Hamilton County Ice Fishing

The table below lists the lakes and ponds in Hamilton 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.

Hamilton County Waters With Ice Fishing
Water	Town	Ownership	Species
Adirondack Lake	Indian Lake	Public/Private	NP, YP, Pks
Big Bad Luck Pond	Indian Lake	Public	NP, YP, Pks
Blue Mountain Lake	Indian Lake	Public/Private	LT, WF, S, ST
Brandreth Lake	Long Lake	Private	WF
Catlin Lake	Long Lake	Private	YP, Pks
Charley Lake	Wells	Private	C.Pkl, Pks, RB
Chubb Lake	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl, YP
Clock Mill Pond	Arietta	Public	Pks, C.Pkl
Corner Pond	Long Lake	Public/Private	Pks, YP
Duck Bay (portion of Sacandaga River)	Lake Pleasant	Private	YP, C.Pkl
Eagle Lake	Indian Lake	Private	YP, Pks, ST
East Stoner Lake	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl, Pks, YP
Echo Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	YP, Pks, C.Pkl, WAE
Eldon Lake	Long Lake	Public	Pks, YP
Elm Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	C.Pkl, YP
Fall Lake	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl, YP
Fawn Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public	LT, YP, C.Pkl
Forked Lake	Long Lake	Public/Private	LT, ST, WF, YP
Fourth Lake	Inlet	Public/Private	S, RT, LLS, LT, RB, Pks, YP, ST
Gilman Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	RT, YP, S
Good Luck Lake	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl, YP, Pks
Grampus Lake	Long Lake	Private	S, YP
Great Sacandaga Lake	Hope	Public/Private	BT (occasional), WAE, NP, YP, Pks, RT, BC, C
Hudson River	Indian Lake	Public/Private	BT, SMB, LMB, NP
Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Public/Private	WF, LT, YP, LLS, NP, RB, BT, ST, S
Indian River	Indian Lake	Public/Private	NP, LT, WF, Pks, BT, ST, RT
Lake Abanakee (Indian River)	Indian Lake	Public/Private	NP, WF, LT, Pks, YP, BT
Lake Algonquin	Wells	Public/Private	Pks, C.Pkl, YP, WAE
Lake Durant	Indian Lake	Public/Private	YP, Pks, T.Musky
Lake Eaton	Long Lake	Public/Private	S, WF, LT, LLS, YP, RT, BT
Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	WF, RT, BT, YP, Pks, WAE, S
Lewey Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	Pks, WF, NP, YP, BT, LT, LLS, S
Lily Lake	Lake Pleasant	Private	YP, C.Pkl
Limekiln Lake	Inlet	Public/Private	Spk, YP, RB, Pks
Little Bad Luck Lake	Indian Lake	Public/Private	YP, Pks
Little Slim Pond	Long Lake	Private	YP, Pks
Little Trout Pond	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl
Long Lake (near Village of Long Lake)	Long Lake	Public/Private	YP, NP, Pks
Lost Pond (7.5 miles south of Spy Lake)	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl
Lower Browns Tract Pond	Inlet	Public	YP, Pks
Mason Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public	YP
Mud Lake (1 mile south of Spy Lake)	Arietta	Public	YP
Mud Lake (1 mile south of Sacandaga Lake)	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	C.Pkl, YP, Pks
Mud Pond (drains into Vly Lake, Fall Stream)	Arietta	Public	Pks, YP, C.Pkl
Mud Pond (3 miles north of Long Lake Village)	Long Lake	Public	YP, Pks
North Pine Lake	Wells	Private	Pks, YP
Oxbow Lake	Arietta/Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	YP, C.Pkl, Pks
Piseco Lake	Arietta	Public/Private	LT, YP, WF, S, LLS
Raquette Lake	Long Lake	Public/Private	LT, ST, S, YP, WF, LLS
Rock Lake (3 miles east of Lake Durant)	Indian Lake	Public	Pks, YP, T.Musky
Rock Lake (1 mile south of Clockmill Pond)	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl, Pks
Rock Pond or McRorie Lake (4.5 miles north of Long Lake Village)	Long Lake	Public/Private	YP, Pks, RBS
Rock Pond (1 mile south of Blue Mtn. Lake)	Indian Lake	Public	Pks, YP, T.Musky
Sacandaga Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public/Private	Pks, C.Pkl, YP, WAE, BT, RT, S
Sand Lake (3 miles south of Piseco Lake)	Arietta	Public	YP, C.Pkl, Pks
Seventh Lake	Inlet	Public/Private	RT, LT, YP, LLS, ST
Sixth Lake	Inlet	Public/Private	WF, RT, YP
Slim Pond	Long Lake	Private	YP, Pks
Sound Lake	Lake Pleasant	Public	C.Pkl, YP, Pks
South Pine Lake	Lake Pleasant/Wells	Private	C.Pkl, YP, Pks
South Pond (4 miles north of Blue Mtn. Lake)	Long Lake	Public/Private	LT, ST, YP
Spy Lake	Arietta	Public/Private	Pks, YP
Stony Pond	Long Lake	Private	YP
Stony Step Pond	Indian Lake	Public	YP, Pks
Trout Lake	Arietta	Public	C.Pkl
Upper Browns Tract Pond	Inlet	Public	YP, Pks
Utowana Lake	Indian Lake	Private	Pks, YP
Vly Lake	Lake Pleasant/Arietta	Public	C.Pkl, YP
Whitaker Lake	Lake Pleasant	Private	YP, Pks
Willis Lake	Wells	Public/Private	Pks, YP
Wood's Lake	Benson	Public/Private	Pks, C.Pkl, YP

