Stocked

Fisheries Management Zones

Zone 6 (Thunder Bay / Nipigon)

135 lakes and rivers in Zone 6 were stocked in the last ten years of MNRF data, 24 of them in 2026. 127 are in the 3–5 year sweet spot right now.

Worth fishing now

Lakes with significant stockings 2021–2023. Pick a species for the full ranked list.

  1. Black Sturgeon Lake
    Lake Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  2. Head Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  3. Sigh Lake
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  4. Loch Muich
    Haines · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  5. Sunset Lake
    Lismore · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  6. Adrian Lake
    Adrian · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  7. Float Lake
    Marks · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  8. Matson Lake
    Pardee · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  9. Thunder Lake
    Horne · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  10. Bell Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  11. Lismore Lake 1
    Lismore · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  12. Echo Lake
    Marks · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025

Species stocked in Zone 6

SpeciesLakesFish, 10 yrFish, 2026Sweet-spot lakes
Brook Trout1002,225,64240,13897
Lake Trout4432,2761004
Splake15213,4452,00012
Rainbow Trout1472,9324,20010
Brown Trout1345,8922,5009

Stocked in 2026 so far

Records that have appeared in MNRF data for 2026. MNRF publishes as required, so this list grows through the season.

LakeSpeciesStageFish
Sunset LakeBrook Troutyearlings7,000
Adrian LakeBrook Troutyearlings5,000
Himdick LakeBrook Troutyearlings3,000
Furcate LakeBrook Troutyearlings3,000
Wasp LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,500
Forrest LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,500
Scott LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,500
Little Hawkeye LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,500
Fall LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,500
McKecknie LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,500
Sandybeach LakeSplakeyearlings2,000
Hele Lake 22Brook Troutyearlings2,000
Unnamed LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,000
D'Arcy LakeBrown Troutyearlings2,000
Caribou LakeBrook Troutyearlings2,000
D'Arcy LakeRainbow Troutyearlings1,500
Sandybeach LakeRainbow Troutyearlings1,500
Rock LakeBrook Troutyearlings1,000
Strange Lake 81ERainbow Troutyearlings500
Uncle Al's LakeRainbow Troutyearlings500
Sandybeach LakeBrown Troutyearlings500
Pothole LakeRainbow Troutyearlings200
Adrian LakeBrook Troutadults138
Pass LakeLake Troutadults100

