Nelson Lake is located south of
Minnehaha, New York. The outlet creek flows into
Middle Branch Moose River
Middle Branch Moose River starts in Old Forge, New York
Old Forge is a Administrative divisions of New York#Hamlet, hamlet (and census-designated place) on New York State Route 28 in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Webb, ...
. Fish species present in the lake are
white sucker
The white sucker (''Catostomus commersonii)'' is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but it is also found as far south as Georgia and as far west as New Mexico. The fish is commonl ...
,
black bullhead
The black bullhead or black bullhead catfish (''Ameiurus melas'') is a species of bullhead catfish. Like other bullhead catfish, it has the ability to thrive in waters that are low in oxygen, brackish, turbid and/or very warm. It also has barbels ...
,
smallmouth bass,
largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') 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 ...
,
yellow perch
The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), 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. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samu ...
, and
sunfish. Access via trail off unimproved road from Route 28 on the east shore and via the
Middle Branch Moose River
Middle Branch Moose River starts in Old Forge, New York
Old Forge is a Administrative divisions of New York#Hamlet, hamlet (and census-designated place) on New York State Route 28 in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Webb, ...
.
References
Lakes of Herkimer County, New York
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