Irondequoit Bay fishing: Rainbow Trout, Walleye

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Walleye
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Irondequoit Bay, 3 lanes.

The lake

Irondequoit Bay covers 1,679 acres in New York, across Monroe County. It is a lake: 90.4% of it is 60 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 77.4 feet (23.6 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth: down to 77.4 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 77.4 ft (23.6 m). 90.4% of the water is 60 feet or shallower. We hold 37 depth contours for this water, drawn from 4,127 soundings.

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  • 0–5 ft: 44.6% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 9.6% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2.1% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 4% of the water

Stocking: 537,645 fish, 2011–2023

NYSDEC records list 537,645 fish released into this water from 2011 to 2023.

  • Walleye: 537,645 in 2011–2023

2 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp, Goldfish.

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3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 2 boat ramps.

  • Irondequoit Bay — 3 lanes, restrooms. Finger Lakes Institute/NYSOPRHP.
  • Mayer's Marina — Webster. 7 Lake Road, Webster 14580
  • Southpoint Marina — Rochester. 1384 Empire Boulevard, Rochester 14609 · phone +1 585-288-0720 · website rochesternymarina.com

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

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Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 54°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2023.

What is hard here

Only 3 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • NOAA NOS Hydro — NOAA NOS hydrographic survey archive: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA NCEI Great Lakes — NOAA Great Lakes bathymetry: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.