Fishing Lost Pond in Essex County, New York

• Overview

  New York holds Lost Pond, in Essex County. The ground round it is mixed forest. About 4 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Essex County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Mineville, 5.5 miles away. Port Henry follows at 9.2 miles, then Crown Point at 14 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lost Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Essex County cover brown trout, brook trout, white sucker, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lost Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 17°F in January and 67°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Lost Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Ash Craft Pond is 0.4 miles distant. Where Lost Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.