Balsam Lake (New York)
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Balsam Lake is a man-made lake located by
Pharsalia, New York Pharsalia is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 593 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Pharsalia, which is a commonly accepted name of the decisive battle in the Great Roman Civil War, where Julius Cae ...
. Fish species present in the lake include
tiger muskellunge The tiger muskellunge (''Esox masquinongy × lucius'' or ''Esox lucius × masquinongy''), commonly called tiger muskie, is a carnivorous fish, and is the usually-sterile, hybrid offspring of the true muskellunge (''Esox masquinongy'') and the no ...
, largemouth bass,
pumpkinseed sunfish The pumpkinseed (''Lepomis gibbosus''), also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small/medium-sized North American freshwater fish of the genus ''Lepomis'' (true sunfishes), from family Centrarchi ...
, pickerel, and yellow perch. There is access via state owned carry down off County Route 7, 4 miles north of McDonough.


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{{authority control Lakes of New York (state) Lakes of Chenango County, New York