Fishing Chase Upper Lake in Lewis County, New York

• Overview

  Chase Upper Lake is a Lewis County water, in New York. The setting is rolling bush. Small at around 23 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Lowville is the closest place, 11 miles off. The nearest city of size is Syracuse, 66 miles away. More in the same country: Calfhead Pond 0.4 miles away, Parsons Pond a shade over 0.7 miles, Mahan Pond 0.7 miles away, Hinchings Pond a shade over 0.8 miles and Evies Pond 0.9 miles away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Chase Upper Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Lewis County names white sucker, brown trout, pumpkinseed and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Chase Upper Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 66°F on average, January about 16°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Chase Upper Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Calfhead Pond is 0.4 miles off. What applies at Chase Upper Lake may have changed since it was mapped.