Lake · Herkimer, New York

Independence Lake

At a glance

Area: 23 ha (56 acres)

Who lives here

Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisStocked · 2024 · Fish stocking: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Fish Stocking Lists (data.ny.gov)

Not listed doesn't mean no fish.

Stocking

Year	Species	Number
2024	Brook Trout	500
2023	Brook Trout	500
2022	Brook Trout	500
2021	Brook Trout	500
2020	Brook Trout	500
2019	Brook Trout	500
2018	Brook Trout	500
2017	Brook Trout	500

As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 8 of 8.

Getting on the water

No public access site is listed for this water yet.

Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.

The rules

Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.

HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.

Official regulations: New York State DEC

What's biting

This water is too small for community summaries: on a small water a summary could point to someone's spot.

About this page

Sources and licences:

U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
Fish stocking: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Fish Stocking Lists (data.ny.gov) · OPEN-NY Terms of Use (https://data.ny.gov/dataset/OPEN-NY-Terms-Of-Use/77gx-ii52, read 2026-10-19): no attribution required; "You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the State", accepted under the owner's 2026-10-19 rule. data.ny.gov dataset e52k-ymww (Fish Stocking Lists (Actual): Beginning 2011, read 2026-10-19) states no other licence. Credit the agency; remove the layer if the agency asks.

The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.