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New York Lakes With Brown Trout

58 counted New York lakes list Brown Trout 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	Great Sacandaga Lake	Fulton, Saratoga	24,707 acres	74 ft
4	Keuka Lake	Yates, Steuben	11,584 acres	183 ft
5	Canandaigua Lake	Ontario, Yates	10,558 acres	276 ft
6	Owasco Lake	Cayuga	6,665 acres	177 ft
7	Pepacton Reservoir	Delaware	5,763 acres	160 ft
8	Cannonsville Reservoir	Delaware	4,703 acres	121 ft
9	Indian Lake	Hamilton	4,255 acres	80 ft
10	Otsego Lake	Otsego	4,046 acres	167 ft
11	Sodus Bay	Wayne	3,357 acres	48 ft
12	Salmon River Reservoir	Oswego	2,660 acres	50 ft
13	Lake Placid	Essex	2,173 acres	151 ft
14	Canadarago Lake	Otsego	1,944 acres	44 ft
15	Otisco Lake	Onondaga	1,877 acres	76 ft
16	Hemlock Lake	Livingston, Ontario	1,800 acres	91 ft
17	Irondequoit Bay	Monroe	1,660 acres	73 ft
18	Lake Pleasant	Hamilton	1,475 acres	-
19	Brant Lake	Warren	1,376 acres	65 ft
20	Muscoot Reservoir	Westchester	1,263 acres	30 ft
21	Lake Bonaparte	Lewis	1,248 acres	75 ft
22	Meacham Lake	Franklin	1,185 acres	80 ft
23	Schoharie Reservoir	Schoharie	1,112 acres	120 ft
24	West Branch Reservoir	Putnam	1,061 acres	52 ft
25	Cross River Reservoir	Westchester	915 acres	120 ft
26	Swinging Bridge Reservoir	Sullivan	889 acres	120 ft
27	Titicus Reservoir	Westchester	681 acres	60 ft
28	Canadice Lake	Ontario	649 acres	95 ft
29	Rushford Lake	Allegany	585 acres	115 ft
30	Amawalk Reservoir	Westchester	564 acres	77 ft
31	Lake Eaton	Hamilton	558 acres	-
32	Canada Lake	Fulton	554 acres	-
33	Rio Reservoir	Sullivan	422 acres	80 ft
34	Eagle Lake	Essex	410 acres	40 ft
35	Lewey Lake	Hamilton	361 acres	-
36	Lake Colby	Franklin	286 acres	46 ft
37	White Lake	Sullivan	280 acres	85 ft
38	Nicks Lake	Herkimer	206 acres	17 ft
39	Lake Gleneida	Putnam	168 acres	108 ft
40	Queechy Lake	Columbia	141 acres	40 ft
41	Thompsons Lake	Albany	120 acres	60 ft
42	Lake Gilead	Putnam	118 acres	120 ft
43	Walton Lake	Orange	117 acres	68 ft
44	Sylvan Lake	Dutchess	112 acres	140 ft
45	Red House Lake	Cattaraugus	110 acres	20 ft
46	Mongaup Falls Reservoir	Sullivan	103 acres	32 ft
47	Guilford Lake	Chenango	70 acres	70 ft
48	Arnold Lake	Otsego	64 acres	60 ft
49	Loch Sheldrake	Sullivan	64 acres	-
50	Allen Lake	Allegany	58 acres	19 ft
51	Stillwater Pond	Putnam	55 acres	30 ft
52	Big Pond	Delaware	51 acres	60 ft
53	Lake Skannatati	Orange	36 acres	21 ft
54	Laurel Lake	Suffolk	30 acres	-
55	Colgate Lake	Greene	29 acres	10 ft
56	Deep Pond	Suffolk	28 acres	21 ft
57	South Pond	Nassau	19 acres	7 ft
58	Eldridge Lake	Chemung	11 acres	-

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