Grass Pond Fishing in Franklin County, New York

• Overview

  Grass Pond sits within Franklin County in New York. The water sits 1,657 feet up. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Franklin County are larger. For a base, Saranac Lake sits 13 miles out. Lake Placid is 20 miles and Tupper Lake 21 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Grass Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Franklin County include brook trout, white sucker, brown trout, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Grass Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 13°F to 65°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Grass Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. 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 stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Mountain Pond, 1.7 miles out. Where Grass Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.