Crestwood Lake Fishing in Westchester County, New York

• Overview

  In New York, Crestwood Lake falls inside Westchester County. The surroundings are farm and woodlot. Surface area runs to about 10 acres — small enough to read in one session. Ground here is low by New York standards. Eastchester sits 1.4 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Tuckahoe is 1.5 miles away, with Greenville at 1.6 miles. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Crestwood Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Westchester County include common carp, striped bass, bluegill, brown trout and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Crestwood Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 30°F and July at about 75°F, the water has a wide range to work through. A long season, with weather mattering more than the month. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Anyone fishing Crestwood Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lake Ida is 0.9 miles off. Ask locally about Crestwood Lake if anything is unclear.