Line Pond near Tupper Lake: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Franklin County end of New York holds Line Pond. The water sits 1,637 feet up. It covers about 4 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Franklin County list. Some 4 miles away sits Tupper Lake, the nearest settlement. For a city, Ville-Marie is 99 miles off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Line Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Franklin County names brook trout, white sucker, brown trout, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Line Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 14°F to 65°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. On average, mid April opens the water and early December closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Line Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Follensby Pond is 1.7 miles off. The position on Line Pond is worth confirming on the day.