Region 5 (Northeastern New York) Fisheries Management and Research
The eastern Adirondacks and Lake Champlain have a great diversity of fisheries: Adirondack brook trout ponds, blue ribbon trout streams, and warm water lakes and rivers. To manage these abundant resources, DEC's Region 5 Fisheries Unit conducts various fisheries surveys. The reports on this page will help provide a greater in depth look at the fisheries resources and how they are managed.
Fisheries Dictionary
Download the Fisheries Management Dictionary (PDF) for definitions of commonly used technical terms in DEC Bureau of Fisheries reports.
Interagency Management Coordination
Lake Champlain
New York's Region 5 Fisheries Unit collaborates with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative (leaves DEC site) to coordinate management of fish populations within Lake Champlain, and to contribute to inter-agency plans and reports that describe and evaluate the status of fish stocks in this water system.
2023 State of the Lake Champlain Fisheries
View the 2023 State of The Lake Champlain Fisheries Presentation (leaves DEC site) for information on the latest restoration, research, assessment, and other work that has been accomplished on the lake over the past year, as well as work planned for the coming year. The presentation was recorded on March 25, 2023 at SUNY Plattsburgh, where Cooperative partners presented the status and trends of Lake Champlain's fisheries, as well as collected feedback and answered questions from anglers.
Management Plans
Lake Champlain Fisheries Strategic Plan (2020-2025) (PDF)
Lake Champlain Ice Fishing Creel Survey Plan (2021-2022) (PDF)
Lake Champlain Open-Water Access Point Creel Survey Plan (2021-2023) (PDF)
Big Panfish Initiative Study Plan (Saratoga Lake)
Inland Trout Stream Management Plan
Survey/Research Reports
Creel Surveys
Lake Champlain Ice Fishing Creel Survey Progress Report (2021) (PDF)
Comprehensive Surveys
Lake Champlain Fisheries Annual Report (2021) (PDF)
Lake Champlain Experimental Pen-Rearing of Atlantic Salmon (2022) (PDF)
Rare Fish Surveys
Boquet River Rare & Endangered Species Survey (2019) (PDF)
Little Green Pond Round Whitefish General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Little Green Pond Round Whitefish Egg Take Survey (2019) (PDF)
Warmwater Surveys
Lake Lauderdale Black Bass Survey (2017) (PDF)
Lake Lonely General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Moreau Lake General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Mud Lake General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Sacandaga Lake Percid (Walleye) Survey (2019) (PDF)
Coldwater Surveys
Avalanche Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Balsam Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Barton Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Bear Pond Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Bennett Lake Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Big Brown Brook Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Black Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Black Pond Brook Trout Brood Stock Monitoring (2017) (PDF)
Boreas Ponds Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Boquet River (North Fork) General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Boquet River (South Fork) General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Bullhead Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Burpee Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Canada Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Cascade Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Cayadutta Creek Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Chubb River Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Cold Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Cotters Pond Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Crotched Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
DeBraine Lake Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Deer Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Echo Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Fishbrook Pond Brook Trout Egg Take (2019) (PDF)
Green Pond General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Grizzle Ocean General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Hatch Pond Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Henderson Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
High Rock Pond Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Hoisington Brook Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Indian Lake Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Inman Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Kibby Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Kitfox Pond General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Klondike Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lake Champlain Steelhead Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lake Colden Fisheries and Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lake Pleasant General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Little Black Brook Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Little Black Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Little Green Pond Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Little Long Pond General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Long Pond Brook Trout Egg Take Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lost Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lower Mitchell Pond Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Middle Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Middle Loomis Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Middle Sargent Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Murphy Lake General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Otter Pond (North) General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Otter Pond (South) General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Pettigrew Brook Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Phelps Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Preston Pond (Lower) General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Preston Pond (Upper) General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Raquette Lake Broodstock Monitoring Survey (2019) (PDF)
Roaring Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Rock Pond General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Second Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Silver Lake General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Silver Lake Wilderness Trout Power Angling Survey (2019) (PDF)
Stevens Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Slide Brook General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Tom Peck Pond General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Unknown Pond (UH-P658) Brook Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
Unnamed Stream Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Unnamed Stream Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Unnamed Stream General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Unnamed Water General Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Upper Spectacle Pond Trout Survey (2017) (PDF)
West Branch Ausable River Survey (2017) (PDF)
White Lily Pond Biological Survey (2017) (PDF)
Water Chemistry Surveys
Black Pond Snowmelt Water Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Broomstick Lake Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
County Line Lake Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Deep Lake Chemistry Surveys (2019) (PDF)
Falls Pond Chemistry Surveys (2019) (PDF)
Heart Lake Snowmelt Water Chemistry (2019) (PDF)
High Pond Snowmelt Water Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Indian Lake Water Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lake Colden Tributaries Water Chemistry General Biological Survey (2019) (PDF)
Limed Waters Survey (2019) (PDF)
Lost Pond Snowmelt Water Chemistry (2019) (PDF)
Meco Lake Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
T Lake Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Trout Pond Snowmelt Water Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Water Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
Water Chemistry Survey (2019) (PDF)
