Fishing
With more than 120 lakes scattered throughout Greene-Sullivan State Forest's 9,000 acres, you'll never fall short of fishing opportunities! In fact, the forest offers some of the finest fishing in the state.
Most of the lakes are stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill and redear sunfish. The state record bluegill, weighing 3 lbs. 4 ounces was taken from Reservoir #26 in 1972. In some of the lakes you can find channel catfish, bullheads, crappie and warmouth. Airline Lake is also stocked annually with rainbow trout as part of a statewide put-and -take trout program.
Reservoir 26 campground has a wheelchair accessible fishing pier.

For those who enjoy the serenity of fishing, several of the lakes are "walk-in only" to provide a more secluded fishing experience. Approximately 60 of the lakes have easy access from county roads and have dirt or gravel launching ramps; boating limited to electric trolling motors.
Muskellunge were stocked in Bass Lake in the fall of 1997. These fish should reach a harvestable size limit of 36" by the year 2000.
A partial list of some of the most popular lakes (many are not listed because data is not available):
Lake Acres Max. Depth Avg. Depth Best Fishing
Airline 25 67' 26' rainbow trout, bluegill, redear, catfish
Alder 3 12' 8' bluegill, largemouth bass present
Benefiel 60 40' 20' largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, bullheads
Big Fry 4.5 10' 7' bluegill, channel catfish, buffalo
Catfish 3 14' 7' Unknown
Chapel 3 20' 9' bluegill, warmouth, redear
Clear 3 24' 13' bluegill
Cottonwood 5 24' 13' bluegill
Downing 33 40' 20' bluegill, catfish
Ellis 4 22' 11' bluegill, redear
Goodman 3 30' 17' bluegill, redear, channel catfish
Graveyard 48 50' 18' largemouth bass, carp, buffalo, crappie, catfish
Hammond 6 28' 10' bluegill
Ladder 5 12' 8' bluegill *Note: a long, narrow pit with steep shoreline. Drops sharply to 12'
Lonnie 4 28' 10' largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, catfish
Lower Fry 2.4 10' 6' Unknown. Renovated and restocked in 1991 with largemouth bass, bluegill, redear
Narrow 9 24' 8' largemouth bass, crappie, redear
Reservoir #26 42 15' 4' largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, catfish
Scott 16 55' 26' largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, channel catfish, buffalo, carp *Note: almost entire shoreline drops off sharply to 15' deep
Shake #2 5 25' 12' unknown
Smedley 6 30' 15' bluegill *Note: walk-in fishing only
Spencer 5 22' 12.5' Unknown. Largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, crappie, channel catfish present
Star 5 26' 16' largemouth bass, redear, crappie
Todd 9 38' 15' redear, largemouth bass, bullhead
Tree 6 16' 10' largemouth bass, bluegill
Trimble 9 25' 11' bluegill
Trout 4 20' 14' bluegill, redear
Walnut 5 18' 10' Unknown. Largemouth bass, redear, bluegill present
Wampler 80 38' 7.5' largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, catfish, crappie