Fishing at Lake Maratanza, Ulster County, New York

• Overview

  Lake Maratanza is one of the Ulster County listings for New York. This is rolling bush ground. At about 51 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.0 miles, and most of it is walkable. By elevation it is in the upper part of our New York listings. Ellenville is the closest town at 3.4 miles. Napanoch is 4.5 miles and Wawarsing 5.5 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lake Maratanza

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Ulster County cover common carp, brown trout and brook trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Lake Maratanza before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 70°F and January about 23°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late March. Break-up near late March, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Lake Maratanza the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A toilet block sits half a mile away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Mud Pond is 2.3 miles off. Where Lake Maratanza is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.