New Brunswick Fish Stocking Programs

As discussed in my previous post, I recently e-mailed the NB Department of Natural Resources regarding the addition of new Ice Fishing waters for New Brunswick anglers and the delay in getting these additional waters open for this great winter activity.   Also in my inquiry to DNR was a request for some information about the fish stocking program in New Brunswick for trout and land locked salmon.   I am very pleased to say that a biologist at DNR was very forthcoming with information which I am very happy to share with you.

Updated late Dec with some additional information from DNR

The NB Fish stocking program, as many NB anglers are aware through the grapevine, did experience it's share of issues in 2012 and 2013 resulting in the loss of many of the brook trout that would have been used in the stocking program.   However, I was informed that in 2014 the program was able to get back to stocking it's previous brook trout targets starting in the Fall.    The targets as I was told is 60,000 fingerlings each Fall and 100,000 yearlings each Spring.    In fact, as of early last week there have been 80,000 fingerlings stocked in this Fall!    This is great news indeed!

The landlocked salmon facility which is contracted by DNR also experienced issues in 2013 resulting in loses, however in 2014 more than the target amount (46,000) of landlocked salmon were stocked and it is anticipated the full targets will again be reached in 2015.

As far as to which waters were stocked, see the list below.  I was told there may be additional waters added in 2015 though most (if not all) of those waters would be in Northern New Brunswick, so not really applicable to those of us here in the Southern part of the province.    I do not have the exact numbers for each lake/pond posted here, though that information for each of the past few years, can be found via the reports linked on this page.

I hope this information helps anyone curious about the stocking progam.    I encourage you to send any inquiries you have to the Department of Natural Resources, or if you prefer, feel free to ask me and if I can I'll be happy to look into things for you.

Update:  

Currently the program generally only stocks two sizes: fall fingerlings (less than 10 to 15 cm or, up to 5 inches) or spring yearlings (15 to 20 cm or ~7 inches). In terms of brook trout, most of the lakes stocked each fall are located in the northern part of the Province. These waters are more suitable to receiving smaller fish due to their species compositions (i.e. they have fewer competitors and/ or predators compared to many southern NB lakes).  Spring stocking of brook trout occurs mostly in lakes located in the southern part of the Province, as the larger size of the stocked fish allows for it to be able to compete and/ or avoid predation.

Stocked with Brook Trout in the Spring of 2014

Lake Name	County	Parish
Nashwaak Lake	Carleton	Aberdeen
Great Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Little Lake	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Middle Dam Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Round Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Sandy Cove Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Cundy Lake	Charlotte	Clarendon
Pickett Lake	Kings	Kingston
Thompson Lake	Madawaska	Clair
Chatham Reservoir [Morrison Cove]	Northumberland	Chatham
Nictau Lake	Restigouche	Eldon
Belledune Reservoir	Restigouche	Durham
Arnold Lake	Saint John	Saint Martins
Fisher Lakes	Saint John	Simonds
Taylor Lake	Saint John	Simonds
Theobald Lake	Saint John	Saint Martins
Roulston Lake	Victoria	Gordon
Morice Pond [Silver Lake]	Westmorland	Sackville
Killarney Lake	York	Douglas
Dwellys Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Long Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Sparks Lake	Charlotte	Pennfield
Baker Lake	Madawaska	Lac Baker
Island Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Lily Lake	Saint John	Simonds

Stocked with landlocked Salmon in the Spring of 2014

Lake Name	County	Parish
Clear Lake	Charlotte	Pennfield
East Long Lake	Charlotte	Clarendon
Baker Lake	Madawaska	Lac Baker
Unique Lake	Madawaska	Saint Francois
Serpentine Lake	Northumberland	Southesk
Grand Lake	Queens	Canning
Queens Lake	Queens	Petersville
Middle Tetagouche Lake	Restigouche	Colborne
Nictau Lake	Restigouche	Eldon
Upper Tetagouche Lake	Restigouche	Colborne
Loch Lomond	Saint John	Simonds
Harvey Lake	York	Manners Sutton
Oromocto Lake	York	Manners Sutton
Second Eel Lake	York	Canterbury
Skiff Lake	York	Canterbury
Yoho Lake	York	Kingsclear

Lakes traditionally stocked with Brook Trout
* Update:   DNR tries to stock all lakes in the list each year.  There is no odd/even split
* Boone is no longer stocked due to it's small size and access issues

