Schoharie Reservoir fishing: Walleye, Brown Trout

Reservoir · New York · West Conesville, 1.2 mi away

Schoharie Reservoir, New York: Walleye. 92.3% of it is 80 feet deep or less. At least 132 ft deep. 247,150 fish stocked since 2011.

Reservoir

Surface area: 1,015 acres1.6 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 132 ftdeep
Average depth: 33.3 ft
Fish species: 3
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: West Conesville1.2 mi

Schoharie Reservoir fishing: Walleye, Brown Trout

Target species: Walleye, Brown Trout

The reservoir

Schoharie Reservoir covers 1,015 acres in New York, across 2 counties: Schoharie and Delaware. It is a reservoir: 92.3% of it is 80 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 132 feet (40.2 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 132 ft (40.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.3% of the water is 80 feet or shallower. We hold 34 depth contours for this water, drawn from 179,797 soundings.

Allaben-Shandaken, New York (408407444).jpg — Jayu from Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A. · CC BY-SA 2.0

0–10 ft: 9.8% of the water
10–20 ft: 13.2% of the water
20–30 ft: 12.9% of the water
30–40 ft: 15.9% of the water
40–50 ft: 9.7% of the water
50–60 ft: 12.2% of the water
60–70 ft: 11.9% of the water
70–80 ft: 6.7% of the water
80–90 ft: 4.5% of the water
90–100 ft: 2.5% of the water
100–110 ft: 0.7% of the water

Stocking: 247,150 fish, 2011–2024

NYSDEC records list 247,150 fish released into this water from 2011 to 2024.

Schoharie Reservoir sign, Gilboa, New York.jpg — Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY-SA 4.0

Walleye: 245,380 in 2011–2024
Brown Trout: 1,770 in 2011

2 target fish, led by Walleye

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

Also recorded here: Green Sunfish.

Where this data comes from

USGS / NYC DEP — USGS / NYC DEP: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
USGS RESSED — USGS RESSED reservoir sedimentation database: 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.