Boat Launch Directory  - A complete guide to NY public boat launches.

Bowman Lake - Located in Oxford NY, Bowman Lake is regularly stocked with trout. A boat launch is located within Bowman Lake State Park.

Canandaigua Lake - Mostly lined by homes, Canandaigua Lake serves as a public water supply for Canandaigua, Newark, Palmyra, Rushville, and the township of Gorham.

Cayuga Lake - Longest of the Finger Lakes and the lowest to sea level. This lake accesses the Erie Canal through the Cayuga-Seneca Canal which joins the northern ends of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.

Delta Lake - Located in Rome NY, Delta Lake is prime for fishing for trout, pike, bass, bullhead and perch. Boat launch located in Delta Lake State Park.

Keuka Lake - Y shape with bluff 800 feet above lake level and the only Finger Lake that outlets into another Finger Lake (Seneca). The lake serves as a public water supply for Hammondsport, Branchport, Penn Yan, and Keuka College.

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/reg8/lakes/seneca.html

Lake Erie - Lake Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes in volume (119 cubic miles) and is exposed to the greatest effects from urbanization and agriculture. Measuring 241 miles across and 57 miles from north to south, the lake's surface is just under 10,000 square miles, with 871 miles of shoreline. The average depth of Lake Erie is only about 62 feet (210 feet, maximum). It therefore warms rapidly in the spring and summer, and frequently freezes over in winter. The drainage basin covers parts of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. Because of its fertile soils, the basin is intensively farmed and is the most densely populated of the five lake basins.

Lake Skaneateles - Cold, clean water with shale base. Has steep hillsides at southern end and is the 3rd deepest Finger Lake.

Lake Ontario - Lake Ontario is similar to Lake Erie in length and breadth (193 miles by 53 miles). Yet with its greater average depth (approximately 283 feet), Lake Ontario holds almost four times the volume (395 cubic miles) and has a retention time of about 6 years. The drainage basin covers parts of Ontario and New York, and a small portion of Pennsylvania. Major urban industrial centers, such as Hamilton and Toronto, are located on its shore. The U.S. shore is less urbanized and is not intensively farmed.

Seneca Lake - The deepest and widest of the Finger Lakes and the second deepest lake in New York State. Has more wineries than any other Finger Lake and has frozen over only 9 times since the beginning of weather recordkeeping.