Echo Pond in Franklin County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Echo Pond is listed under Franklin County, New York. This is lake country bush ground. At 17 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Some 8 miles away sits Tupper Lake, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Ville-Marie, 91 miles distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Echo Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Franklin County: brook trout, white sucker, brown trout, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Work Echo Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 65°F at the top of summer and 14°F at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid April. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Echo Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Overnight stays are possible half a mile away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Fish Creek Ponds sits 0.5 miles off and takes the overflow. Rules at Echo Pond are worth checking on the day.