Shah Lake appears to be just under 60 ha in surface area and is not stocked, so it might be against forum rules to discuss trout there, or by a broader read of the rules, native fishes in general. Though I wonder if the fish location rule is more about discussing the quality of a fishery, since the mere presence of certain species is easily available info for many lakes.

In any case it's a bit of a moot point with Shah, since I don't think there are any trout there and as far as I know there aren't any game fish species. Maybe some perch or sunfish? Like Peek, I wouldn't rule out there being fish in the lake just because there are none listed in the Fish ON-Line entry -- the entry also lacks basic size and depth info for the lake, so I assume it was just never surveyed by the MNR, rather than surveyed and found barren. But at the same time, if there were trout there I feel like we'd know through various sources, and the lake's location makes it unlikely that there are other large game species there.

Not impossible that there's a sucker-burbot food chain churning up the bottom of the lake, though. I'd be interested to find out if anyone knows.

Thanks for the responses. Much appreciated.

What, yellow perch aren't sport fish?




Many APP lakes and ponds are too shallow to sustain trout because oxygen levels drop down to below lethal levels... YP OTOH are able to survive low oxygen better than most other fish species and maybe in some lakes have become dominant and are worth fishing for. Difficult to say since nobody seems to be going for them.