Egg Pond Fishing Guide, St. Lawrence County, New York

• Overview

  Egg Pond is set in St. Lawrence County, New York. It lies 1,591 feet above sea level. A pocket of water where every cast reaches cover. On size it sits at the modest end of our St. Lawrence County list. The closest town, Tupper Lake, is 13 miles distant. The big place round here is Kingston, 86 miles distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Egg Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for St. Lawrence County cover rock bass, smallmouth bass and pumpkinseed. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Egg Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 65°F and January reads 13°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Egg Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is a toilet block some 0.9 miles out. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lilypad Pond, 0.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Egg Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.