1959-05-01Brook Troutyearlings1,000

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

Where it is

46.9100, -82.9072 · Open in OpenStreetMap