Fishing at Cellar Pond, Hamilton County, New York

• Overview

  You will find Cellar Pond in Hamilton County, New York. It lies 2,972 feet above sea level. About 6 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Hamilton County list. Tupper Lake is the closest place, 35 miles off. Then Northville, 39 miles, and Edinburg, 41 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Cellar Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Hamilton County include lake trout, brook trout and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Cellar Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 62°F; the cold one sits at 12°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Cellar Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Home Pond, 2.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Cellar Pond.