Jabe Pond Fishing near Ticonderoga, New York

• Overview

  Jabe Pond is set in Warren County, New York. Everything around it is pine and birch. Roughly 147 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 2.5 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. On our Warren County list it sits near the top for size. Some 11 miles away sits Ticonderoga, the nearest settlement. For a city, Albany is 73 miles off. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Jabe Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Warren County cover brown trout, brook trout, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Fish Jabe Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 18°F to 67°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Jabe Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Little Jabe Pond, 0.7 miles away. Confirm access to Jabe Pond locally before you travel.