Barnhardt Pond near Liberty: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Barnhardt Pond sits in Sullivan County, out in New York. The ground round it is pine and birch. At 4 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sullivan County. For supplies, Liberty is 14 miles out. The big place round here is Paterson, 68 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Barnhardt Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, white sucker and rainbow trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Barnhardt Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 68°F in July and bottoms out near 22°F in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. The water is typically free of ice between early April and mid December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Barnhardt Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Mitchell Pond is 1.2 miles off. Treat Barnhardt Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.