Lake / Pond / Reservoir · Essex
Lake Placid
Official trout-water information for Lake Placid in Essex, New York.
CountyEssex
RegionDEC Region 5 - Northeastern New York
Water typeLake / Pond / Reservoir
Wild statusNot documented
1current plan record
15stocking history records
0documented reaches
1access evidence record
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Towns
- Lake Placid, North Elba
- Drainage basin
- Lake Champlain
- Water-quality standards
- AA-S
- Waterbody type evidence
- official source name
- Published planned total
- 8,840 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Waterbody details
Published lake information
- Surface area
- 1,954.3 acres
- Basin
- Lake Champlain
- Published water type
- L
- Description
- entire lake
- Assessment
- No Known Impact (2009)
- 303(d) listing
- Not listed in matched assessment
- Water-quality standards
- AA-S
- Trout-water standard
- No
- Trout-spawning standard
- No
Fishery
Documented trout
- Rainbow Trout
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- Spring 8,840 trout Rainbow Trout Town: North Elba Published size: 8 inches
Published history
- 2011 9,400 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2012 10,025 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2013 9,300 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2014 6,650 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2015 16,400 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2016 9,400 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2017 11,600 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2018 8,600 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2019 8,900 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2020 10,550 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2021 8,000 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2022 9,100 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2023 24,100 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2024 8,920 trout Rainbow Trout
- 2025 11,510 trout Rainbow Trout
Access evidence
1 matched record
Hard surface launch
Evidence type: boat launch
Ownership: DEC
Parking: 25
Town: Lake Placid
Source type: boat_launch
Agency note: Variable Leaf Milfoil
Features: Accessible, Boat ramp