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

All Hamilton County waters: Pickerel - 1st Saturday in May - March 15, any size, limit of 5

Fish Species Key

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

Ice Fishing Special Regulations for Hamilton County
Water	Species	Season	Length	Limit	Method
Lake Abanakee	LT	All year	Any	3	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Abanakee	Trout*	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Indian River (Town of Indian Lake)	Trout	All year	Any	5
Adirondack Lake	NP	1st Sat in May-Mar 15	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Limekiln Lake, Great Sacandaga Lake	Trout	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Pleasant, Sacandaga Lake	Trout	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Pleasant, Sacandaga Lake	LLS	All year	15"	3	Ice fishing permitted
Blue Mt. Lake, Eagle Lake, Forked Lake, Gilman Lake, South Pond, Utowana Lake	LT	All year	21"	3	Ice fishing permitted
	Trout	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Piseco Lake	LT	All year	21"	2	Ice fishing permitted
Piseco Lake	LLS	All year	18"	2	Ice fishing permitted
Fourth Lake of Fulton Chain	LT	All year	21"	3	Ice fishing permitted
	Trout	All year	9"	5
	LLS	All year	15"	3
Hudson River	LMB, SMB	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Hudson River	Trout	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Indian Lake (Town of Indian Lake), Lake Eaton, Raquette Lake, Lewey Lake	LT	All year	21"	2	Ice fishing permitted
	LLS	All year	15"	3
	Trout	All year	Any	5
Sixth Lake, Seventh Lake	LT	All year	18"	3	Ice fishing permitted
	LLS	All year	15"	3
	Trout	All year	Any	5
Fawn Lake	LT	Apr 1-Oct 15	18"	3	Tip-ups prohibited
Lake Algonquin	Trout	All year	Any	5	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Algonquin	WAE	1st Sat in May-Mar 15	18"	3	Ice fishing permitted

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

Additional Ice Fishing Special Regulations for Hamilton County
Water	Special Regulations
Sacandaga Lake tributaries and outlet, Lake Pleasant tributaries	Fishing prohibited from March 16 until the opening of walleye season in May
Great Sacandaga Lake tributaries from lake upstream to 1st highway bridge, except the Sacandaga River and West Stony Creek from lake upstream to the 1st crossing of Route 30	Fishing prohibited from March 16 until the opening of walleye season in May
Big Bad Luck Pond, Lost Pond, Mud Lake, Upper Browns Tract Pond	Use or possession of baitfish prohibited. Ice fishing permitted
Fawn Lake	All fishing prohibited October 16 - March 31