Lake Name	County	Parish
Nashwaak Lake	Carleton	Aberdeen
Big Kedron Lake	Charlotte	Dumbarton
Boone Lake	Charlotte	Lepreau
Cundy Lake	Charlotte	Clarendon
Dwellys Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Goldsmiths Lake	Charlotte	Saint Croix
Great Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Little Lake	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Long Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Middle Dam Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Ormond Lake	Charlotte	Clarendon
Red Rock Lake	Charlotte	Pennfield
Round Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Sandy Cove Pond	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Sparks Lake	Charlotte	Pennfield
Wilson Lake	Charlotte	Grand Manan
Lac Saint Coeur	Gloucester	St. Isidore
Bass River Lake	Gloucester	Allardville
Pabineau Lake	Gloucester	Bathurst
Teagues Lake	Gloucester	Bathurst/ New Bandon
Clark Lake	Saint John	Saint Martins
Pickett Lake	Kings	Kingston
Baker Lake	Madawaska	Lac Baker
Lac Unique	Madawaska	Lac Baker
Bear Lake # 1 (Unnamed or Second Bear Lake)	Northumberland	Southesk
Bear Lake # 2 (Unnamed or Third Bear Lake)	Northumberland	Southesk
Blind Lake	Northumberland	Southesk
Estey Lake	Northumberland	Northesk
McKendrick Lake	Northumberland	Southesk
Morrison Cove/ Chatham Res.	Northumberland	Chatham
Mullen Stream Lake	Northumberland	Southesk
North Lake	Northumberland	Southesk
North Little River Lake	Northumberland	Northesk
Serpentine Lake	Northumberland	Southesk
Whitney Pond	Northumberland	Southesk
Trout Lake	Queens	Petersville
Antinouri Lake	Restigouche	Durham
Belldune Reservoir	Restigouche	Durham
Eightmile Lake	Restigouche	Saint-Quentin
Gounamitz Lake	Restigouche	Saint-Quentin
Head Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Indian Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Island Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Lower Tetagouche Lake	Restigouche	Durham
McDougall Lake	Restigouche	Saint-Quentin
Middle Tetagouche lake	Restigouche	Colborne
Murray Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Nictau Lake	Restigouche	Eldon
Popelogan Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Thompson Lake	Restigouche	Lac Baker
Tongue Lake	Restigouche	Balmoral
Upper Tetagouche Lake	Restigouche	Colborne
Wild Goose Lake	Restigouche	Saint-Quentin
Arnold Lake	Saint John	Saint Martins
Fisher Lakes	Saint John	Simonds
Lily Lake	Saint John	Simonds
Taylor Lake	Saint John	Simonds
Theobald Lake	Saint John	Saint Martins
Roulston Lake	Victoria	Gordon
Silver Lake/ Morice Pond	Westmorland	Sackville
Fish Lake	York	Dougals
Killarney Lake	York	Dougals

Lakes traditionally stocked with Landlocked Salmon

Year to Stock	Lake Name	County	Parish
Odd	Chamcook Lake	Charlotte	St. Croix
Even	Clear Lake	Charlotte	Pennfield
Odd	Digdeguash Lake	Charlotte	St. George
Even	East Long Lake	Charlotte	Clarendon
Odd	Gibson Lake	Charlotte	St. Croix
Odd	Lake Utopia	Charlotte	St. George
Odd	Little Chamcook Lake	Charlotte	St. Croix
Odd	Wheaton Lake	Charlotte	St. Patrick
Even	Baker Lake	Madawaska	Clair
Even	Unique Lake	Madawaska	St. Francois
Even	Serpentine Lake	Northumberland	Lorne
Annually	Grand Lake	Queens	Canning
Even	Queens Lake	Queens	Petersville
Even	Middle Tetagouche Lake	Restigouche	Colborne
Even	Nictau Lake	Restigouche	Addington
Even	Upper Tetagouche Lake	Restigouche	Colborne
Even	Loch Lomond	St. John	Simmonds
Even	Harvey Lake	York	Manners Sutton
Odd	Magaguadavic Lake	York	Prince William
Annually	Oromocto Lake	York	Manners Sutton
Even	Second Eel Lake	York	North Lake
Even	Skiff Lake	York	Canterbury
Even	Yoho Lake	York	Kingsclear