Stocked

The list nobody else computes

Worth fishing now

Most Ontario stocking is fingerlings and yearlings, and the good fishing comes three to five years later. These lists rank lakes by how many fish went in during 2021–2023, weighted by size at stocking.

A lake makes the list when at least 200 yearling-equivalent fish were stocked in the window. Adults count fully, fingerlings at 40%, fry at 10%.

Zone 16 (Southwestern Ontario / Lake Simcoe)

Zone 2 (Far North)

Zone 3 (Far North)

Zone 4 (Kenora / Red Lake / Dryden / Sioux Lookout)

Zone 5 (Fort Frances / Kenora / Lake of the Woods)

Zone 6 (Thunder Bay / Nipigon)

Zone 7 (Geraldton / Terrace Bay / Manitouwadge / Wawa)

Zone 8 (Hearst / Chapleau / Cochrane / Timmins / Kirkland Lake)

Zone 10 (Sault Ste. Marie / Sudbury)

Zone 11 (North Bay / Nipissing)

Zone 13 (Lake Huron main basin)

Zone 14 (Georgian Bay / North Channel)

Zone 15 (Parry Sound / Bancroft / Pembroke / Algonquin)

Zone 17 (Peterborough / Kawartha Lakes)

Zone 18 (Eastern Ontario)

Zone 19 (Lake Erie)

Zone 20 (Lake Ontario)