Spruce Lake fishing

Fishing at Spruce Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with Brook Trout and Black Bullhead. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in September and October. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 1, 2025

Plants on record

14

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.2 in

Elevation

2,377 ft

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Nearest town
Piseco
Shore access
Yes

Trail access on the east shore via the Northville-Placid Trail; motors are not allowed on this Adirondack lake northwest of Piseco.

Sources: water_type , access.shore , shore_notes , nearest_town , speciesFound , fishing_notes

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How Spruce Lake is stocked

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

No plants recorded in 2016.

Fish at Spruce Lake

Fishing Spruce Lake is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 14 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 14 plants
Plants
14 of 14
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
4.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fishing Spruce Lake

Spruce Lake is located northwest of Piseco, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and black bullhead. There is trail access on the east shore from the Northville-Placid Trail.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,5002011
  • 2,7002012
  • 2,0002013
  • 3,9002014
  • 3,9002015
  • 3,9002017
  • 3,1102018
  • 4,6802019
  • 2,5302020
  • 3,9002021
  • 3,9002022
  • 3,9002023
  • 3,9002024
  • 3,9002025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 3,900 4 in report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 3,900 4.2 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 3,900 4.1 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 3,900 4 in report
October 1, 2021 Brook Trout 3,900 4 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 2,530 4.7 in report
October 1, 2019 Brook Trout 4,680 4.3 in report
October 1, 2018 Brook Trout 3,110 4.8 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 3,900 5 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 3,900 4.4 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 3,900 3.8 in report
September 1, 2013 Brook Trout 2,000 3.7 in report
September 1, 2012 Brook Trout 2,700 4.1 in report
September 1, 2011 Brook Trout 2,500 4.1 in report

Species found here

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

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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