Fish Pond Fishing Guide, Franklin County, New York

• Overview

  Within Franklin County, New York, you have Fish Pond. The land about it is rolling bush. The water covers some 118 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. About 2.0 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Saranac Lake lies 13 miles from the water. Ville-Marie sits 86 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Fish Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Franklin County include brook trout, white sucker, brown trout and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The near bank of Fish Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 13°F in January to roughly 65°F in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Fish Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Little Fish Pond at 0.6 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Fish Pond should be assumed from this page alone.