Indigo Lake Fishing Guide, Hamilton County, New York

• Overview

  Indigo Lake sits within Hamilton County in New York. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. It covers about 16 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it is in the upper part of our New York listings. You are 20 miles from Dolgeville. Beyond it, Little Falls at 25 miles and Saint Johnsville at 26 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Indigo Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Hamilton County, recorded fish include lake trout, brook trout, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and brown bullhead. The county list is broader than any single water. Indigo Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 14°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Indigo Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. 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. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Jones Lake is 0.2 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Indigo Lake.