Fishing Spots in Hamilton 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. These waters are denoted with an asterisk. 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 Hamilton County
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Ale Pond	Morehouse	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Amos Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Barker Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bear Lake	Morehouse	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bear Pond	Arietta	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Beaverdam Pond	Morehouse	Ohio
Benedict Creek	Inlet	West Canada Lake
Bennett Lake	Hope	Harrisburg	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Big Rock Lake	Morehouse	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Black Mountain Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Blue Mountain Lake	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain
Bochen Lake	Morehouse	Ohio	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Brooktrout Lake	Inlet	West Canada Lake
Brown Lake	Arietta	Gloversville	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Buckhorn Ponds	Wells	Thirteenth Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bug Lake	Inlet	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Bullhead Pond	Indian Lake	Newcomb	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Canary Pond	Benson	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Carry Pond	Lake Pleasant	Indian Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Cascade Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Cat Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Cedar Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Center Pond	Indian Lake	Thirteenth Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Christian Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Chub Pond	Long Lake	Big Moose	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Clear Pond	Indian Lake	Thirteenth Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Cold Stream	Arietta	Lake Pleasant
Cooney Lake (Lost Lake)	Arietta	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Cranberry Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Crotched Pond	Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Deer Pond	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Dewitt Pond	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Dunning Brook	Wells	Lake Pleasant
Eagle Nest Pond	Inlet	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
First Lake (Essex Chain)	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Forked Lake	Arietta/Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Franks Pond	Arietta	Piseco Lake
G Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Grant Lake	Benson	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Grassy Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Hatchery Brook	Lake Pleasant	Indian Lake
Haymarsh Pond(s)	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
High Pond	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
High Rock Pond	Inlet	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Icehouse Pond	Inlet	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Iron Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Jennings Park Pond	Long Lake	Long Lake	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Jessup River	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant
Jockeybush Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
John Mack Pond	Indian Lake	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Johns Pond	Indian Lake	Thirteenth Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Kings Pond	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Chain Pond	Morehouse	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Moose Pond	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Rock Lake	Morehouse	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Little Tupper Lake	Long Lake	Tupper Lake	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Long Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lost Ponds	Inlet	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lower Sargent Pond	Arietta/Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
McCombs Pond	Wells	Thirteenth Lake
Metcalf Lake	Morehouse	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Middle Sargent Pond	Arietta	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Mosquito Pond	Long Lake	Long Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Mud Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Mud Lake	Wells	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Murphy Lake	Hope	Harrisburg	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Northrup Lake	Morehouse	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
North Upper Pine Pond	Wells	Indian Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Otter Brook	Morehouse	West Canada Lake
Otter Lake	Arietta	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Owl Pond	Arietta	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Owlshead Pond	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Panther Mountain Pond	Lake Pleasant	Indian Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Pea Pond	Morehouse	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Pillsbury Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Pine Lake	Indian Lake	Newcomb	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Pine Mountain Pond	Indian Lake	Newcomb	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Poor Lake	Morehouse	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Puddle Hole	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Queer Lake	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Raquette Lake	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Red Louse Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Rock Lake	Benson	Lake Pleasant	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Rock Pond	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Ross Pond	Indian Lake	Newcomb	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Round Lake	Long Lake	Tupper Lake	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
S. Br. West Canada Creek	Morehouse	Ohio
Sacandaga River	Wells	Indian Lake
Sampson Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Shallow Lake	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Silver Lake	Benson	Lake Pleasant
Slim Pond	Arietta	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Split Rock Lake	Morehouse	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
South Pond	Wells	Thirteenth Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
South Twin Pond	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
South Upper Pine Pond	Wells	Indian Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Spruce Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Squaw Lake	Morehouse	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Squirrel Pond	Indian Lake	Newcomb	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Stephens Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Sumner Stream	Inlet/Arietta	West Canada Lake
Tirrell Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Unknown Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Upper Haymarsh Ponds	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
W. Br. Sacandaga River	Wells	Indian Lake
West Canada Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
West Creek Lake	Morehouse	Piseco Lake
West Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Whitney Lake	Arietta	West Canada Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Wilson Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.

Top Fishing Waters

The tables below list the top fishing waters in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County Special Regulations page.

Top Fishing Waters for Brown Trout
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Special fishing regulations apply.
Middle Lake	Hope	Harrisburg	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Sacandaga Lake	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Special fishing regulations apply.
Sprague Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Stephens Pond	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.

Top Fishing Waters for Rainbow Trout
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Bullhead Pond	Indian Lake	Newcomb	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Eighth Lake	Inlet	Raquette Lake
Lake Eaton	Long Lake	Blue Mountain	Special fishing regulations apply.
Seventh Lake	Inlet	Old Forge/ Raquette Lake/ West Canada Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.

Top Fishing Waters for Lake Trout
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Blue Mt. Lake	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain	Special fishing regulations apply.
Eighth Lake	Inlet	Raquette Lake
Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Lake Eaton	Long Lake	Blue Mountain	Special fishing regulations apply.
Lake Lila	Long Lake	Tupper Lake/ Cranberry Lake/ Big Moose/ Raquette Lake	Special fishing regulations apply. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Piseco Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Raquette Lake	Long Lake	Raquette Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.

Top Fishing Waters for Splake
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Limekiln Lake	Inlet	Old Forge	Special fishing regulations apply.

Top Fishing Waters for Landlocked Salmon
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Blue Mt. Lake	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain
Eighth Lake	Inlet	Raquette Lake
Lake Eaton	Long Lake	Blue Mountain	Special fishing regulations apply.
Piseco Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.

In Hamilton 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	Regulations
Blue Mt. Lake	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain
Eighth Lake	Inlet	Raquette Lake
Forked Lake	Long Lake	Raquette Lake
Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Indian Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Lake Eaton	Long Lake	Blue Mountain
Lake Lila	Long Lake	Tupper Lake/ Cranberry Lake/ Big Moose/ Raquette Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant
Long Lake	Long Lake	Long Lake/Blue Mountain
Piseco Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake
Raquette Lake	Long Lake	Raquette Lake
Round Pond	Long Lake	Long Lake	Use or possession of bait fish prohibited.
Sacandaga Lake	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant
Seventh Lake	Inlet	Old Forge/ Raquette Lake/ West Canada Lake

Top Fishing Waters for Tiger Muskellunge
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name
Lake Durant	Indian Lake	Blue Mountain

Top Fishing Waters for Northern Pike
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name
Fourth Lake	Inlet	Big Moose
Long Lake	Long Lake	Long Lake/ Blue Mountain

Top Fishing Waters for Pickerel
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Good Luck Lake	Arietta	Lassellsville	Special fishing regulations apply.
Elm Lake	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant
Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Special fishing regulations apply.
Oxbow Lake	Lake Pleasant/ Arietta	Lake Pleasant	Special fishing regulations apply.
Piseco Lake	Arietta	Piseco Lake	Special fishing regulations apply.
Sacandaga Lake	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Special fishing regulations apply.

Top Fishing Waters for Walleye
Name of Water	Name of Township	15 Minute Quadrangle Name	Regulations
Great Sacandaga Lake	Benson	Harrisburg	Special fishing regulations apply.
Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant	Lake Pleasant