All stocked lakes in Zone 6

  1. Black Sturgeon Lake
    Lake Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  2. Head Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  3. Sigh Lake
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  4. Loch Muich
    Haines · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  5. Sunset Lake
    Lismore · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  6. Adrian Lake
    Adrian · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  7. Float Lake
    Marks · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  8. Matson Lake
    Pardee · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  9. Thunder Lake
    Horne · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  10. Bell Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  11. Lismore Lake 1
    Lismore · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  12. Echo Lake
    Marks · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  13. Aldina Lake
    Aldina · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  14. Hele Lake 22
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  15. Hele Lake 20
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  16. Keemle Lake
    Lake Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  17. Cavern Lake
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  18. Sitches Lake
    Ames · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  19. Thompson Lake
    Stirling · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  20. Malborne Lake
    Purdom · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2023
  21. Pass Lake
    Sibley · Lake Trout, Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  22. Chimney Lake
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  23. Inwood Lake
    Inwood · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  24. Goodmorning Lake South
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  25. Joan Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  26. Chub Lake
    Scoble · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  27. Tarrison Lake B
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  28. Fall Lake
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  29. Devon Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  30. Teardrop Lake
    Haines · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  31. Deer Lake
    Booth · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  32. Driftstone Lake
    Hele · Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  33. Hele Lake 9
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  34. McMaster Lake 79 (Hans's Lake)
    Mcmaster · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  35. Pasha Lake
    Walters · Lake Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  36. Shoepac Lake
    Nipigon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  37. Bateman Lake
    Conmee · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  38. Moonshine Lake
    Stirling · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2023
  39. Ranger Lake
    Marks · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  40. Danielle Lake
    Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  41. Bonner Lake
    Brown Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  42. Goodmorning Lake North
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  43. Little Head Lake
    Jean · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  44. Himdick Lake
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  45. Dayle Lake
    Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  46. Male Lake
    Purdom · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  47. Nipigon Lake 39
    Nipigon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  48. Stillwater Lake
    Nipigon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  49. Hartington Lake 2
    Hartington · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  50. Gold Lake
    Conmee · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  51. Sandybeach Lake
    Dorion · Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  52. Furcate Lake
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  53. Amanda Lake
    Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  54. Badger Lake
    Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  55. Blake's Lake
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  56. Little Addie Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  57. Caro Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  58. Tartan Lake
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  59. Jessica Lake
    Brown Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  60. Morrison Lake
    Fraleigh · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  61. Larrys Lake 3
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  62. Lizard Lake
    Lybster · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  63. Peridotite Lake
    Adrian · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  64. Caribou Lake
    Mctavish · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  65. Forrest Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  66. Wasp Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  67. Annette Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  68. Cockeram Lake 74 (Lorne's Lake)
    Cockeram · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  69. Dutchies Lake
    Stirling · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  70. Hele Lake 21
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  71. Marilyn Lake
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  72. Nipigon Lake 19
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  73. Nipigon Lake 34
    Nipigon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  74. Peter's Lake
    Hele · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  75. Stumbly Lake
    Brown Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  76. Birch Lake
    Hardwick · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  77. Larrys Lake 4
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  78. Larrys Lake 2
    Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  79. Strange Lake 81E
    Strange · Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  80. Dennis Lake
    Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  81. Moonshine 11 Lake
    Stirling · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  82. Moonshine 111 Lake
    Stirling · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  83. No Good Lake
    Booth · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  84. Downy Lake
    Lybster · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  85. West Arrow Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  86. Rock Lake
    Hardwick · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  87. Gordon Lake
    Devon · Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  88. Hartington Lake 1
    Hartington · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  89. Little Hawkeye Lake
    Fowler · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  90. McKecknie Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  91. Scott Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  92. Mallard Lake 2
    Hardwick · Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  93. Paul Lake
    Hardwick · Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  94. Tuesday Lake (Unnamed Lake)
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  95. Elbow Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  96. Lake Scott 2
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  97. Ursus Lake
    Macgregor · Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2022
  98. Sand North Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  99. Ten Minute Lake
    Marks · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  100. Lake Lauries 1
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  101. Lake Thompson 2
    Scoble · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  102. Hartington Lake 3
    Hartington · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  103. Twin Mountain Lake
    Fraleigh · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  104. Unnamed Lake
    Fowler · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  105. Mutt Lake
    Mctavish · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  106. Nunya Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  107. Shale Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  108. Grande Lake
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  109. MacDonalds Lake
    Dorion · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  110. Pothole Lake
    Lybster · Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2026
  111. Devonline Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  112. Lismore Lake 2
    Lismore · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  113. South Fallingsnow East Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  114. Five Minute Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  115. Goddard Lake
    Walters · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  116. Golding Lake
    Gorham · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  117. Liver Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  118. Paradise Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  119. Roll Lake
    Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  120. South Fallingsnow West Lake
    Devon · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  121. Crooked Birch Lake
    Brown Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  122. Jeff Lake
    Mctavish · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  123. Pocket Lake
    Glen · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2025
  124. Sunset Lake
    Mctavish · Brook Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  125. Jinx Lake A
    Lybster · Rainbow Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2021
  126. Lost Lake
    Dorion · Splake
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  127. Nibi Lake
    Brown Trout
    In the sweet spot
    last 2024
  128. D'Arcy Lake
    Mctavish · Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    Still growing
    last 2026
  129. Uncle Al's Lake
    Adrian · Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    Still growing
    last 2026
  130. Hades Lake
    Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    Still growing
    last 2025
  131. Lofquist Lake
    Nipigon · Brook Trout, Splake
    Still growing
    last 2025
  132. Wednesday Lake
    Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
    Still growing
    last 2025
  133. Dragonfly Lake
    Dorothea · Splake
    Still growing
    last 2024
  134. Marble Lake
    Conmee · Brook Trout
    Aging out
    last 2020
  135. South Castle Lake
    Hardwick · Brook Trout
    Aging out
    last 2020