Fish and Lake Health Information

Link to a NYS fishing guide

Https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/fishguide.pdf

Link to an interactive NYS "fishing" Map with higher detail and expandable.

https://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/us_aa_ny_tuscarora_lake_ny-tuscaora-lake-nautical-chart.html

The largemouth bass is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, but widely introduced elsewhere.

The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae. It is the type species of its genus Micropterus (black basses), and is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stocking—as well as illegal introductions—to many cool-water tributaries and lakes in Canada and more so introduced in the United States.

The yellow perch, commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. Other common names for yellow perch include American perch, coontail, lake perch, raccoon perch, ring-tail perch, ringed perch, and striped perch.

 Walleye are a freshwater fish that lives in rivers, natural lakes and reservoirs. They prefer cooler water temperatures found in both clear and turbid, shallow or deep water. Walleye reproduce at about 3 to 4 years of age. 

The pumpkinseed , also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small/medium-sized North American freshwater fish.

Are crappie and bluegill the same thing?There are some differences in basic shape and size. To begin with, Crappie have much larger mouths than Bluegill. Bluegill also have a more rounded shape, partly due to their small mouths and heads. Beyond all that, Crappie grow to be a lot larger and heavier than Bluegill.
 

 Crappies are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus Pomoxis in the family Centrarchidae. Both species of crappies are popular game fish among recreational anglers. 

The American Pickerels are subspecies of Esox americanus, a medium-sized species of North American freshwater predatory fish belonging to the pike family.  Please, remove your limit (currently 5) of Pickerel from the lake as you are fishing.

 The brown bullhead is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead and yellow bullhead. 

 The rock bass, also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America.  

 White Suckers are widespread and native fish to North America. Their range spans from Newfoundland, down the Atlantic coast, over to New Mexico, and up to the Northwest Territories!  

Prehistoric fish native to Erieville reservoir.  Sometimes appears around the time of the annual Boat Parade