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New York Lakes With Golden Shiner

48 counted New York lakes list Golden Shiner in New York State DEC records. The largest is Owasco Lake at 6,665 acres. The deepest of them is Owasco Lake at 177 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Owasco Lake	Cayuga	6,665 acres	177 ft
2	Pepacton Reservoir	Delaware	5,763 acres	160 ft
3	Cannonsville Reservoir	Delaware	4,703 acres	121 ft
4	Otsego Lake	Otsego	4,046 acres	167 ft
5	Canadarago Lake	Otsego	1,944 acres	44 ft
6	Otisco Lake	Onondaga	1,877 acres	76 ft
7	Tomhannock Reservoir	Rensselaer	1,720 acres	50 ft
8	Schoharie Reservoir	Schoharie	1,112 acres	120 ft
9	Silver Lake	Wyoming	836 acres	37 ft
10	Lamoka Lake	Schuyler	588 acres	40 ft
11	Copake Lake	Columbia	410 acres	34 ft
12	Cayuta Lake	Schuyler	380 acres	26 ft
13	Burden Lake	Rensselaer	374 acres	37 ft
14	Goodyear Lake	Otsego	366 acres	30 ft
15	Moshier Reservoir	Herkimer	280 acres	75 ft
16	Otter Lake	Cayuga	277 acres	14 ft
17	Basic Creek Reservoir	Albany	239 acres	16 ft
18	Jamesville Reservoir	Onondaga	224 acres	35 ft
19	Lake Taghkanic	Columbia	168 acres	40 ft
20	Long Lake	Oneida	152 acres	39 ft
21	Queechy Lake	Columbia	141 acres	40 ft
22	Thompsons Lake	Albany	120 acres	60 ft
23	Snyders Lake	Rensselaer	108 acres	39 ft
24	Dryden Lake	Tompkins	106 acres	12 ft
25	Labrador Pond	Onondaga, Cortland	102 acres	5 ft
26	Weaver Lake	Herkimer	100 acres	11 ft
27	Lebanon Reservoir	Madison	96 acres	45 ft
28	Wilber Lake	Otsego	89 acres	40 ft
29	Guilford Lake	Chenango	70 acres	70 ft
30	Arnold Lake	Otsego	64 acres	60 ft
31	Allen Lake	Allegany	58 acres	19 ft
32	Collins Lake	Schenectady	56 acres	30 ft
33	Prospect Park Lake	Kings	55 acres	7 ft
34	Big Pond	Delaware	51 acres	60 ft
35	Gilbert Lake	Otsego	41 acres	20 ft
36	Featherstonhaugh Lake	Schenectady	40 acres	9 ft
37	Black River Pond	Rensselaer	35 acres	26 ft
38	Sanford Lake	Steuben	31 acres	-
39	Colgate Lake	Greene	29 acres	10 ft
40	Huggins Lake	Delaware	18 acres	20 ft
41	Van Cortlandt Lake	Bronx	18 acres	-
42	Wolfes Pond	Richmond	16 acres	-
43	Eldridge Lake	Chemung	11 acres	-
44	Ann Lee Pond	Albany	11 acres	4 ft
45	Clove Lake	Richmond	10 acres	-
46	Clear Pond	Lewis	9 acres	35 ft
47	Bradley Lake	Rensselaer	9 acres	30 ft
48	Iroquois Lake	Schenectady	7 acres	8 ft

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