Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucille Ball Memorial Park Boat Launch City of Jamestown / hard-surface ramp | Access / boat ramp | 42.11137, -79.28293 | Hard-surface launch at the lake's south-east end in Jamestown, parking for about 50 cars with trailers. One of the seven Chautauqua Lake ramps NYSDEC lists for this county. |
| 2 | Lakewood Community Park Boat Launch Village of Lakewood / hard-surface ramp | Access / boat ramp | 42.10116, -79.29695 | Hard-surface launch on the south shore, about 50 cars with trailers. NYSDEC notes the ramp is on the north side of the street and the parking lot on the south. |
| 3 | Smith Boys Marina Marina / south-west shore | Point of interest | 42.10052, -79.35461 | Marina on the south-west shore between Lakewood and Ashville Bay. Dockage and boat service; no bait or tackle is recorded on its OpenStreetMap entry and the business was not checked this run. |
| 4 | Chautauqua Reel Outdoors 2500 Route 394, Ashville / at Ashville Bay Marina | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 42.10813, -79.37213 | Live bait and tackle shop with an attached guide service on the Ashville Bay shore, open Wednesday to Saturday per its own site. A 2022 lake directory still carries an old Lakewood address for it. |
| 5 | Chautauqua Lake Fish and Wildlife Management Area - Stow parcel NYSDEC / state land on the west shore | Park / conservation area | 42.15994, -79.40631 | NYSDEC-managed parcel on the west shore opposite Bemus Point. No ramp or parking is mapped on this parcel. |
| 6 | Chautauqua Lake Fish and Wildlife Management Area - Prendergast parcel NYSDEC / state land above Prendergast Point | Park / conservation area | 42.18254, -79.44797 | The northern parcel of the same NYSDEC management area, just above the Prendergast Point launch and the state hatchery. |
| 7 | Chautauqua Fish Hatchery NYSDEC / Prendergast Point | Agency / conservation office | 42.18782, -79.44658 | New York State's hatchery on the lake's west shore. DEC's county launch listing names it as the site of the Prendergast Point ramp next door. |
| 8 | Prendergast Point Boat Launch NYSDEC / hard-surface ramp / accessible | Access / boat ramp | 42.18934, -79.44083 | DEC's own launch at the fish hatchery on the west shore, about 50 cars with trailers, and the only Chautauqua Lake ramp DEC marks as accessible. |
| 9 | Chautauqua Marina 104 West Lake Road, Mayville / boat rental | Outfitter / canoe rental | 42.23872, -79.49357 | Marina at the north end renting pontoon and fishing boats, with a non-ethanol fuel dock. Its own site lists no bait or tackle, so treat it as a rental and fuel stop rather than a supply stop. |
| 10 | Lakeside Park Boat Launch Village of Mayville / hard-surface ramp | Access / boat ramp | 42.24307, -79.49561 | Municipal launch at the lake's north-west tip in Mayville, about 30 cars with trailers. |
| 11 | Midway State Park NY State Parks / east shore at Maple Springs | Park / conservation area | 42.20015, -79.42322 | Historic lakeside state park on the east shore with a seasonal boat dock. A shore stop and a landmark rather than a trailer launch. |
| 12 | Long Point Boat Launch Long Point State Park / OPRHP / hard-surface ramp | Access / boat ramp | 42.17218, -79.41555 | The lake's largest ramp, in Long Point State Park on the east shore: about 56 rigs with trailers plus 70 cars, with a marina and a boat pumpout on site. |
| 13 | Wildwood Acres Campground / east shore near Long Point | Campsite | 42.17399, -79.38650 | Campground mapped about 0.7 km back from the east shore, between Long Point and Bemus Point. |
| 14 | Bemus Bay Water Toys Marina and fuel dock / Bemus Bay | Point of interest | 42.16035, -79.39308 | Marina with a fuel dock in Bemus Bay, a few hundred metres north of the Bemus Point ramp. |
| 15 | USGS 03013946 - Chautauqua Lake at Bemus Point Lake level / Bemus Point | USGS gauge | 42.15644, -79.39383 | The lake's USGS gauge. It stands about 90 m from the Bemus Point launch, so the two markers print almost on top of each other. |
| 16 | Bemus Point Boat Launch NYSDEC / hard-surface ramp | Access / boat ramp | 42.15627, -79.39339 | DEC's east-shore launch at Bemus Point, about 30 cars with trailers. The lake gauge stands at the same spot. |
| 17 | Chadakoin River reach limit - at Chautauqua Lake NYSDEC Region 9 / upper limit of the Chadakoin reach | Regulation section limit | 42.11129, -79.26924 | Where the Chadakoin River leaves the lake at Jamestown. DEC's Region 9 table runs the Chadakoin's special-regulation reach from Chautauqua Lake downstream to Warner Dam. |
| 18 | McCrea Point Park Boat Launch City of Jamestown / on the Chadakoin outlet | Access / boat ramp | 42.09893, -79.25294 | DEC lists this ramp under Chautauqua Lake and the Chadakoin River. It sits on the outlet river below the lake, about 30 rigs, and has a fishing pier. |
| 19 | Warner Dam Weir on the Chadakoin / Jamestown | Dam / hazard | 42.09341, -79.24225 | Weir about 3 km down the Chadakoin from the lake outlet, and the downstream limit of DEC's Chadakoin special-regulation reach. |
Gauge: USGS 03013946 — CHAUTAUQUA LAKE AT BEMUS POINT NY. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Regulations: dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Bemus Point and Mayville: public ramps on the north basin.
Prendergast Point and Long Point State Park: additional launches and day use.
Celoron and Jamestown: access to the shallow south basin.
Extensive weed beds through the south basin are the main muskie cover.
Bank and pier access is available in the lakeside villages.
Jamestown and Mayville have services, bait and guides.
Note: aquatic vegetation management varies by year. Check current conditions.
Winter: perch and walleye through the ice, a busy local season.
Spring: walleye and bass moving shallow, and the first muskie action.
Summer: night walleye on the flats, muskie on the weed edges, heavy boat traffic.
Fall: the classic muskellunge season and the best fishing of the year.