Twitchell Lake is a lake located northeast of
Big Moose, New York. The outlet is
Twitchell Creek which flows into
Stillwater Reservoir Stillwater Reservoir is a man-made lake located by Beaver River, New York within the Western Adirondacks. The lake has a large amount of recreational uses including camping, canoeing, boating, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, and cross-country skii ...
. Fish species present in the lake are
brook trout
The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout h ...
,
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 ...
. There is a state owned beach launch located on Twitchell Road. There is not a horsepower motor limit on Twitchell Lake.
is located northwest of Twitchell
Lake.
A webpage for the lake is located at http://www.twitchelllake.com
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Lakes of Herkimer County, New York