Fifth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes Fishing in Hamilton County, New York

• Overview

  You will find Fifth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes in Hamilton County, New York. The bank is 1,703 feet above sea level. You are 33 miles from Boonville. Lowville follows at 35 miles, then Tupper Lake at 37 miles. Others within reach: Hess Pond at about 0.6 miles, Sixth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes, Inlet roughly 0.9 miles, Seventh Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes, Inlet at about 2.4 miles, Fawn Lake roughly 2.5 miles and Limekiln Lake at about 2.5 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Fifth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Hamilton County, recorded fish include lake trout, brook trout, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and brown bullhead. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Take Fifth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 64°F and January reads 13°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Fifth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is a launch about half a mile from the bank. Moorings are at Fourth Lake Boat Launch, roughly half a mile off. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. Public data records a pier about half a mile out. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Hess Pond sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Fifth Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes locally before you travel.