Lakes / New York / Fish Species / Bluegill

New York Lakes With Bluegill

126 counted New York lakes list Bluegill in New York State DEC records. The largest is Seneca Lake at 43,343 acres. The deepest of them is Seneca Lake at 618 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Seneca Lake	Ontario, Yates, Seneca, Schuyler	43,343 acres	618 ft
2	Cayuga Lake	Cayuga	42,956 acres	435 ft
3	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	13,156 acres	75 ft
4	Keuka Lake	Yates, Steuben	11,584 acres	183 ft
5	Canandaigua Lake	Ontario, Yates	10,558 acres	276 ft
6	Skaneateles Lake	Onondaga, Cortland, Cayuga	8,960 acres	300 ft
7	Black Lake	St. Lawrence	7,593 acres	40 ft
8	Otsego Lake	Otsego	4,046 acres	167 ft
9	Saratoga Lake	Saratoga	3,762 acres	-
10	Conesus Lake	Livingston	3,420 acres	66 ft
11	Sodus Bay	Wayne	3,357 acres	48 ft
12	Onondaga Lake	Onondaga	2,944 acres	60 ft
13	Canadarago Lake	Otsego	1,944 acres	44 ft
14	Otisco Lake	Onondaga	1,877 acres	76 ft
15	Honeoye Lake	Ontario	1,772 acres	30 ft
16	Tomhannock Reservoir	Rensselaer	1,720 acres	50 ft
17	Irondequoit Bay	Monroe	1,660 acres	73 ft
18	Cazenovia Lake	Madison	1,164 acres	45 ft
19	Schoharie Reservoir	Schoharie	1,112 acres	120 ft
20	West Branch Reservoir	Putnam	1,061 acres	52 ft
21	Butterfield Lake	Jefferson	962 acres	50 ft
22	Silver Lake	Wyoming	836 acres	37 ft
23	Cossayuna Lake	Washington	661 acres	25 ft
24	Canadice Lake	Ontario	649 acres	95 ft
25	Lamoka Lake	Schuyler	588 acres	40 ft
26	Rushford Lake	Allegany	585 acres	115 ft
27	Amawalk Reservoir	Westchester	564 acres	77 ft
28	DeRuyter Reservoir	Madison	557 acres	55 ft
29	East Branch Reservoir	Putnam	525 acres	62 ft
30	Millsite Lake	Jefferson	469 acres	75 ft
31	Port Bay	Wayne	460 acres	28 ft
32	Cuba Lake	Allegany	445 acres	46 ft
33	Rio Reservoir	Sullivan	422 acres	80 ft
34	Copake Lake	Columbia	410 acres	34 ft
35	Middle Branch Reservoir	Putnam	395 acres	62 ft
36	Cayuta Lake	Schuyler	380 acres	26 ft
37	Burden Lake	Rensselaer	374 acres	37 ft
38	Red Lake	Jefferson	366 acres	47 ft
39	Goodyear Lake	Otsego	366 acres	30 ft
40	Yellow Lake	St. Lawrence	364 acres	13 ft
41	Tuscarora Lake	Madison	308 acres	40 ft
42	Lake Sebago	Rockland	297 acres	37 ft
43	Findley Lake	Chautauqua	292 acres	37 ft
44	Lake Tiorati	Orange	292 acres	62 ft
45	Rockland Lake	Rockland	279 acres	37 ft
46	Otter Lake	Cayuga	277 acres	14 ft
47	Ballston Lake	Saratoga	274 acres	-
48	Moon Lake	Jefferson	243 acres	20 ft
49	Lake Ronkonkoma	Suffolk	243 acres	65 ft
50	Basic Creek Reservoir	Albany	239 acres	16 ft
51	Jamesville Reservoir	Onondaga	224 acres	35 ft
52	Cranberry Pond	Monroe	222 acres	-
53	Duck Lake	Franklin	213 acres	20 ft
54	Sturgeon Pool	Ulster	194 acres	93 ft
55	Lake Welch	Rockland	182 acres	33 ft
56	Fort Pond	Suffolk	181 acres	-
57	Hyde Lake	Jefferson	179 acres	25 ft
58	Buck Pond	Monroe	174 acres	-
59	Lake of the Woods	Jefferson	172 acres	80 ft
60	Lake Taghkanic	Columbia	168 acres	40 ft
61	East Bay	Wayne	160 acres	10 ft
62	Lime Lake	Cattaraugus	159 acres	38 ft
63	Queechy Lake	Columbia	141 acres	40 ft
64	Chenango Lake	Chenango	133 acres	30 ft
65	Morningside Lake	Sullivan	130 acres	12 ft
66	Sixberry Lake	Jefferson	123 acres	90 ft
67	Mongaup Pond	Sullivan	122 acres	11 ft
68	Thompsons Lake	Albany	120 acres	60 ft
69	Walton Lake	Orange	117 acres	68 ft
70	Bear Lake	Chautauqua	114 acres	35 ft
71	Hundred Acre Pond	Monroe	112 acres	-
72	Snyders Lake	Rensselaer	108 acres	39 ft
73	Dryden Lake	Tompkins	106 acres	12 ft
74	Mongaup Falls Reservoir	Sullivan	103 acres	32 ft
75	South Colwell Pond	Jefferson	102 acres	8 ft
76	Labrador Pond	Onondaga, Cortland	102 acres	5 ft
77	Canopus Lake	Putnam	100 acres	19 ft
78	Lebanon Reservoir	Madison	96 acres	45 ft
79	Meadow Lake	Queens	95 acres	-
80	Glenwood Lake	Orleans	93 acres	44 ft
81	Lake Superior	Sullivan	90 acres	-
82	Wilber Lake	Otsego	89 acres	40 ft
83	Guilford Lake	Chenango	70 acres	70 ft
84	Lake Como	Cayuga	70 acres	20 ft
85	Hook Pond	Suffolk	64 acres	-
86	Big Fresh Pond	Suffolk	64 acres	-
87	Arnold Lake	Otsego	64 acres	60 ft
88	Chodikee Lake	Ulster	63 acres	20 ft
89	Allen Lake	Allegany	58 acres	19 ft
90	Collins Lake	Schenectady	56 acres	30 ft
91	Prospect Park Lake	Kings	55 acres	7 ft
92	Big Reed Pond	Suffolk	45 acres	-
93	Nathaniel Cole Park Pond	Broome	44 acres	40 ft
94	Poxabogue Pond	Suffolk	44 acres	4 ft
95	Hessian Lake	Rockland	44 acres	40 ft
96	Massapequa Lake	Nassau	40 acres	5 ft
97	Featherstonhaugh Lake	Schenectady	40 acres	9 ft
98	Bowman Lake	Chenango	34 acres	15 ft
99	Sanford Lake	Steuben	31 acres	-
100	Quaker Pond	Monroe	30 acres	-

Showing the 100 largest of 126 counted lakes with Bluegill.

Source: New York State DEC lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.