Jocks Pond Fishing near Tupper Lake, New York

• Overview

  You will find Jocks Pond in St. Lawrence County, New York. The land about it is rolling bush. At about 43 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 1.1 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Tupper Lake lies 11 miles from the water. Further out sit Saranac Lake (27 miles) and Hannawa Falls (27 miles). Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Jocks Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across St. Lawrence County: rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Jocks Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 65°F in July and bottoms out near 13°F in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. 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. The season on Jocks Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Sevey Pond at 2.1 miles is the sensible second choice. For Jocks Pond in particular, ask before you travel.