Chautauqua Lake is often times called the hidden jewel of Chautauqua County by visiting sportsmen.
Chautauqua Lake offers anglers two separate basins to fish, the deeper upper basin with depths down to 75 feet and the shallower lower basin with an average depth of 11 feet, help make-up the 13,156 acres of the Lake.
There are several public launch’s on Chautauqua, the State operated Long Point State Park launch is one of the finest in the State. With 7 paved launch pads, docking, gas and Capitan Jacks’ store/diner, Long Point has just about everything for both the boater and/or the shore fisherman.
The State operates public launch at both Bemus and Prendergast points and has parking for up to 40 trucks and trailers at each facility.
The City of Jamestown offers a public launch at the mouth the Chautauqua Lake, the village of Celeron offers a new launch right in the village and the Mayville has the four pad public launch in the Mayville Park.
The history of muskellunge management some say was born on Chautauqua Lake. The first efforts of raise muskie began in 1888. The Lake has had three hatcheries in it’s history, with the Prendergast Point hatchery currently rearing 25,000 to 30,000 eight inch plus fingerling's that are stocked each year. Chautauqua Lake offers small and largemouth bass, walleye, muskie and several species of panfish including both white and black crappie. 
Chautauqua Lake fishing map-
Upper basin

Lower basin

Cassadaga Lake is actually three interconnecting lakes, hence the name Cassadaga chain of Lakes that it’s often called. Cassadaga Lake offers excellent small and largemouth bass, northern pike, the occasional muskie and many species of panfish. The Middle Lake offers a public boat launch operated by the New York State DEC.
Since 1994, anglers on Cassadaga Lake have seen an enhancement in the quality of both small and largemouth bass, due to a 12-15 inches slot limit. The Lake’s natural wetland style shoreline teamed up with brushy off shore cover makes this a custom made fishery of big bass.
Not to be out done by the excellent bass fishing, northern pike, muskie and walleye find Cassadaga Lake their home. Northern Pike are naturally reproducing in the Lake. Along with good numbers of both walleye and muskie round out the Lake for hard fighting fish.
Perch to blue gill to sunfish are easy caught on Cassadaga Lake in the any number of the off shore weed beds and/or shoreline cover.

Bear Lake is a 141 acre lake that was made thousands of years ago when hug blocks of melting glacial ice covered parts of North America.
There is a car top launch operated by the New York DEC, which is located just off Bear Lake Road.
One of the unique features of Bear Lake is the it’s wetlands style shoreline, which makes it a great fishery for bass, northern pike, muskie and several species of panfish.

Findley Lake is the further west most inland body of water in Chautauqua County. The Lake is 292 acre, with a mean depth of 37 feet and average of 11 feet.
There are two launch’s on the Lake; the first being a car top launch operated by the New York State DEC and second being a trailer launch operated by the Findley Lake Association and is open to the public on week days.
Species of small and largemouth bass, along with walleye, northern pike and tiger muskie school in the many over shore vegetation beds that dot Findley Lake.
Good numbers of panfish such as crappie, perch, bluegill and pumpkin seed help make Findley Lake a diverse fishery for any skill level angler.      

Great Lake of Erie  offers 20 miles of shoreline in Chautauqua County offers anglers an excellent  opportunities for the Great of Lake Erie.  Both public access point/launches-Barcelonia and "The Walleye Capital of Northeast" Dunkirk Harbor allows anglers the opportunities for the best smallmouth bass fishing in the Northeast and world reknown walleye fishing. 
Not too be out of done by their larger cousin walleye-the yellow perch fishing on Lake Erie is not your fathers' perch fishing.  Lake Erie perch have been nick named "jack perch" because of their huge size.  The average perch that is caught on Lake Erie in the spring and into the fall, are 8-12 inches, hence the name jack perch. 

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