Mud Pond is a seven-acre pocket water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it likely sees more moose traffic than paddler traffic, and remote enough that it probably doesn't have a maintained access trail. The name says it out loud: shallow water, organic bottom, the kind of pond that's more wetland than open water by late summer. No fish data on record, which tracks for a pond this size in this kind of basin — it may hold brookies if there's inlet flow and winter oxygen, but just as likely it's a seasonal breeding ground for amphibians and a waypoint for waterfowl. If you're looking for it, start with the DEC's Unit Management Plan maps for the region and a tolerance for bushwhacking.
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