Buck Pond Fishing in St. Lawrence County, New York

• Overview

  Buck Pond sits in St. Lawrence County, out in New York. It stands 1,759 feet above sea level. It covers about 10 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our St. Lawrence County list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Tupper Lake sits 29 miles out. Kingston sits 75 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Buck Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across St. Lawrence County, recorded fish include rock bass, smallmouth bass and pumpkinseed. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Buck Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 13°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Time your trip to Buck Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Look for a notice board at the entrance. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Cage Lake, 1.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Buck Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.