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.
Redlouse Lake is a 20-acre water tucked into the Speculator backcountry — remote enough that access details stay local and the pond sees more moose than paddlers in a typical season. No formal fish stocking records, which usually means native brook trout or nothing at all, and the kind of shallow, tea-colored water that holds heat in summer and freezes early. The name alone (a logging-era relic, like Blackfly Pond or Bug Lake) tells you what to expect in June. If you're headed in, bring a headnet and a topo map — this isn't trail-sign country.
Rock Lake sits just west of Speculator village — a 31-acre pond tucked in second-growth forest between NY-30 and the Kunjamuk River drainage. The lake is accessible but underdeveloped; no formal DEC campsites, no boat launch infrastructure, and no stocking records in the state's fish survey database. It's the kind of water that locals know and visitors don't ask about — small enough to paddle in an hour, quiet enough that you're more likely to see a heron than another boat. If you're based in Speculator and want still water without a crowd, this is your Plan B when Lake Pleasant feels too busy.
