Essex County Ice Fishing

The table below lists the lakes and ponds in Essex County that are open to ice fishing. Please note that some waters are privately owned and it is the angler's responsibility to obtain the necessary permissions before fishing these waters.

Ice Fishing Seasons:

November 15 - April 30 - for those species in the General Angling Regulations for which there is no closed season or no minimum length.
November 15 - March 15 - for northern pike, pickerel, tiger muskellunge and walleye.

Three (3) hand lines and five (5) tip-ups may be used, except if noted in the Essex County Special Fishing Regulations. All tip-ups must be marked with the name and address of the operator; the operator must be present when lines (either tip-ups or hand lines) are in the water. Ice shanties must be marked on the outside with the owner's name and address in letters at least three inches high. Shanties must be removed from all waters by March 15.

Essex County Waters With Ice Fishing
Water	Town	Ownership	Species	Regulations
Balfour Lake	Minerva	Public/Private	SMB, YP, Pks, Bgs, BB	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Bartlett Pond	Moriah	Public	T. Musky, Pks, BS	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Berrymill Pond	Ticonderoga	Public	NP, YP, Pks	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Big Pond	Schroon	Public	NP, Rbs	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Bullet Pond	Schroon	Private	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Bumbo Pond	Schroon	Public	NP, YP, Pks	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Butternut Pond	Chesterfield	Private	NP, YP, Bgs	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Connery Pond	North Elba	Public	Spk, BT	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Crane Pond	Schroon	Public	LT, NP, YP	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Crowfoot Pond	Moriah	Public/Private	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Dudley Pond	Crown Point	Private	NP, YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Eagle Lake	Crown Point/ Ticonderoga	Public/Private	BT, WF, YP, Pks	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Flemming Pond	Crown Point	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Franklin Falls Flow	Franklin	Public/Private	NP, WAE, RB, YP, Pks	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Hammond Pond	North Hudson	Public	NP, YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Harris Lake	Newcomb	Public	NP, YP, WAE	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Horseshoe Pond (off Horseshoe Pond Road)	Schroon	Public/Private	YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Hudson River	Newcomb/ Minerva	Public/Private	LMB, SMB, NP	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Johnson Pond	Schroon/ North Hudson	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Lake Champlain	See Lake Champlain link at top of page			Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Lake Flower	North Elba	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Lake George	Ticonderoga	Public/Private	LT, LLS, RT, BT, NP, C.Pkl, BC, YP, Bgs, Pks	Special Fishing Regulatons apply
Lake Jimmy	Newcomb	Public	No data	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Lake Sally	Newcomb	Private	No data	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Letson Pond	Schroon	Private	C.Pkl	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Lincoln Pond	Elizabethtown	Public/Private	T. Musky, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Long Pond	Willsboro	Private	NP, Pks, BC, YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Malone (Russett) Pond	Elizabethtown	Public/Private	C.Pkl	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Mill Pond	Elizabethtown	Public	NP, YP, Pks, BC	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Minerva Lake	Minerva	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Moody Pond	North Elba/ St. Armand	Public/Private	BC, NP, Pks, RB, YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Moriah Pond	Moriah	Public	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Moxham Pond	Minerva	Private	NP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Mud Pond (1/2 mile W of Penfield Pond)	Crown Point	Private	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Muller Pond	Schroon	Public/Private	YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Newport Pond	Moriah	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
North Pond	Schroon	Public	Pks, NP	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Oseetah Lake	North Elba	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Overshot Pond	Crown Point	Private	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Paradox Lake	Schroon	Public	LT, RT, YP, Pks	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Parch Pond	Moriah	Private	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Peaked Hill Pond	Schroon	Public	YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Pine Pond	Moriah	Public	NP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Putnam Pond	Ticonderoga	Public	YP, NP, T. Musky, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Pyramid Pond	Schroon	Public/Private	YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Round Pond	Moriah	Public	YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Schroon Lake	Schroon	Public	LT, LLS, YP, S, C.Pkl, BC	Special Fishing Regulations apply
Sherman Lake	Crown Point	Private	C.Pkl, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Smith Pond	Moriah	Private	NP?	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Smokey (Murrey) Pond	Elizabethtown	Public	NP, YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Tanaher Pond	Elizabethtown	Public	NP, YP, Pks, BC	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Thurman Pond	Schroon	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Turtle Pond	North Elba	Public/Private	YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Wilcox Pond	Schroon	Private	Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Wolf Pond	North Elba	Private	YP	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Woodruff Pond	Newcomb	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply
Worcester Pond	Ticonderoga	Private	NP, YP, Pks	Statewide Fishing Regulations apply

Fish Species Key

BC - Black crappie
BB - Brown Bullhead
Bgs - Bluegill
BT - Brown trout
C.Pkl - Chain pickerel
LLS - Landlocked salmon
LMB - Largemouth bass
LT - Lake trout
NP - Northern pike
Pks - Pumpkinseed
Rbs - Redbreast sunfish
RB - Rock bass
RT - Rainbow trout
S - Smelt
SMB - Smallmouth bass
Spk - Splake
T. Musky - Tiger muskellunge
WAE - Walleye
WF - Lake whitefish
YP - Yellow perch