Almond Lake Fishing Guide, Steuben County, New York

• Overview

  This water sits in Steuben County, New York. It sits in pine and birch country. At about 136 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 2.0 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Size puts it in the front rank of our Steuben County list. The nearest place of any size is Hornell, 2.9 miles away. After that come Alfred at 7.5 miles and Canisteo at 7.6 miles. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Almond Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Public occurrence data for Steuben County names brown trout, white sucker and tessellated darter. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Almond Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 68°F and January reads 21°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early April. Ice clears near early April and comes back about mid December in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It sets the rhythm of the year at Almond Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. You can leave the car about half a mile from the water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Hornell Reservoir Number One is 5 miles distant. What applies at Almond Lake may have changed since it was mapped.