Bullhead Pond in Herkimer County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Bullhead Pond is set in Herkimer County, New York. It stands 1,394 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 3 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Herkimer County are larger. Head to Dolgeville, 20 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 66 miles to Syracuse, the nearest city. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Bullhead Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name white sucker, yellow perch, brook trout and brown bullhead. The county list is broader than any single water. Bullhead Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 16°F to 65°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Bullhead Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. White Lead Lake sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Bullhead Pond in what we hold.