Fishing Little Round Lake in Saratoga County, New York

• Overview

  Within Saratoga County, New York, you have Little Round Lake. What surrounds it is pine and birch. It runs to roughly 27 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our New York listings. Some 2.2 miles away sits Country Knolls, the nearest settlement. Further out sit Ballston Lake (5 miles) and Clifton Park (5.2 miles). Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Little Round Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Saratoga County list brown trout, pumpkinseed and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Little Round Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 71°F; by January the average is down near 20°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid usually goes in early April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near early April and comes back about mid December in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It sets the rhythm of the year at Little Round Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. If the gate is shut, Round Lake at 0.5 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Little Round Lake for certain.