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

• Overview

  Covey Pond is listed under Herkimer County, New York. The surface lies 2,231 feet up. Small at around 3 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Herkimer County list. For a base, Tupper Lake sits 28 miles out. It is 78 miles to Kingston, the nearest city. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Covey Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Herkimer County include white sucker, yellow perch, brook trout, brown bullhead and brown trout. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Covey Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 13°F in January to roughly 64°F in July. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near early December in autumn. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Expect Covey Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Summit Pond is 0.5 miles distant. None of that is settled for Covey Pond in what we hold.