Mud Pond Fishing near Carthage, New York

• Overview

  Mud Pond is one of the St. Lawrence County waters in New York. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. The water measures roughly 5 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in St. Lawrence County. For a base, Gouverneur sits 20 miles out. Kingston is the closest city, 67 miles away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Mud Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. 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. Species logged across St. Lawrence County include rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Mud Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 15°F in January to roughly 66°F in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Mud Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Rock Lake is 0.6 miles off. Treat Mud Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.