Upper Cascade Lake fishing

Fishing at Upper Cascade Lake has Brook Trout, Splake, Round Whitefish, Lake Chub, Golden Shiner, and White Sucker on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.9 times a year since 2011, most often in September and October. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

October 1, 2025

Plants on record

29

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

5.7 in

Elevation

2,035 ft

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How Upper Cascade Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the third week of April. In 2025 it was October 1, 2025, later than usual.

Fish at Upper Cascade Lake

Fishing Upper Cascade Lake is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 29 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 29 plants
Plants
29 of 29
Last stocked
October 1, 2025
Average length
5.7 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fishing Upper Cascade Lake

Sampling by the Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation in 1984 found the following fish species: Round whitefish, Brown trout, Brook trout, Splake, Lake chub, Golden shiner, and White sucker. Round whitefish are a state listed endangered species and are believed to be endemic to Upper Cascade Lake.

Sources: ausableriver.org

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,0002011
  • 2,0502012
  • 2,9002013
  • 2,6002014
  • 2,7002015
  • 2,8002016
  • 2,7002017
  • 2,1702018
  • 3,0202019
  • 2,1002020
  • 2,1002021
  • 2,4002022
  • 2,4002023
  • 2,3502024
  • 2,1002025

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
October 1, 2025 Brook Trout 2,100 4.5 in report
October 1, 2024 Brook Trout 2,100 5 in report
April 1, 2024 Brook Trout 250 7 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 2,100 4 in report
May 1, 2023 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 2,100 0.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 2,100 4 in report
October 1, 2020 Brook Trout 2,100 4.5 in report
October 1, 2019 Brook Trout 2,520 4 in report
April 1, 2019 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
October 1, 2018 Brook Trout 1,670 4.5 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 2,100 4.5 in report
April 1, 2017 Brook Trout 600 7 in report
October 1, 2016 Brook Trout 2,100 4 in report
March 1, 2016 Brook Trout 700 8 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 2,100 4.5 in report
June 1, 2015 Brook Trout 600 8 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 2,100 4.2 in report
May 1, 2014 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
November 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 6.5 in report
October 1, 2013 Brook Trout 1,900 3.8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
September 1, 2012 Brook Trout 1,550 4.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 1,000 4.8 in report
July 1, 2011 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
April 1, 2011 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
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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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