Hunter Lake Fishing Guide, Sullivan County, New York

• Overview

  Look for Hunter Lake in the Sullivan County part of New York. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level. With some 105 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 1.8 miles in total. Few waters listed in Sullivan County are bigger. For a base, Liberty sits 9.6 miles out. Beyond it, Monticello at 12 miles and Livingston Manor at 13 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Hunter Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Sullivan County, recorded fish include brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Hunter Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 68°F in July and bottoms out near 21°F in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in early April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly mid December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Hunter Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Filippini Pond, 1.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Hunter Lake locally before you travel.