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Stewarts Bridge Reservoir, Great Sacandaga Lake
Stewarts Bridge Reservoir, Great Sacandaga Lake
§ The Waters · Great Sacandaga Lake

Stewarts Bridge Reservoir.

Stewarts Bridge Reservoir sits below the Great Sacandaga dam — 200 acres of smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike water that sees a fraction of the traffic on the main lake. Public access; anglers who study the structure find steady fishing without the crowds.

TypeLakepublic access
Surface462 ac
Species3 listedfishing below
The SurveyField data · NYSDEC + The Atlas
§ Overview

Fish on record include Smallmouth bass, Walleye, and Northern pike — always check current New York State DEC regulations before fishing. Stewarts Bridge Reservoir has public access. Summits nearby include Jeffers Mountain and Jones Mountain.

§ The Chart · Wild & Hamlets

The water, surveyed.

§ When to go
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Seasonal pattern for this lake · live closures appear above

§ Nearby parking

12 parking areas· 2 accessible

Closest parking lots within range, ranked by walking distance. Accessibility flags come from Google verified-data and NYSDEC records; surface and capacity from NYSDEC and OpenStreetMap. Confirm hours and seasonal closures before you go.

+4 more on the map above

§ Photos & Videos

Stewarts Bridge Reservoir.

From the people who’ve been here, plus what Google has on file.

§ Photos · via Google
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§ Fishing

What’s in the water.

NYSDEC has stocked this water across 2 recent seasons — the ledger below is the public record.

§ No. II

The stocking record.

2020–2021 · NYSDEC
Brown Trout4,000 · 2021
Rainbow Trout4,160 · 2020
§ At the Water

Getting in, staying over.

§ No. I

Access.

Within ~7 miles
Parking areas12
Great Sacandaga Lake Region
§ No. II

Camping.

20 counted
Designated campsites19
Luzerne State Campground4.7 mi
§ Conditions on the Water

What the lake is doing today.

§ Editor’s Picks
within 25 mi

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§ Questions

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