Fishing Spots in Franklin County

The table below is a list of brook trout waters in this county. The accompanying map is to help locate Towns listed in the table.

Note that some waters have prohibitions on the use or possession of bait fish. Unwanted introductions of minnows/bait fish are a primary factor in the decline of brook trout fisheries, please adhere to these regulations where applicable.

Brook Trout Waters in Franklin County
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Ampersand Brook	Harrietstown	Long Lake
Bear Pond	Santa Clara/ Harrietstown	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Benz Pond	Waverly/ Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bessie Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bickford Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Black Pond	Brighton	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Black Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Black Pond	Waverly	Santa Clara	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bone Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Chateaugay River	Chateaugay	Chateaugay
Clamshell Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Cold Brook	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake
Conley Line Pond	Harrietstown/ Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Dawson Pond	Harrietstown	Tupper Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Debar Pond	Duane	Loon Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Duell Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Develin Brook	Bangor	Malone
Dry Lake	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Duane Stream	Duane	Loon Lake
Duck Hole Pond	Harrietstown	Santanoni	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
East Pond	Tupper Lake	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Echo Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Federation Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Grass Pond	Harrietstown	Santa Clara	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Grass Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Green Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Hope Pond	Franklin	Loon Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Horseshoe Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Ingraham Stream	Bellmont	Chateaugay
Kitfox Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lindsey Pond	Harrietstown	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Ampersand Pond	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Black Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Hope Pond	Franklin	Loon Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Long Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Pine Pond	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake
Little Polliwog Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Trout River	Bellmont/ Constable/ Burke	Malone/ Chateaugay
Long Pond	Brighton	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Long Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Long Pond	Waverly	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Loon Pond	Brighton	Saranac Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lost Pond	Brighton	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lydia Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Malone Village Ice Pond	Malone	Malone	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Marble River	Chateaugay	Chateaugay
McBride Brook	Dickinson	Moira
Meadow Pond	Harrietstown	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Mountain Pond	Brighton	St. Regis	Special fishing regulations exist Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Mountain Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Mountain Pond	Harrietstown	Santanoni	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
N. Br. Saranac River	Franklin	Saranac Lake
Nellie Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Ochre Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Osgood River	Brighton	St. Regis
Owl Pond	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Palmer Pond	Harrietstown	Long Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Panther Pond	Harrietstown	Long Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Rock Pond	Harrietstown	Long Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Saint Germain Pond	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Skiff Pond	Duane	Loon Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Sky Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Slush Pond	Brighton	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Sumner Brook	Franklin	Bloomingdale
Sunday Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Sunrise Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Track Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Tuesday Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Twelfth Tee Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Two Bridge Brook	Harrietstown	Bloomingdale
Upper Spectacle Pond	Brighton	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Webb Brook	Bellmont	Malone
West Pine Pond	Tupper Lake	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Whey Pond	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Special fishing regulations exist Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.

Top Fishing Waters

The tables below list the top fishing waters in Franklin County for species other than brook trout. These tables are meant to display only quality fishing opportunities, not to be a comprehensive list like the brook trout table. These waters can be seen graphically on the Top Fishing Waters Map.

Please note that Special Regulations apply to some of the top fishing waters. These waters have links to the Franklin County Special Regulations page.

Top Fishing Waters for Brown Trout
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Chateaugay River	Chateaugay	Chateaugay
Deer Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Special fishing regulations exist
Deer River	Dickinson	Santa Clara/ Nicholville
Lake Colby	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Special fishing regulations exist
Little Salmon River	Brandon/Bangor	Moira
Polliwog Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Rat Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Salmon River	Malone/ Westville	Malone
Trout River	Bellmont	Malone/ Chateaugay

Top Fishing Waters for Rainbow Trout

Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Chateaugay River	Chateaugay	Chateaugay
Horseshoe Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lake Colby	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Special fishing regulations exist
Little Long Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Salmon River	Malone/ Westville	Malone
St Regis River	Brighton/ Waverly/ Dickinson	Santa Clara/ Nicholville
Whey Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Special fishing regulations exist Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.

Top Fishing Waters for Splake
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Boy Scout Clear Pond	Duane	Santa Clara
Debar Pond	Duane	Loon Lake
Green Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Long Pond	Santa Clara	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Meacham Lake	Duane	Santa Clara	Special fishing regulations exist
St Regis Pond	Brighton	St Regis	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.

Top Fishing Waters for Landlocked Salmon
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Debar Pond	Duane	Loon Lake
Follensby Clear Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis	Special fishing regulations exist
Hoel Pond	Santa Clara	St. Regis
Lake Clear	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Special fishing regulations exist
Lake Colby	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Special fishing regulations exist

In Franklin County - NO catch and release bass fishing (smallmouth and largemouth) is allowed during the closed season for bass.

Top Fishing Waters for Smallmouth Bass
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name
Lower Chateaugay Lake	Chateaugay	Chateaugay
Meacham Lake	Duane	Santa Clara
Rollins Pond	Santa Clara	Upper Saranac Lake
Saranac Lakes Chain	Harrietstown/ Santa Clara	Saranac Lake/ St Regis
Saint Regis Lakes Chain	Harrietstown/ Brighton	St Regis
Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake/ Long Lake
Union Falls Flow	Franklin	Lake Placid/ Lyon Mountain

Top Fishing Waters for Largemouth Bass
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Indian Lake	Bellmont	Loon Lake
Lake Clear Outlet	Harrietstown	St Regis
Lake Colby	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake	Special fishing regulations exist
Middle Saranac Lake	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake
Mountain View Lake	Bellmont	Loon Lake
Oseetah Lake	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake
Saint Regis Lakes Chain	Harrietstown/Brighton	St Regis

Top Fishing Waters for Northern Pike
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name
Lake Clear	Harrietstown	St Regis/ Saranac Lake
Lake Flower	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake
Meacham Lake	Duane	Santa Clara
Mountain View Lake	Bellmont	Loon Lake
Oseetah Lake	Harrietstown	Saranac Lake
Raquette Pond	Tupper Lake	Long Lake
Santa Clara Flow	Santa Clara	Santa Clara
Saranac Lakes Chain	Harrietstown/ Santa Clara	Saranac Lake/ St Regis
Saint Regis Lakes Chain	Harrietstown/ Brighton	St Regis
Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake/ Long Lake
Union Falls Flow	Franklin	Lake Placid/ Lyon Mountain

Top Fishing Waters for Walleye
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Franklin Falls Flow	Franklin	Lake Placid	Special fishing regulations exist
Rainbow Lake	Franklin	Loon Lake
Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake	Tupper Lake/ Long Lake
Union Falls Flow	Franklin	Lake Placid/ Lyon Mountain