Break the ‘ice-fishing blues’ by planning your 2010 spring fishing trip to Bracebridge and Huntsville area lakes. Search through this fish stocking list from the Ontario MNR. The list shows which lakes have been stocked by Lake Trout, Brook Trout , Brown Trout, Splake and Rainbow Trout in 2009.

Download the 2009 Fish Stocking List by clicking here. (PDF format – 2.5 mb)

Areas Included In This Fish Stocking List

What is encouraging to me is that many of the fishing haunts I have visited have been stocked within the the last 2 years. For example,

• Vernon lake was stocked with 5400 lake trout in 2008.
• Mary lake had 2200 lake trout added in 2009
• Elusive brown trout were added to the North Muskoka River (2000) and Beaver Creek (1500)  – both near Bracebridge

The MNR has asked that if you catch a “clipped” trout (lake trout and brook trout are tracked this way) that you record where you caught the marked fish and report which fin was clipped. This information can be shared with the biologists at the Bracebridge office:

Stephen Scholten
Fisheries Biologist
Bracebridge
(705) 646-5523
steve.scholten@ontario.ca