Lake Kushaqua in Franklin county

[toothycritter00]

I was wondering if anyone has ever ice fished this lake (Lake Kushaqua in Franklin county). I have heard contradicting stories about the legality of fishing there. It is the lake attached to the Buck pond camp grounds. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

[ChenBassHead]

You cannot ice fish on Lake Kushaqua because of the lake trout in there.  I checked a while back to see if it was legal, but it's not. Too abd too, because there are some slob perch in there as well.  Sorry!

[toothycritter00]

Thanks for the reply

This is also what I was told until I found this on the web from the town of Franklin
http://www.townoffranklin.com/recreation.html

If you scroll to the bottom it states "Ice Fishing is also popular sport among the residents and visitors. Ice shanties decorate Buck Pond and Kushaqua during the winter months...."

I would like to fish it but it is a long drive to be kicked off the ice.

thanks

[pikie]

I just checked the DEC's approved list by county:

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/reg5/r5fish/icefish/franklin.html

Kushaqua is not on it, meaning it is closed to icefishing (esp if there are trout in it), but Buck Pond is.  That might be a source of some of the confusion. 

[Slush]

This should be looked into further.  Is DEC always on top of these things?