Fishing Beaver Ponds in Essex County, New York

• Overview

  Beaver Ponds is an Essex County water, New York side. The ground around here is pine and birch. At about 34 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 0.9 miles keeps the choices simple. For supplies, North Elba is 29 miles out. Tupper Lake follows at 30 miles, then Lake Placid at 31 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Ponds

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Essex County, recorded fish include brown trout, brook trout, white sucker and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Beaver Ponds before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 64°F, the coldest about 15°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Beaver Ponds more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Mud Pond is 0.9 miles distant. Nothing on Beaver Ponds should be assumed from this page alone.