John Mack Brook is a small feeder stream in the Indian Lake region — the kind of unnamed tributary that shows up on USGS quads but rarely gets mentioned in trail reports or fishing logs. No species data on file, which likely means it's too small or too seasonal to support year-round trout, though brookies will sometimes push into these headwater creeks during spring runoff. The stream's obscurity is typical for this part of the southern Adirondacks, where the drainage is dense and most of the angling pressure stays on the lakes and the bigger named rivers. If you're bushwhacking or logging-road exploring in the Indian Lake backcountry, you'll cross a dozen brooks like this one.
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