Franklin County Ice Fishing

The table below lists the lakes and ponds in Franklin 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.

Two (2) hand lines and five (5) tip-ups may be used, except if noted in the Special Regulations section. 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.

Note: Special regulations apply to waters with links.

Franklin County Waters With Ice Fishing
Water	Town	Ownership	Species
Baker Pond	Brighton	Public	NP, Pks
Black Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Brandy/Mosquito Pond	Santa Clara	Public	YP?
Buck Pond	Franklin	Public	NP, YP
Buck Pond	Duane	Private	NP, YP
Church Pond	Brighton	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Church Pond	Santa Clara	Private	YP, Pks
Clear Pond	Brighton	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Clear Pond	Waverly	Private	NP
Copperas Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP
Deer Pond	Waverly	Private	NP, YP
Deer River Flow	Duane	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
East Pine Pond	Santa Clara/ Tupper Lake	Public	BC, Pks, YP
First Pond	Harrietstown	Public	YP, NP
Fish Creek Ponds	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Floodwood Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Follensby Clear Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks, S
Franklin Falls Flow	Franklin	Public/Private	NP, YP, WAE, RB, Pks
Gourdshell Ponds	Duane	Public	NP, YP
Hay Meadow Pond	Tupper Lake	Private	NP, YP, Pks
Horseshoe Pond	Duane	Private	NP, YP, Pks
Indian Lake	Bellmont	Private	NP, YP, Pks
Jones Pond	Brighton	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Kiwassa Lake	Harrietstown	Public/Private	NP, YP, WAE
Lake Clear	Harrietstown	Public/Private	BT, NP, YP, S, LLS
Lake Clear Outlet (Mill Pond)	Harrietstown	Public/Private	NP, YP
Lake Colby	Franklin	Public	BT, RT, LLS, YP, Pks
Lake Duane	Duane	Private	NP, YP, Pks
Lake Flower	Harrietstown	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Lake Frances	Malone	Private	NP, YP, Pks
Lake Titus	Malone	Private	YP
Lead Pond	Tupper Lake	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Little Colby Pond	Franklin	Public/Private	YP, Pks
Little Rainbow Lake	Santa Clara	Public	YP
Little Square Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks, S
Little Weller Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP
Little Willis Pond	Tupper Lake	Private	YP, Pks
Little Wolf Pond	Tupper Lake	Public/Private	WAE, NP, YP, Pks
Loon Lake	Franklin	Private	NP, YP, Pks
Lower Chateaugay Lake	Chateaugay	Public	YP, Pks, NP
Lower County Line Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, Pks
Lower St. Regis Lake	Brighton	Private	NP, YP
Lower Saranac Lake	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP, S, WAE, RB
McCauley Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP, Pks
McCollum Pond	Brighton	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Meacham Lake	Duane	Public	Spk, NP, YP, Pks, LLS, S
Middle County Line Pond	Harrietstown	Public	Pks
Middle Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Middle Saranac Lake	Franklin	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Morette Pond	Santa Clara	Public	Pks
Mountain View Lake	Bellmont	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Mud Pond	Brighton	Private	YP, Pks
Mud Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Oregon Pond	Franklin	Public/Private	YP
Oseetah Lake	Harrietstown	Public/Private	NP, YP
Osgood Pond	Franklin	Public/Private	NP, YP
Pickerel Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP
Piercefield Flow	Piercefield	Private	WAE, NP, YP, Pks
Rainbow Lake/ Rainbow Narrows	Brighton	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks, WAE
Raquette Pond	Tupper Lake	Public	WAE, NP, YP, Pks
Rock Pond	Tupper Lake	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Roll Bank Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP
Rollins Pond	Santa Clara	Public/Private	NP, Pks, S
Santa Clara Flow	Santa Clara	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Second Pond	Harrietstown	Public	YP, NP
Simon Pond	Tupper Lake	Public/Private	NP, YP, WAE, Pks, LT, LLS
Spitfire Lake	Brighton	Private	YP, Pks, NP
Square Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Stony Creek Ponds	Harrietstown	Public/Private	WAE, NP, YP, Pks
Tamarack Pond	Harrietstown	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Tiff Pond	Harrietstown	Private	NP
Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake	Public	LT, NP, WAE, WF, YP, Pks, S
Union Falls Flow	Franklin	Public/Private	WAE, NP, YP
Upper Saranac Lake	Harrietstown/ Santa Clara	Public/Private	S, NP, YP
Upper St. Regis Lake	Harrietstown/ Brighton	Public/Private	NP,YP, Pks, S
Weller Pond	Santa Clara	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Woodbury Pond	Tupper Lake	Private	NP, YP, Pks

All Franklin County waters: yellow perch and sunfish - all year; any size; any number.

The use, or possession for use, of alewife and blueback herring as baitfish is prohibited in all Franklin County waters.

Fish Species Key

BC - Black crappie
BT - Brown trout
LLS - Landlocked salmon
LMB - Largemouth bass
LT - Lake trout
NP - Northern pike
Pks - Pumpkinseed
RB - Rock bass
RT - Rainbow trout
S - Smelt
SMB - Smallmouth bass
Spk - Splake
WAE - Walleye
WF - Lake whitefish
YP - Yellow perch

Ice Fishing Special Regulations for Franklin County
Water	Species	Season	Length	Limit	Method
Lake Clear, Meacham Lake	LLS	All year	15"	3	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Clear, Meacham Lake	Trout*	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Tupper Lake	LT	All year	21"	3	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Colby	Trout	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
	LLS	All year	15"	3
	LMB,SMB	3rd Sat in June-Nov 30	Any	5
Upper Saranac Lake	LT	Apr 1-Oct 15	23"	3	Ice fishing Permitted Tip-ups prohibited
Upper Saranac Lake	Trout	Apr 1-Oct 15	Any	5	Ice fishing Permitted Tip-ups prohibited
Follensby Clear Pond	LLS	Apr 1-Oct 15	15"	3	Tip-ups prohibited
Franklin Falls Flow, Lower Saranac Lake, Rainbow Lake	WAE	1st Sat in May-Mar 15	18"	3	Ice fishing permitted
Square Pond, Rollins Pond	LLS	Apr 1-Oct 15	15"	3	Ice fishing permitted
Square Pond, Rollins Pond	LT	Apr 1-Oct 15	21"	3	Ice fishing permitted

*Trout = brook, brown and rainbow; and hybrids of these species; and splake

Additional Ice Fishing Special Regulations for Franklin County

For Lower County Line Pond, Middle County Line Pond and Pickerel Pond, ice fishing is permitted but use or possession of baitfish is prohibited.