Every named lake, pond, river, and stream worth fishing in the Adirondack Park — with the species you'll find, the access you can count on, and the regions they sit in.
Cedar Lake sits in the Tupper Lake region — a 72-acre water that holds its place in the mid-sized lake category without the name recognition or shoulder-to-shoulder pressure of the bigger resort waters nearby. No fish species data on record, which suggests either light management interest or simply under-sampled — common for middle-tier Adirondack lakes that don't line a highway or feed a known coldwater fishery downstream. The lack of curated nearby listings points to either private access or a more remote approach; waters in this size range near Tupper Lake tend to be reachable by seasonal roads or old logging traces rather than maintained DEC trails. Worth a closer look if you're working the area with a canoe and a willingness to scout.
Chub Lake sits north of Tupper Lake village in a quiet stretch of working forest — 97 acres with no formal public access and no DEC launch or trailhead to speak of. The shoreline is largely private, and without fish stocking records or angler reports in the file, it's the kind of water that stays off most paddlers' maps. If you're poking around the dirt roads and gated timber tracts between Tupper and the St. Regis Canoe Area, you'll see it on the USGS quad — but getting to the water legally is another question entirely.
Clear Lake is one of several small waters carrying that name in the Tupper Lake region — a 40-acre pond tucked into the working forest grid northwest of the village. The lake sits in mixed ownership country, a zone where state Forest Preserve parcels alternate with private timber company land and legacy camps, so access and shoreline use depend on which parcel you're approaching from. No fish stocking records or survey data on file with DEC, which typically means limited angling pressure and whatever native brookies or transplant populations the watershed can sustain on its own. If you're planning a visit, start with the Tupper Lake town office or a local paddling shop for current access points and landowner permissions.
Clear Lake is a small 29-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — named for the quality every Adirondack pond aspires to and few actually maintain past ice-out. Without fish stocking records or documented species, it's likely a seasonal pond or a private holding rather than a public fishery, though the name suggests it held clarity (and perhaps trout) at some point in its history. Waters of this size in the Tupper orbit often sit tucked in second-growth forest between the bigger destination lakes — functional habitat, watershed contributors, but not always accessible or maintained for recreation. If you're on Clear Lake, you either own shoreline or you bushwhacked in.
Cranberry Lake covers 6,975 acres in the northwestern Adirondacks with depths to 47 feet and mostly undeveloped shoreline. Lake trout in the main body, smallmouth bass on the structure, brook trout in the inlet streams.
Cranberry Lake is the third-largest lake in the Adirondack Park — 3,528 acres of open water, fifty miles of shoreline, and a scattering of islands that make it feel more like northern Ontario than the central Adirondacks. The lake sits in the northwestern corner of the park, anchored by the village of Cranberry Lake on the southeast shore and ringed by state land on three sides — accessible by road, but remote enough that motorboats and paddlers spread out and disappear into the bays. The DEC maintains primitive campsites on several islands and along the shoreline; this is a paddling destination, not a roadside stop. Water levels fluctuate with dam releases, and the lake drains north into the Oswegatchie River system.
Crooked Lake sits in the Tupper Lake region — a 55-acre water with no public access data on file and no fish species reported in DEC surveys. The name suggests the usual meander or irregular shoreline, common enough in this part of the Park where glacial melt carved pockets and fingers into softer ground. Without a trailhead or boat launch in the state database, this one likely sits behind private holdings or requires a bushwhack from a nearby woods road. If you know the access or the fishing, it's worth a call to the DEC Region 5 office in Ray Brook to update the record.
