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New York Lakes With Rainbow Trout

51 counted New York lakes list Rainbow 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	Skaneateles Lake	Onondaga, Cortland, Cayuga	8,960 acres	300 ft
7	Owasco Lake	Cayuga	6,665 acres	177 ft
8	Pepacton Reservoir	Delaware	5,763 acres	160 ft
9	Sodus Bay	Wayne	3,357 acres	48 ft
10	Salmon River Reservoir	Oswego	2,660 acres	50 ft
11	Upper Chateaugay Lake	Clinton	2,594 acres	78 ft
12	Lake Placid	Essex	2,173 acres	151 ft
13	Chazy Lake	Clinton	1,807 acres	72 ft
14	Hemlock Lake	Livingston, Ontario	1,800 acres	91 ft
15	Irondequoit Bay	Monroe	1,660 acres	73 ft
16	Lake Pleasant	Hamilton	1,475 acres	-
17	Brant Lake	Warren	1,376 acres	65 ft
18	Muscoot Reservoir	Westchester	1,263 acres	30 ft
19	Schoharie Reservoir	Schoharie	1,112 acres	120 ft
20	Paradox Lake	Essex	896 acres	52 ft
21	Canadice Lake	Ontario	649 acres	95 ft
22	Rushford Lake	Allegany	585 acres	115 ft
23	Lake Eaton	Hamilton	558 acres	-
24	Millsite Lake	Jefferson	469 acres	75 ft
25	Lake Ozonia	St. Lawrence	405 acres	60 ft
26	Sylvia Lake	St. Lawrence	324 acres	142 ft
27	Lake Colby	Franklin	286 acres	46 ft
28	Star Lake	St. Lawrence	213 acres	65 ft
29	Lake of the Woods	Jefferson	172 acres	80 ft
30	Lake Gleneida	Putnam	168 acres	108 ft
31	Queechy Lake	Columbia	141 acres	40 ft
32	Moose Pond	Essex	140 acres	71 ft
33	Mirror Lake	Essex	128 acres	65 ft
34	Sixberry Lake	Jefferson	123 acres	90 ft
35	Moreau Lake	Saratoga	122 acres	-
36	Thompsons Lake	Albany	120 acres	60 ft
37	Lake Gilead	Putnam	118 acres	120 ft
38	Sylvan Lake	Dutchess	112 acres	140 ft
39	Lebanon Reservoir	Madison	96 acres	45 ft
40	Guilford Lake	Chenango	70 acres	70 ft
41	Arnold Lake	Otsego	64 acres	60 ft
42	Allen Lake	Allegany	58 acres	19 ft
43	Stillwater Pond	Putnam	55 acres	30 ft
44	Big Pond	Delaware	51 acres	60 ft
45	Gilbert Lake	Otsego	41 acres	20 ft
46	Bowman Lake	Chenango	34 acres	15 ft
47	Laurel Lake	Suffolk	30 acres	-
48	South Pond	Nassau	19 acres	7 ft
49	Eldridge Lake	Chemung	11 acres	-
50	Pelton Pond	Putnam	9 acres	-
51	Palmers Pond	Broome	2 acres	10 ft

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