OTISCO LAKE FISHING GUIDE

 Length: 5.4 miles
 Depth: 76 feet

 

Otisco Lake is popular with outdoors enthusiasts, especially in summer, when anglers from near and far descend upon the lake for the annual Fishing Derby that marks the start of bass fishing season. While boats fill the lake on more popular fishing days, another prime fishing spot on Lake Otisco requires no boat: the causeway that extends across the lake near the southern end of the lake is a popular casting spot. According to local history, this rocky trail was once an old wagon road used to cross the lake, but today it serves mainly to divide the lake into two distinctly different water basins, with a small channel near the western bank for boat passage . The larger northern basin is deeper, with clear water, while the smaller, southern basin is more shallow and murky.

Otisco Lake is especially good for walleye, trout and tiger musky fishing, while bass and panfish are also abundant. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation stocks the lake annually to maintain fish population. They also run an informative website to point you towards what’s biting and where to go. Don’t forget to check out our Otisco Lake Fishing Guide too.

WHAT YOU MAY CATCH

Walleye

Tiger muskellunge

Sunfish

Perch

Rock bass

Crappie

Both large and small mouth bass

White bass

Bullhead

Brown trout

Carp

FISHING ACCESS SITES

NYS-DEC: Fishing access sites are for the launching and retrieving of watercraft, and shore fishing only. All other activities, including swimming, camping, and fire building, are strictly prohibited.

West Valley Road
Address: 1490 West Valley Road, Spafford.
-Concrete ramp..

Causeway
Location: West Valley Rd.  South end of the lake on the west side, at the intersection of CR 246 and CR1 113.
-Shore access at western end of the causeway is for fishing or hand launching watercraft.
-Parking is roadside only.

FISHING CHARTERS

LINKS, MAPS & MORE