Lake Clear fishing

Fishing at Lake Clear has Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout, and Northern Pike on the stocking report. It is stocked about 2.3 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Northern Pike and dawn for Lake Trout.

Last stocked

June 1, 2025

Plants on record

34

Since 2011

Species recorded

3

Average size

7.1 in

Elevation

1,611 ft

Access and facts

Nearest town
Harrietstown

New York State owns most of the 940-acre lake's shoreline as part of the Forest Preserve; it was historically part of the Adirondacks' Seven Carries canoe route.

Sources: shore_notes , nearest_town , speciesFound

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How Lake Clear is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of April. In 2025 it was April 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

Meadow Pond (1.1 mi) and Bone Pond (2.6 mi) were stocked more recently.

Fish at Lake Clear

Fishing Lake Clear is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 17 of 34 plants on record, ahead of Atlantic Salmon and one more.

Brown Trout 17 plants
Plants
17 of 34
Last stocked
June 1, 2025
Average length
8.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Atlantic Salmon 16 plants
Plants
16 of 34
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
6.1 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Atlantic Salmon guide.

Lake Trout 1 plant
Plants
1 of 34
Last stocked
June 1, 2015
Average length
6.4 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Lake Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,8902011
  • 2,9702012
  • 2,6502013
  • 6,2002014
  • 5,8102015
  • 2,9202016
  • 2,8502017
  • 2,9402018
  • 1,7702019
  • 10,6702020
  • 3,0602021
  • 2,8302022
  • 2,7702023
  • 12,6202024
  • 5,0402025

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 1, 2025 Brown Trout 2,020 8 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 1,780 8.11 in report
April 1, 2025 Atlantic Salmon 1,240 6.45 in report
June 1, 2024 Atlantic Salmon 9,600 1.5 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,820 9 in report
April 1, 2024 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 7 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,700 9 in report
April 1, 2023 Atlantic Salmon 1,070 6.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Atlantic Salmon 1,130 7 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 1,700 9.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,860 8.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6.5 in report
May 1, 2020 Atlantic Salmon 8,000 2 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,470 8 in report
April 1, 2020 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 7 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,770 8 in report
May 1, 2018 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 7.2 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,740 8.5 in report
April 1, 2017 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6.6 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,650 8 in report
April 1, 2016 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6.7 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 1,720 8.2 in report
June 1, 2015 Lake Trout 2,400 6.4 in report
June 1, 2015 Brown Trout 500 8.1 in report
May 1, 2015 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 7 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,710 7.8 in report
October 1, 2014 Brown Trout 5,000 5.4 in report
April 1, 2014 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6.9 in report
April 1, 2013 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6.6 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,450 8.1 in report
May 1, 2012 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6.6 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,770 8.2 in report
May 1, 2011 Atlantic Salmon 1,200 6 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,690 8.3 in report
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Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

  • Northern Pike : DEC-documented northern pike water in Franklin County; not part of the lake's stocked species list. (source)

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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