Kellum Pond Fishing near Warrensburg, New York

• Overview

  This water sits in Warren County, New York. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. At about 54 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.3 miles, and most of it is walkable. Size puts it in the front rank of our Warren County list. The closest town, Warrensburg, is 4.2 miles away. Further out sit Queensbury (15 miles) and Glens Falls North (16 miles). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Kellum Pond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name brown trout, brook trout, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Kellum Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 18°F in January to roughly 68°F in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early April. The open-water window runs from around early April to about mid December in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Kellum Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Forest Lake is 0.7 miles off. The position on Kellum Pond is worth confirming on the day.