Fishing Little Rock Pond in Herkimer County, New York

• Overview

  New York holds Little Rock Pond, in Herkimer County. What surrounds it is mixed forest. At about 75 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The bank runs about 1.3 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Herkimer County list. Tupper Lake is the closest town at 29 miles. Kingston is the closest city, 80 miles away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Little Rock Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Herkimer County include white sucker, yellow perch, brook trout and brown bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Little Rock Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 64°F and January near 13°F on the long-run figures. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Little Rock Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Witchhopple Lake at 0.5 miles is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Little Rock Pond in what we hold.