Grassy Pond Fishing Guide, Essex County, New York

• Overview

  New York holds Grassy Pond, in Essex County. The bank is 2,037 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 19 acres — small enough to read in one session. By elevation it is in the upper part of our New York listings. 28 miles away sits North Elba, the nearest town. The big place round here is Albany, 85 miles distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Grassy Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Essex County include brown trout, brook trout and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Grassy Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 15°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Grassy Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Nate Pond sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Grassy Pond.