Holmes Lake fishing

Fishing at Holmes Lake has Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in September and October. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 1, 2025

Plants on record

14

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.3 in

Elevation

1,845 ft

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How Holmes Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of September. In 2025 it was September 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Fish at Holmes Lake

Fishing Holmes Lake is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 14 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 14 plants
Plants
14 of 14
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
4.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fishing Holmes Lake

Holmes Lake has long been considered an exclusive fishery. The Pratt family of New York maintained these fishing rights. They leased these rights from the provincial government, extending to the headwaters of the Little Southwest Miramichi River.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,0002011
  • 7002012
  • 5002013
  • 1,5002014
  • 1,5002015
  • 1,5002017
  • 1,2002018
  • 1,8002019
  • 9702020
  • 1,5002021
  • 6002022
  • 6002023
  • 6002024
  • 6002025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 600 4 in report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 600 4 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 600 4.1 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 600 4 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 1,500 4.1 in report
October 1, 2020 Brook Trout 970 4.7 in report
October 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,800 4.3 in report
October 1, 2018 Brook Trout 1,200 4.6 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 1,500 5 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 1,500 4.4 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 1,500 3.8 in report
September 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 4.1 in report
November 1, 2012 Brook Trout 700 4.2 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 1,000 4.8 in report

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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