Horseshoe Lake is located in the Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest near
Piercefield, New York
Piercefield is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in St. Lawrence County, New York, St. Lawrence County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 310 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Piercefield is in the south ...
. There are three carry down access sites. Two are located on the west shore off
Route 421, and the other is on the southeast shore off Route 421.
Fish species in the lake are
tiger muskie
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 ...
,
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern ...
,
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 common ...
,
yellow perch
The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill fr ...
and
black bullhead
The black bullhead or black bullhead catfish (''Ameiurus melas'') is a species of Ameiurus, 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 ...
.
References
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Lakes of New York (state)
Lakes of St. Lawrence County, New York