Horseshoe Pond in Livingston County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Horseshoe Pond is a Livingston County water, in New York. Height above sea level is 525 feet. With some 27 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Avon is the closest place, 1.6 miles off. Beyond it, Caledonia at 5.9 miles and Scottsville at 6.3 miles. Within a short drive: Log Pond just 1.7 miles, Grant Pond (1.9 miles), Cement Plant Pond just 4.8 miles, Bull Head Pond (5.5 miles) and Blue Pond just 7.4 miles. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Horseshoe Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Livingston County include alewife, common carp, rock bass, johnny darter and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Horseshoe Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 24°F to 71°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early April. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near late December in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Horseshoe Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Log Pond, 1.7 miles away. The position on Horseshoe Pond is worth confirming on the day.