Fishing Chub Lake in St. Lawrence County, New York

• Overview

  Look for Chub Lake in the St. Lawrence County part of New York. It sits in lake country bush. With some 96 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. At about 3.6 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for St. Lawrence County. Nearest town is Gouverneur, 5.7 miles off. The big place round here is Kingston, 57 miles distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Chub Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for St. Lawrence County cover rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Chub Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 69°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Chub Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Huckleberry Lake is 1.1 miles off. Treat access at Chub Lake as something to verify.